Getting Started Developing Applications

First, let’s verify that verify that both Java and Maven are correctly installed. In a console, type:

You should see a version string (at least 1.6.0) printed. If not, contact your provider of Java for assistance. Next, type:

You should see a version string (at lest 3.0.0) printed. If not, contact the Maven community for assistance.

Next, we need to choose a location for JBoss AS to live. By default, JBoss AS 7 will be extracted into jboss-as-7.x.x.x (where 7.x.x.x matches the version you downloaded):

Now, let’s start JBoss AS in standalone mode:

That’s it, JBoss AS is installed and running! Visit http://localhost:8080/ to check the server has started properly.

First, let’s verify that verify that both Java and Maven are correctly installed. In a Command Prompt, type:

You should see a version string (at least 1.6.0) printed. If not, contact your provider of Java for assistance. Next, type:

You should see a version string (at lest 3.0.0) printed. If not, contact the Maven community for assistance.

Next, we need to choose a location for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 or JBoss AS to live. By default, JBoss AS 7 will be extracted into jboss-as-7.x.x.x (where 7.x.x.x matches the version you downloaded). Unzip JBoss Enterprise Application Platform or JBoss AS 7 using your tool of choice.

Finally, let’s start JBoss Enterprise Application Platform or JBoss AS 7 in standalone mode. Locate your installation and run standalone.bat located in bin.

That’s it, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 or JBoss AS 7 is installed and running! Visit http://localhost:8080/ to check the server has started properly.

You may choose to use JBoss Developer Studio, or Eclipse with JBoss Tools, rather than the command line to run JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 or JBoss AS 7, and to deploy the quickstarts. If you don’t wish to use Eclipse, you should skip this section.

Make sure you have installed and started JBoss Developer Studio or Eclipse. First, we need to add our JBoss AS instance to it. First, navigate to Preferences:

Now, locate the JBoss Tools Runtime Detection preferences:

Click Add and locate where you put servers on your disk:

Any available servers will be located, now all you need to do is click OK, and then OK on the preferences dialog:

Now, let’s start the server from Eclipse. If you previously started a server from the command line, you should stop it there first.

First, we need to make sure the Server tab is on view. Open the Window → Show View → Other… dialog:

And select the Server view:

You should see the Server View appear with the detected servers:

Now, we can start the server. Right click on the server in the Server view, and select Start :

You’ll see the server output in the Console :

That’s it, we now have the server up and running in Eclipse!

In order to import the quickstarts into Eclipse, you will need m2eclipse installed. If you have JBoss Developer Studio, then m2eclipse is already installed.

First, choose File → Import…:

Select Existing Maven Projects:

Click on Browse, and navigate to the quickstarts/ directory:

Finally, make sure all 4 quickstarts are found and selected, and click Finish:

Eclipse should now successfully import 4 projects:

It will take a short time to import the projects, as Maven needs to download the project’s dependencies from remote repositories.

Here we will quickly outline how you can access both the command line interface and the web management interface for managing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 or JBoss AS 7. Detailed information for both can be found in the Administration and Configuration Guide for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 or the Admin Guide for JBoss AS 7.

When the server is running, the web management interface can be accessed at http://localhost:9990/console. You can use the web management interface to create datasources, manage deployments and configure the server.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 and JBoss AS 7 also comes with a command line interface. To run it on Linux, Unix or Mac, execute:

Or, on Windows:

Once started, type help to discover the commands available to you.

Throughout this guide we use the jboss-as maven plugin to deploy and undeploy applications. This plugin uses the Native Java Detyped Management API to communicate with the server. The Detyped API is used by management tools to control an entire domain of servers, and exposes only a small number of types, allowing for backwards and forwards compatibility.