yum install JBoss EAP fails with "Group jboss-eap6 does not exist"

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Issue

  • I am seeing an issue similar to the following:
    # yum groupinstall jboss-eap6
    Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, subscription-manager
    Updating certificate-based repositories.
    Unable to read consumer identity
    Setting up Group Process
    Warning: Group jboss-eap6 does not exist.
    No packages in any requested group available to install or update
  • Failure of "yum groupinstall jboss-eap6" while trying to install JBoss EAP 6.4 as a service on RHEL6. The installation guide shows that I can install jboss using "yum groupinstall jboss-eap6", but it fails with the following ERROR:
$ sudo yum groupinstall jboss-eap6
Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, subscription-manager
This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or RHN Satellite.
Setting up Group Process
nexus                                                                                                                                                                            | 2 kB     00:00
Warning: Group jboss-eap6 does not exist.
No packages in any requested group available to install or update

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server (EWS)
    • 2.x

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