Downloading and Installing JBoss 3.0

You can download JBoss from http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss. JBoss provides you with a fully functional, free version of this server. JBoss also provides thorough online documentation for the JBoss server and its services for nominal fees. If you encounter difficulties in running any of the examples, or you would like to learn more specifics about the JBoss server, we recommend that you consult this suite of documentation.

At the Web site http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss, click on the Files menu link to download JBoss 3.0.1. Select the version that is integrated with Tomcat Web server: jboss-3.0.1_tomcat-4.0.4.zip. You proceed by selecting the mirror site that is geographically nearest to you. In this appendix, we'll cover the installation of JBoss for the Microsoft Windows 2000 platform. For other platforms, please follow the installation instructions provided by JBoss.

After you've downloaded jboss-3.0.1_tomcat-4.0.4.zip, you can unzip it into the directory of your choice. However, we recommend that you use the c:directory of your computer as the installation or home directory for JBoss. We also recommend to rename the directory to a shorter name, such as “cjboss3.0.1” directory to be the <JBOSS_HOME>, which you'll use to set up your sample scripts.

By uncompressing the downloaded file, the installation step is completed. Let's now configure the JBoss server.