How to set JBOSS_HOME in Windows/Unix based OS?

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Issue

  • How to set JBOSS_HOME for each installation of JBoss if all installations are in same physical machine?
  • How to set JBOSS_HOME rather than system variable in Windows bases OS?
  • How to set JBOSS_HOME rather than system PATH in Unix based OS?
  • How to set JBOSS_HOME in Windows?
  • How to set JBOSS_HOME in Unix?
  • There is a conflict with the JBOSS_HOME environment variables because already JBoss EAP 4.3 and JBoss EAP 5.1 running on the same Windows server.
  • If JBoss EAP 5 and JBoss EAP 6 are installed on the same Windows server, but now environment variable JBOSS_HOME is conflicting, How to set different environment variable name(like JBOSS_HOME2) for JBoss EAP 5? What are the files need to modify? and is there any impact of changing name?

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.x
    • 5.x
    • 6.x
    • 7.x

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