Configure jboss 7 as a service fedora 14

[jerviver21]

Hello!

I need help.

I want to public a software on internet throught a Virtual Dedicated Server of godaddy with fedora 14.

I have some questions:

1- How can I configure my jboss 7 as a service on fedora 14?

2- How can I run the service with a linux user diferent of root?

3- How can I configure the linux to start the service when the server is restart?

4- Which is the advantage of runing  jboss 7 as a service?

5- Which is the advantage of runing  jboss 7 with a user diferent of root?

Thanks in advance!

Jerson

[nickarls]

https://community.jboss.org/wiki/HowToInstallJBossAS7AsALinuxService

1) See article

2) Set JBOSS_USER in the startup scripts or env

3) See article

4) Starts up at server boot

5) Possible exploits can't escape user space. Running in root is generally considered a Bad Idea on unixes.

[jerviver21]

Thank you very much for your answer!

I've already made the configuration like in the article, but I don't know why the service command doesn't work for me, this is my configuration:

[root@ip-50-63-43-350 jerviver31]# ls /etc/init.d/

crond      dc_server  halt   ip6tables  jbossas7  modules_dep  named       netfs    nmb   postgresql-9.1  reboot   rsyslog    sendmail  smb    snmptrapd  udev-post  xinetd

dc_client  functions  httpd  iptables   killall   mysqld       netconsole  network  nscd  rdisc           rpcbind  saslauthd  single    snmpd  sshd       vzquota

[root@ip-50-63-43-350 jerviver31]# ls /etc/rc.d/init.d/

crond      dc_server  halt   ip6tables  jbossas7  modules_dep  named       netfs    nmb   postgresql-9.1  reboot   rsyslog    sendmail  smb    snmptrapd  udev-post  xinetd

dc_client  functions  httpd  iptables   killall   mysqld       netconsole  network  nscd  rdisc           rpcbind  saslauthd  single    snmpd  sshd       vzquota

[root@ip-50-63-43-350 jerviver31]# chkconfig --list

...

iptables       0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

jbossas7       0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:off 6:off

....

[root@ip-50-63-43-350 jerviver31]# service jbossas7 start

env: /etc/init.d/jbossas7: No such file or directory

[root@ip-50-63-43-350 jerviver31]#

And the /etc/rc.d/init.d/jbossas7

#!/bin/bash### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides:          jbossas7

# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog

# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog

# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5

# Default-Stop:      0 1 6

# Short-Description: Start/Stop JBoss AS 7

### END INIT INFO

# chkconfig: 35 92 1

## Include some script files in order to set and export environmental variables

## as well as add the appropriate executables to $PATH.

[ -r /etc/profile.d/java.sh ] && . /etc/profile.d/java.sh

[ -r /etc/profile.d/jboss.sh ] && . /etc/profile.d/jboss.sh

JBOSS_HOME=/home/jerviver31/server/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/

AS7_OPTS="$AS7_OPTS -Dorg.apache.tomcat.util.http.ServerCookie.ALLOW_HTTP_SEPARATORS_IN_V0=true"   ## See AS7-1625

AS7_OPTS="$AS7_OPTS -Djboss.bind.address.management=50.63.43.350"

AS7_OPTS="$AS7_OPTS -Djboss.bind.address=50.63.43.350"

case "$1" in

    start)

        echo "Starting JBoss AS 7..."

        sudo -u jboss sh ${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/standalone.sh $AS7_OPTS           ##  If running as user "jboss"

        #start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --chuid jboss --exec ${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/standalone.sh $AS7_OPTS   ## Ubuntu

        #${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/standalone.sh $AS7_OPTS &

    ;;

    stop)

        echo "Stopping JBoss AS 7..."

        sudo -u jboss sh ${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/jboss-admin.sh --connect command=:shutdown            ##  If running as user "jboss"

        #start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --chuid jboss --exec ${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/jboss-admin.sh -- --connect command=:shutdown     ## Ubuntu

        #${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/jboss-cli.sh --connect command=:shutdown

    ;;

    *)

        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/jbossas7 {start|stop}"; exit 1;

    ;;

esac

exit 0

[wdfink]

There is a difference in the path "rc.d":

[root@ip-50-63-43-350 jerviver31]# service jbossas7 start

env: /etc/init.d/jbossas7: No such file or directory

[root@ip-50-63-43-350 jerviver31]#

And the /etc/rc.d/init.d/jbossas7

[jerviver21]

Thanks for the answer! in the both paths /etc/init.d and /etc/rc.d/init.d  is the jbossas7 script. I don know how Fedora works, but when you create a file in /etc/rc.d/init.d, it automatically create a link to /etc/init.d.

The real problem was:

#!/bin/bash### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides:          jbossas7

Have to be:

#!/bin/bash

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides:          jbossas7

A small detail, but very important.

[jerviver21]

Now my problem is this:

# service jbossas7 start

Starting JBoss AS 7...

========================================================================

  JBoss Bootstrap Environment

  JBOSS_HOME: /home/jboss/server/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final

  JAVA: java

  JAVA_OPTS:  -server -Xms64m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dorg.jboss.resolver.warning=true -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000 -Djboss.modules.system.pkgs=org.jboss.byteman -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djboss.server.default.config=standalone.xml

=========================================================================

/home/jboss/server/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/bin/standalone.sh: line 178: java: command not found

#

I don't know why because I configured my enviorement variable $PATH

# java -version

java version "1.7.0_21"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_21-b11)

Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.21-b01, mixed mode)

Is weird because when I run the service with: #sh $JBOSS_HOME/bin/standalone.sh  like jboss user, it starts without any problem... but with the command service have the problem of the java: command not found.

Someone that have any idea?

[jerviver21]

The problem is sudo

But I don't know why.... when I use sudo to start the service... it throw java: command not found

How configure the $PATH for sudo permanently?

[jerviver21]

I've got to use:

$JBOSS_HOME/bin/init.d/jboss-as-standalone.sh

and change this line:

# chkconfig: 3 80 20

and add, the JBOSS_USER with:

JBOSS_USER=jboss

export JBOSS_USER

Now is running well, but I have a last problem.

It throws an Exception because I want to use the 80 port and I running the server with a user differente than root.

I try to use the iptables to redirect to 8080 port but I get this error:

# iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080

FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.

iptables v1.4.9: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)

Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

What can I make to use the 80 port and run the server as jboss user? (Considering the problem with the iptables)

[nickarls]

I'm no Linux wizard but there are some diagnostics trics in http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3196