How to run Jboss 4.0.1 as a windows service.

(Last modified: 14Feb2006)

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JBoss 4.0.1

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You can use a third party utility such as "JavaService.exe":
Please check the web for available download sites

Example Install Command:
: JBossService.exe -install JBoss
{JDK_HOME}\jre\bin\{hotspot|server|classic}\jvm.dll
-Djava.class.path={JDK_HOME}\lib\tools.jar;{JBOSS_BIN}\run.jar
-start org.jboss.Main
-stop org.jboss.Main -method systemExit
-out {JBOSS_BIN}\stdout.log
-err {JBOSS_BIN}\stderr.log
-current {JBOSS_BIN}
-depends mysql
-manual

Please note that as at JavaService version 1.2.7 and back, no spaces may be used in the absolute paths given. A JVM located at C:\Program files\java\j2sdk1.5.0\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll will fail to instantiate because of the space in \Program files\.

You can also use a Java Service Wrapper and manage it by JMX:
sample configuration files :
wrapper.conf :
wrapper.java.command=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java
wrapper.java.mainclass=org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp
wrapper.java.classpath.1=%JBOSS_HOME%/server/default/lib/wrapper.jar
wrapper.java.classpath.2=%JAVA_HOME%/lib/tools.jar
wrapper.java.classpath.3=./run.jar
wrapper.java.library.path.1=%JBOSS_HOME%/server/default/lib
wrapper.app.parameter.1=org.jboss.Main
wrapper.logfile=%JBOSS_HOME%/server/default/log/wrapper.log
wrapper.ntservice.name=JBoss
wrapper.ntservice.displayname=JBoss Server

Warning: make sure your JBOSS_HOME environment var is set correctly (this is not the case if you haven't done that yourself): the run.bat does set this itself, but the wrapper doesn't !

note

To start a particular JBoss instance when starting JBoss as a service (besides the 'default' instance) you need to add the following after the -start in the JBossService line (the following starts the IDM instance which is the default name of the instance installed for the Novell Identity Manager User Application; substitute 'IDM' for the correct instance name if you have a different instance name):

-params -c IDM

This adds the following to the registry:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\JBoss\Parameters
Start Param Count                   REG_DWORD      ox00000002
Start Param Number 0             REG_SZ               -c
Start Param Number 1             REG_SZ               IDM

Example service startup based on a test installation. The application instance was named 'IDM' and the install path was c:\novell\idm.

javaService.exe - install JBoss c:\novell\idm\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll
-Djava.class.path=c:\novell\idm\jre\lib\tools.jar;c:\novell\idm\jboss\bin\run.jar
-Xms64M -Xmx128M
-start org.jboss.Main
-params -c IDM
-stop org.jboss.Main
-method systemExit
-out c:\novell\idm\jboss\bin\stdout.log
-err c:\novell\idm\jboss\bin\stderr.log
-current c:\novell\idm\jboss\bin
-depends mysql
-manual

document

Document Title:	How to run Jboss 4.0.1 as a windows service.
Document ID:	10097484
Solution ID:	NOVL101922
Creation Date:	26Apr2005
Modified Date:	14Feb2006
Novell Product Class:	exteNd

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