Start JBoss 7 as a service on Linux

Question

Previous versions of JBoss included a scripts (like jboss_init_redhat.sh) that could be copied to /etc/init.d in order to add it as a service - so it would star

Answer 1

#! /bin/sh

start(){
    echo "Starting JBoss 7"
    sudo -u jboss sh /usr/local/jboss/bin/standalone.sh
}

stop(){
    echo "Stopping JBoss 7"
    sudo -u jboss sh /usr/local/jboss/bin/jboss-admin.sh --connect command=:shutdown
}

restart(){
    stop
    # give stuff some time to stop before we restart
    sleep 60
    # protect against any services that can't stop before we restart 
    su -l jboss -c 'killall java'
    start
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        start
    ;;
    stop)
        stop
    ;;
    restart)
        restart
    ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: jboss {start|stop|restart}"
        exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0