F I R S T   S T E P S :   B R I N G   J B O S S   T O   L I F E  

JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java 

# Minimal jar file to get JBoss started. 

CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$JBOSS_HOME/bin/run.jar 

# Add the tools.jar file so that Tomcat can find the Java compiler. 

CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH:$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar" 

if [ "$1" = "start" ] ; then 

   shift 

   $JAVACMD $JBOSS_OPTS  classpath $CLASSPATH org.jboss.Main  c tomcat > /dev/null 2>&1 & 

   echo $! > /var/run/jboss.pid 

elif [ "$1" = "stop" ] ; then 

   shift 

   kill  15  cat /var/run/jboss.pid  

   rm  rf /var/run/jboss.pid 

elif [ "$1" = "run" ] ; then 

   shift 

   $JAVACMD $JBOSS_OPTS  classpath $CLASSPATH org.jboss.Main  c tomcat "$@" 

else 

   echo "Usage:" 

   echo "jboss (start|run|stop)" 

   echo "        start   start jboss in the background" 

   echo "        run     start jboss in the foreground" 

   echo "        stop    stop jboss" 

   exit 0 

fi 

Before you go any further test your installation by calling the startup script in the /etc/init.d 

by entering this at the prompt  ./jboss start  and  ./jboss stop  and check if JBoss is started 

and also stopped respectively.  

Now you have only to create two symbolic links in the run level 3  /etc/init.d/rc3.d  and 5 

 /etc/init.d/rc5.d  directories. The first link is the start link and the second is the kill link 

whereas the first letter indicates start (S) or kill (K). The next two digits indicate the order 

they are started or stopped (the lower the number the later it gets called) and when digits 

are equal then the order is not defined for this number. The rest is a string indicating the 

service being started. JBoss should be started late and stopped early. Therefore an example 

would be "S01JBoss" and "K23JBoss". Create these two symbolic links at the prompt with 

 ln  s ../jboss S01JBoss  and  ln  s ../jboss K23JBoss . Note that in command "ln" the target 

comes before the name of the link.  

Now restart your Unix server and check if started properly 

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