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Chapter 2. Requirements
2.1. JBoss EAP 6 Installation Prerequisites
Each installation process for JBoss EAP 6 has a number of prerequisites. This section covers the common requirements, as well as those that are installation specific.
Common Prerequisites
- Set up an account on the Red Hat Customer Portal at https://access.redhat.com. For more information, refer here: Section 1.2, “About the Red Hat Customer Portal”.
- Review the supported configurations and ensure your system is supportable: https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/111663.
- Ensure that your system is up to date with Red Hat issued updates and errata.
ZIP/Installer Prerequisites
- Administration privileges for the installation directory.
- Ensure that the chosen JDK has been extracted (or installed). Refer to the JDK's documentation for information on how to do this.
- On Microsoft Windows Server, ensure that the JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables have been set, otherwise shortcuts will not work.
- On Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, ensure that an
unziputility has been installed.
RPM Prerequisites
- Register the server on the Red Hat Network.
- Subscribe to the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Serverbase software channel appropriate to your Red Hat Enterprise Linux version. - Subscribe to the
JBoss Application Platform for Serversub-channel, in theJBoss Enterprise Platformgroup. - A Java 6 JDK is required. This can be obtained by subscribing to the
supplementarysoftware channel for your Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation. For example; the channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6 installed on i386 architecture isrhel-i386-server-supplementary-6.Important
A Java 6 JDK is required, even if you wish to use a Java 7 JDK.
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