$JBOSS_HOME/bin/standalone.sh -Djboss.home.dir=some/location/AS7/jboss-as \
-Djboss.server.config.dir=some/location/AS7/jboss-as/custom-standalone
To start up a JBoss AS 7 managed domain you need to execute the $JBOSS_HOME/bin/domain.sh script, and to start up a standalone server use $JBOSS_HOME/bin/standalone.sh. This will start it up using the default configuration. As we will see below you can override these defaults by passing in extra arguments on the command line.
Both the standalone and the managed domain modes use a default configuration which set up standard locations. This section describes the default values of those system properties. Each of the system properties can be overridden by passing them in individually using the standard jvm -Dkey=value options:
$JBOSS_HOME/bin/standalone.sh -Djboss.home.dir=some/location/AS7/jboss-as \
-Djboss.server.config.dir=some/location/AS7/jboss-as/custom-standalone
The above will start up a standalone server instance using a non-standard AS home directory, and a custom configuration directory. The meaning of the system properties will be described below.
Alternatively, you can tell it about a properties file by any of the following mechanisms:
$JBOSS_HOME/bin/domain.sh --properties=/some/location/jboss.properties $JBOSS_HOME/bin/domain.sh -P=/some/location/jboss.properties
The properties file is a standard Java property file containing key=value pairs:
jboss.home.dir=/some/location/AS7/jboss-as jboss.domain.config.dir=/some/location/AS7/custom-domain
|
Property name |
Usage |
Default value |
|
java.ext.dirs |
Use to specify JDK extension directory paths |
null |
|
jboss.home.dir |
The root directory of the JBoss AS 7 installation. |
Set by standalone.sh to $JBOSS_HOME |
|
jboss.server.base.dir |
The base directory for server content. |
jboss.home.dir/standalone |
|
jboss.server.config.dir |
The base configuration directory. |
jboss.server.base.dir/configuration |
|
jboss.server.data.dir |
The directory used for persistent data file storage. |
jboss.server.base.dir/data |
|
jboss.server.log.dir |
The directory containing the server.log file. |
jboss.server.base.dir/log |
|
jboss.server.temp.dir |
The directory used for temporary file storage. |
jboss.server.base.dir/tmp |
|
jboss.server.deploy.dir |
The directory used to store deployed content |
jboss.server.data.dir/content |
|
Property name |
Usage |
Default value |
|
jboss.home.dir |
The root directory of the JBoss AS 7 installation. |
Set by domain.sh to $JBOSS_HOME |
|
jboss.domain.base.dir |
The base directory for domain content. |
jboss.home.dir/domain |
|
jboss.domain.config.dir |
The base configuration directory |
jboss.domain.base.dir/configuration |
|
jboss.domain.data.dir |
The directory used for persistent data file storage. |
jboss.domain.base.dir/data |
|
jboss.domain.log.dir |
The directory containing the host-controller.log and process-controller.log files |
jboss.domain.base.dir/log |
|
jboss.domain.temp.dir |
The directory used for temporary file storage |
jboss.domain.base.dir/tmp |
|
jboss.domain.deployment.dir |
The directory used to store deployed content |
jboss.domain.base.dir/content |
|
jboss.domain.servers.dir |
The directory containing the output for the managed server instances |
jboss.domain.base.dir/log |
The first acceptable format is
--name=value
For example:
$JBOSS_HOME/bin/standalone.sh --server-config=standalone-ha.xml
If the parameter name is a single character, it is prefixed by a single '-' instead of two:
-x=value
For example:
$JBOSS_HOME/bin/standalone.sh -P=/some/location/jboss.properties
The sections below describe the command line parameter names that are available in standalone and domain mode.
|
Name |
Default if absent |
Value |
|
--server-config |
jboss.server.config.dir/standalone.xml |
Either a relative path which is interpreted to be relative to jboss.server.config.dir or an absolute path. |
|
Name |
Default if absent |
Value |
|
--domain-config |
jboss.domain.config.dir/domain.xml |
Either a relative path which is interpreted to be relative to jboss.domain.config.dir or an absolute path. |
|
--host-config |
jboss.domain.config.dir/host.xml |
Either a relative path which is interpreted to be relative to jboss.domain.config.dir or an absolute path. |
The following parameters take no value and are only usable on slave host controllers (i.e. hosts configured to connect to a remote domain controller.)
|
Name |
Function |
|
--backup |
Causes the slave host controller to create and maintains a local copy of the domain configuration file |
|
--cached-dc |
If the slave host controller is unable to contact the master domain controller to get its configuration on boot, boot from a local copy previously created using --backup. The slave host controller will not be able make any modifications to the domain configuration, but it will be able to launch servers. |
These parameters are usable in either standalone or managed domain mode, and have no values. The following table explains what each of these does
|
Name |
Function |
|
--version |
Prints out the version of JBoss AS and exits the JVM. |
|
--help |
Prints out a help message explaining the options and exits the JVM. |