Chapter 4. Installing Enterprise Web Server on Solaris

On Solaris, JBoss Enterprise Web Server can be installed from a ZIP file.
Installation ZIP files are available at Red Hat Customer Portal.

4.1. Prerequisites

The following is a list of general prerequisites:
  • Sufficient disk space for your JBoss Enterprise Web Server installation.
  • Sufficent disk space for your applications.
Before installing JBoss Enterprise Web Server on Solaris, confirm that a supported Java version is installed (see Procedure 4.1, “Installing Java”).

Procedure 4.1. Installing Java

  1. Download JDK 1.6 or 1.7 and the corresponding architecture from the web site (Download JDK).
  2. Go to the download location.
  3. Run the Java installation file.
  4. Go to usr.
  5. Issue the following command to display the current Java symbolic link:
    ls -lad java
  6. Remove the link:
    rm java
  7. Create a java symbolic link to the JDK 1.6.0:
    ln -sf /usr/jdk/<JDK>