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

Just been fighting through this tonight, and thought I'd share my findings. In the end i followed the install instructions here: http://ptoconnor.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/jboss-as-7-1-1-on-an-ubuntu-12-04-aws-instance-running-oracle-java-7/ with some alterations;

I installed to /usr/share not /opt

To get jboss to run as a service, i created a symbolic link to the redhat/centos friendly /usr/share/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/bin/init.d/jboss-as-standalone.sh which was provided with the 7.1.1 final release

sudo ln -s /usr/share/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/bin/init.d/jboss-as-standalone.sh /etc/init.d/jboss

then a few changes to make it ubuntu friendly

#!/bin/sh
#
# JBoss standalone control script
#
# chkconfig: - 80 20
# description: JBoss AS Standalone
# processname: standalone
# pidfile: /var/run/jboss-as/jboss-as-standalone.pid
# config: /etc/jboss-as/jboss-as.conf

# Source function library.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

# Load Java configuration.
[ -r /etc/java/java.conf ] && . /etc/java/java.conf
export JAVA_HOME

# Load JBoss AS init.d configuration.
if [ -z "$JBOSS_CONF" ]; then
  JBOSS_CONF="/etc/jboss-as/jboss-as.conf"
fi

[ -r "$JBOSS_CONF" ] && . "${JBOSS_CONF}"

# Set defaults.

if [ -z "$JBOSS_HOME" ]; then
  JBOSS_HOME=/usr/share/jboss-as
fi
export JBOSS_HOME

if [ -z "$JBOSS_PIDFILE" ]; then
  JBOSS_PIDFILE=/var/run/jboss-as/jboss-as-standalone.pid
fi
export JBOSS_PIDFILE

if [ -z "$JBOSS_CONSOLE_LOG" ]; then
  JBOSS_CONSOLE_LOG=/var/log/jboss-as/console.log
fi

if [ -z "$STARTUP_WAIT" ]; then
  STARTUP_WAIT=30
fi

if [ -z "$SHUTDOWN_WAIT" ]; then
  SHUTDOWN_WAIT=30
fi

if [ -z "$JBOSS_CONFIG" ]; then
  JBOSS_CONFIG=standalone.xml
fi

JBOSS_SCRIPT=$JBOSS_HOME/bin/standalone.sh

prog='jboss-as'

CMD_PREFIX=''

JBOSS_USER=jboss

if [ ! -z "$JBOSS_USER" ]; then
  if [ -x /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then
    CMD_PREFIX="start-stop-daemon -user $JBOSS_USER"
  else
    CMD_PREFIX="su - $JBOSS_USER -c"
  fi
fi

start() {
  echo -n "Starting $prog: "
  if [ -f $JBOSS_PIDFILE ]; then
    read ppid < $JBOSS_PIDFILE;
    if [ `ps --pid $ppid 2> /dev/null | grep -c $ppid 2> /dev/null` -eq '1' ]; then
      echo -n "$prog is already running"
      failure
      echo
      return 1 
    else
      rm -f $JBOSS_PIDFILE
    fi
  fi
  mkdir -p $(dirname $JBOSS_CONSOLE_LOG)
  cat /dev/null > $JBOSS_CONSOLE_LOG

  mkdir -p $(dirname $JBOSS_PIDFILE)
  chown $JBOSS_USER $(dirname $JBOSS_PIDFILE) || true
  #$CMD_PREFIX JBOSS_PIDFILE=$JBOSS_PIDFILE $JBOSS_SCRIPT 2>&1 > $JBOSS_CONSOLE_LOG &
  #$CMD_PREFIX JBOSS_PIDFILE=$JBOSS_PIDFILE $JBOSS_SCRIPT &

  if [ ! -z "$JBOSS_USER" ]; then
    if [ -x /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then
      start-stop-daemon -user $JBOSS_USER LAUNCH_JBOSS_IN_BACKGROUND=1 JBOSS_PIDFILE=$JBOSS_PIDFILE $JBOSS_SCRIPT -c $JBOSS_CONFIG 2>&1 > $JBOSS_CONSOLE_LOG &
    else
      su - $JBOSS_USER -c "LAUNCH_JBOSS_IN_BACKGROUND=1 JBOSS_PIDFILE=$JBOSS_PIDFILE $JBOSS_SCRIPT -c $JBOSS_CONFIG" 2>&1 > $JBOSS_CONSOLE_LOG &
    fi
  fi

  count=0
  launched=false

  until [ $count -gt $STARTUP_WAIT ]
  do
    grep 'JBoss AS.*started in' $JBOSS_CONSOLE_LOG > /dev/null 
    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
      launched=true
      break
    fi 
    sleep 1;
    count=`expr $count + 1`
  done

  printf success
  echo
  return 0
}

stop() {
  echo -n "Stopping $prog: "
  count=0;

  if [ -f $JBOSS_PIDFILE ]; then
    read kpid < $JBOSS_PIDFILE;
    kwait=$SHUTDOWN_WAIT

    # Try issuing SIGTERM

    kill -15 $kpid
    until [ `ps --pid $kpid 2> /dev/null | grep -c $kpid 2> /dev/null` -eq '0' ] || [ $count -gt $kwait ]
    do
      sleep 1;
      count=`expr $count + 1`
    done

    if [ $count -gt $kwait ]; then
      kill -9 $kpid
    fi
  fi
  rm -f $JBOSS_PIDFILE
  printf success
  echo
}

status() {
  if [ -f $JBOSS_PIDFILE ]; then
    read ppid < $JBOSS_PIDFILE
    if [ `ps --pid $ppid 2> /dev/null | grep -c $ppid 2> /dev/null` -eq '1' ]; then
      echo "$prog is running (pid $ppid)"
      return 0
    else
      echo "$prog dead but pid file exists"
      return 1
    fi
  fi
  echo "$prog is not running"
  return 3
}

case "$1" in
  start)
      start
      ;;
  stop)
      stop
      ;;
  restart)
      $0 stop
      $0 start
      ;;
  status)
      status
      ;;
  *)
      ## If no parameters are given, print which are avaiable.
      echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload}"
      exit 1
      ;;
esac

now it's just a case of installing the jboss service using the above script.

sudo update-rc.d jboss defaults

I know there are lots of variations now, but hopefully this will help the next person searching. All i wanted was a JBPM host ...