JBoss Wildfly in 5 minutes (or a little bit more, but not much)

Step 1: Gathering information

Access:

http://www.wildfly.org/

Step 2: Download the server

Download Wildfly v8.0.0:

http://download.jboss.org/wildfly/8.0.0.Final/wildfly-8.0.0.Final.zip

Step 3: Install the server

> unzip wildfly-8.0.0.Final.zip

Step 4: Start the server

> cd wildfly-8.0.0.Final
> cd bin
> ./standalone.sh

On my not so fast iMac, the first time the server was started it took about 20 seconds, the second time only about 4 seconds:

11:36:10,083 INFO  [org.jboss.ws.common.management] (MSC service thread 1-4) JBWS022052: Starting JBoss Web Services - Stack CXF Server 4.2.3.Final
11:36:10,153 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015961: Http management interface listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990/management
11:36:10,154 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015951: Admin console listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990
11:36:10,154 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015874: WildFly 8.0.0.Final "WildFly" started in 4221ms - Started 183 of 232 services (80 services are lazy, passive or on-demand)

Check if the server is started on http://localhost:8080. You should see the Wildfly welcome page.

Step 5: Access Administration console

http://localhost:9990

This will not work... It states:

To add a new user execute the add-user.sh script within the bin folder of your WildFly installation and enter the requested information.

 Try that and answer the questions:

> ./add-user.sh

I added an admin user. Access http://localhost:9990 again, and voilà, the admin cosole is shown.

Step 6: Deploy the first application

Clone from GitHub

> git clone https://github.com/wildfly/quickstart.git

Build and deploy the project:

> cd quickstart/
> mvn wildfly:deploy

You should see the following log messages:

11:46:40,620 INFO  [org.jboss.as.repository] (management-handler-thread - 1) JBAS014900: Content added at location /Developer/Workspace/Java/containers/wildfly-8.0.0.Final/standalone/data/content/0b/37af36408419a89a9c1f015ea3570c87ced389/content
11:46:40,707 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-1) JBAS015876: Starting deployment of "wildfly-helloworld.war" (runtime-name: "wildfly-helloworld.war")
11:46:42,141 INFO  [org.jboss.weld.deployer] (MSC service thread 1-7) JBAS016002: Processing weld deployment wildfly-helloworld.war
11:46:42,468 INFO  [org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.Version] (MSC service thread 1-7) HV000001: Hibernate Validator 5.0.3.Final
11:46:42,915 INFO  [org.jboss.weld.deployer] (MSC service thread 1-4) JBAS016005: Starting Services for CDI deployment: wildfly-helloworld.war
11:46:43,031 INFO  [org.jboss.weld.Version] (MSC service thread 1-4) WELD-000900: 2.1.2 (Final)
11:46:43,207 INFO  [org.jboss.weld.deployer] (MSC service thread 1-5) JBAS016008: Starting weld service for deployment wildfly-helloworld.war
11:46:45,711 INFO  [org.wildfly.extension.undertow] (MSC service thread 1-1) JBAS017534: Registered web context: /wildfly-helloworld
11:46:45,860 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server] (management-handler-thread - 1) JBAS018559: Deployed "wildfly-helloworld.war" (runtime-name : "wildfly-helloworld.war")

Access the application:

http://localhost:8080/wildfly-helloworld/HelloWorld

You should see the "Hello World!" message.