APP server-go to the free open-source JBoss (1)

JBoss is a free open-source application server that fully supports J2EE, including JSP, Servlets, and EJB. To familiarize J2EE developers with JBoss quickly, this article will take you on a JBoss journey, including downloading, installing, deploying applications, and configuring data sources.

Tool preparation

To run JBoss, you need to prepare the following tools:

U JDK 1.3.1 or higher.

To develop applications on JBoss, you may need the following development tools:

U Ant 1.5, a Java Build Tool.

U XDoclet 1.1.2 is a Javadoc plug-in used to generate code.

U JBoss Project Template

Download

You can get JBoss from www.jboss.org. There are two types of JBoss available for you: Standard Edition, including Jetty for webpages and Servlets, and another version that replaces Jetty With Tomcat.

When writing this article, JBoss 3.2.1 is the latest stable version.

Install

Decompress the package to a specified directory, such as the jboss-3.2.1, after decompression, the following directory should be generated:

U bin: commands and scripts

U client: client jars

U docs: JBoss documentation

U lib: Server jars

U server: server Configuration File

Step 2: create the following environment variables:

U