The binary download is available from our download page .

Once downloaded and extracted, the folder hierarchy should look like this:

We will be using files contained in this download in the further sections, so please download and extract it first.

Of course you will need to install JBoss Application Server prior to installing JBoss portal, if you didn't do so yet, please install JBoss EAP 4.2 or JBoss AS 4.2.1. If you have a subscription contract with Red Hat, can have access to the EAP version from the support portal. For the other versions you can get them here .

You will need a database for JBoss Portal to run, you can use any database supported by Hibernate.

The JBoss Portal download you extracted in Section 2.2.1.1, “Getting the Binary” contains pre-configured datasource descriptors, you can use for most popular RDBMS under the setup directory. For more details about the datasource descriptor or if your database server is not part of the pre-built descriptors, please refer to: the dedicated wiki page.

At this point, you should configure the one that suits you best with your Database and JDBC driver.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<datasources>
  <local-tx-datasource>
    <jndi-name>PortalDS</jndi-name>
    <connection-url>jdbc:postgresql:jbossportal</connection-url>
    <driver-class>org.postgresql.Driver</driver-class>
    <user-name>portal</user-name>
    <password>portalpassword</password>
  </local-tx-datasource>
</datasources>
                  

Please verify that the username, password, url, and driver-class are correct for your flavor of DB. You can deploy the datasource file by itself to test, in advance.

Of course you will need to install JBoss Application Server prior to installing JBoss portal, if you didn't do so yet, please install JBoss EAP 4.2 or JBoss AS 4.2.1. If you have a subscription contract with Red Hat, can have access to the EAP version from the support portal. For the other versions you can get them here .

For the build targets to work, you must first set the JBOSS_HOME environment variable in your operating system, to the root directory of the JBoss Application Server installation.

In Windows, this is accomplished by going to Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables . Now under the System Variables section, click New . You will be setting the JBOSS_HOME environment variable to the location of your JBoss Application Server installation:

On a Unix-like Operating System, you would accomplish this by typing: export JBOSS_HOME=/path/to/your/jboss/directory

You will need a database for JBoss Portal to function, you can use any database supported by Hibernate.

You will need a valid datasource descriptor, for JBoss Portal to communicate with your database. Having obtained the sources and having set your JBOSS_HOME environment variable ( Section 2.3.2.2, “Operating System Environment Setting” ), you can now have the JBoss Portal build system generate preconfigured datasources for you.

Navigate to JBOSS_PORTAL_HOME_DIRECTORY/core and type:

build datasource

Once complete, the datasource build should produce the following directory and file structure:

At this point, you should configure the one that suits you best with your Database and JDBC driver.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<datasources>
  <local-tx-datasource>
    <jndi-name>PortalDS</jndi-name>
    <connection-url>jdbc:postgresql:jbossportal</connection-url>
    <driver-class>org.postgresql.Driver</driver-class>
    <user-name>portal</user-name>
    <password>portalpassword</password>
  </local-tx-datasource>
</datasources>
                  

Please verify that the username, password, url, and driver-class are correct for your flavor of DB.

Now copy your datasource descriptor to JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy