Is JBoss AS 4.0.5 official?

[wa7son]

The JBoss 4.0.5 GA Application Server is tagged in Subversion, but for some reason the official download site for JBoss AS is only offering 4.0.4.

Is there any reason for this?

[dimitris]

It's because QA hasn't finished yet.

[wa7son]

It's because QA hasn't finished yet.

Not to rush you - but just out of curiosity - is there any official release date in sight?

[dimitris]

It went out yesterday (Oct/18th).

[murphyp1]

When will the installer be released so we can get EJB3?

[peterj]

Do what I did. Download the source, compile with JDK 1.5.0. You get both the standard binary distribution, and an ejb3 variation.

[jvramana]

Yeah. But when can we expect 4.0.5 installer.jar which I can use to install ejb3 profile without any hassels?

Thanks,
Jelda

[wa7son]

"jelda" wrote:
Yeah. But when can we expect 4.0.5 installer.jar which I can use to install ejb3 profile without any hassels?

It is actually not that hard to do your self.

If you do not already have a Subversion client installed I recommend TortoiseSVN (If you want to checkout via Eclipse use Subclipse. But building in Eclipse can be a bid challenging)

Do an SVN Checkout of the following repository:
http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbossas/tags/JBoss_4_0_5_GA/

In the checkout directory, go to the build directory (i.e JBoss_4_0_5_GA/build) and run the either build.bat (if running Windows) or build.sh (if running Linux etc.).

This will generate an output directory inside the build directory containing two folders with your binary builds:
jboss-4.0.5.GA
jboss-4.0.5.GA-ejb3

Thats it :)

[alex.pinkin]

Installer including 4.0.5.GA and latest EJB3 will be released shortly (this week).

[peterj]

I don't understand why what I suggested is a hassle. The download page where you get the binary zip file also has a source tar.gz file. Download and unpack the tar.gz, go to the build directory and type build. About 5 minutes later (depending on your computer's speed), you have a fully functional binary located at build/output.

[juergen.zimmermann]

The newly released JEMS installer provides JBossAS 4.0.5 and EJB3

See http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=22866&package_id=193295

[rlgoldman]

Thank you for the guidance toward obtaining source, and compiling. I was able to do it sucessfully.

One thing I'm noticing with JBoss 4.0.5.GA, in either the plain or EJB3 flavors, is that when I issue a Ctrl-C shutdown at the console (Win XP), I receive this message at the tail end of the shutdown:

12:54:38,089 INFO [TomcatDeployer] undeploy, ctxPath=/jbossmq-httpil, warUrl=.../deploy-hasingleton/jms/jbossmq-httpil.sar/jbossmq-httpil.war/
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x7c918fea, pid=2968, tid=1580
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_09-b01 mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# C [ntdll.dll+0x18fea]
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid2968.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
12:54:38,160 INFO [DefaultPartition] Closing partition DefaultPartition
Terminate batch job (Y/N)?

Now, this seems to be true only for the "all" configuration ("default" doesn't do this), and it doesn't matter if I'm using the binaries provided on Sourceforge, or compiling my own.

Another note is that I'll also get this message when using the Hotspot -server vm switch.

Final note: I've never seen this in 4.0.4.GA-Patch1 or earlier versions.

Is this anything (or pointing toward anything) I need to be concerned about, in your opinions(s), when considering 4.0.5.GA for use in production?

Thank you very much.

[dimitris]

Is this an installer setup or the standard .zip distro?

[rlgoldman]

Not from the installer.

It does show both when using the .zip (binary) and when using my own compile from the .tar.gz source (both from SourceForge). I'm using Sun's jdk1.5.0_09.

Again: Only during shutdown from "all" configuration.

[rlgoldman]

Dimitris --

A little extra info:

I just tried the "jems-installer-1.2.0.BETA3.jar" installer.

First attempt: Install for "ejb3-clustered" to "all" config.
Result: The same shutdown problem I've been referring to.

Second attempt: Install for "ejb3" (non-clustered) to "all" config.
Result: No problem.

I hope this helps in some way.

-- Richard