Hello,
Following the instructions given in
http://marakana.com/bookshelf/jboss_admin_tutorial/index.html, I first installed
Java SE 6 JDK on my Windows Vista computer and got it to work. The instructions then tell me to download
JBoss AS 5, however, I downloaded JBoss AS 6 from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss/files/JBoss/JBoss-6.0.0.Final/, unzipped them and managed to run the script /<path>/JBoss/jboss-as-distribution-6.0.0.Final/bin/run.bat, and from
http://localhost:8080/ the server is running.
However, there are 7 files I downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss/files/JBoss/JBoss-6.0.0.Final/ as follows:
1) 600FinalReleaseNotes.txt
2) jboss-as-distribution-6.0.0.Final.zip
3) jboss-as-distribution-6.0.0.Final-src.zip
4) jboss-as-distribution-6.0.0.Final-src.zip.sha1
5) jboss-as-distribution-6.0.0.Final-src.zip.md5
6) jboss-as-distribution-6.0.0.Final.zip.sha1
7) jboss-as-distribution-6.0.0.Final.zip.md5
The first is just a text file which lists various updates, and the second is the file that I unzipped and can run the server, as noted above. However, what does the third zipped file called jboss-as-distribution-6.0.0.Final-src.zip do, and what is it used for?
The next file named jboss-as-distribution-6.0.0.Final-src.zip.sha1 just contains the
string 0e26770bebb9720f1d7bd0b4627a66dd3628f0a7, and the remaining files also just contain a single string of a similar form. What are they all used for?
The instructions given in marakana.com say that
Ant should be used to built the files. Does this have something to do with all 7 files, although the instructions are for JBoss 5? I plan to download Eclipse, which I think contains Ant, so don't want to install more software than necessary.
Finally, on going to
http://localhost:8080/ and clicking on "Administration Console" there is a very long delay before the console is opened, and would like to know why.
I would be very grateful with help on this. I have previously used Glassfish on a Linux system, and have used JBoss on an Windows XP system, but it had already been installed, and probably had an earlier version of JBoss 6.
Many thanks,
csharp.com
Christopher Sharp