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Of the two main sections of this document, one explains the installation of the WSO2 WSAS in Standalone Mode, while the other explains the installation of the WSO2 WSAS into a J2EE compliant servlet container.
For the more adventurous user, WSO2 WSAS can also be built using the source distribution available with this release. The third section of this installation guide explains how to build WSO2 WSAS using the source distribution.
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WSO2 Web Services Application Server in Standalone Mode
WSO2 Web Services Application Server in a Servlet Container
WSO2 Web Services Application Server as an Eclipse WTP Plugin
See Eclipse WTP Integration Guide
WSO2 WSAS is a lightweight application server for Web services. It is built on the Apache Axis2 framework and incorporates leading open source components into a simple, easy-to-use, and highly performant package. Web services specifications support include WS-Addressing, WS-Policy, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Security and more, giving a fully secure, transactional and reliable infrastructure.
WSO2 WSAS is distributed in several convenient distribution packages, and can be installed either as a standalone server or as part of a J2EE compliant servlet container. WSO2 WSAS is distributed under the Apache License, version 2.0.
Java Runtime Environment | 1.4 or 1.5 (For instructions on setting up the JRE in different operating systems, visit http://java.sun.com) |
Memory | No minimum requirement |
Disk | No minimum requirement.
Approximately 40 MB will be used for the .zip distribution |
Operating System | Tested on Windows XP, Linux, Mac OS X, Fedora core, Ubuntu, Gentoo |
Note: The WSO2 WSAS, v@wso2wsas_version@ release has been successfully tested only on Windows XP.
There are two methods of installation on the MS Windows operating system.
Download the wso2wsas-@wso2wsas_version@.msi
Execute the .msi and follow the instructions on the WSO2 WSAS , v@wso2wsas_version@ Setup wizard
The first page of the installation wizard is as follows.
Click Next. It will lead you to the End-User License Agreement.
Select the check box to accept the terms in the license agreement; this will enable the Next button. Click Next to move to the Custom Setup page shown below. Custom Setup will allow you to select the features you want to install.
On the next screen you'll be shown the custom installation features select section.
Click Next on the Custom Setup Page to move to the Ready to Install page displayed below. Click Install. WSO2 WSAS , v@wso2wsas_version@ will be installed in your computer.
Once the installation is complete and the setup exits, click Finish on the WSAS setup wizard. You willl be able to view WSO2 WSAS on the programs list of the Start menu of Windows. A shortcut to WSO2 WSAS , v@wso2wsas_version@ will also appear on the Desktop.
On the programs list of the Start menu, WSO2 WSAS will have the following options :
Once you add WSO2 WSAS as an NT service to Windows services, you can start this service from Services in Administrative tools of the Control Panel.
The following steps will take you through the installation for the MS Windows operating system.
Again, there are two methods of installing on Linux:
The following steps will take you through the binary distribution installation.
(You can also stop the server from the shell. e.g., /etc/init.d/wso2wsas stop)
When trying to execute the WSO2 WSAS binary from a shell, e.g., /usr/bin/wso2wsas (after WSO2 WSAS , v@wso2wsas_version@ has been installed), if the error message 'Permission denied' pops up, then check the file permission of the run.sh script and set the execution permission.
On MS Windows systems,
or
In Debian Linux systems, use the dpkg utility to remove the WSO2 WSAS installation. e.g., dpkg -r wso2wsas-java-@wso2wsas_version@
In Redhat Linux systems, use the rpm utility to remove the WSO2 WSAS installation. e.g.,: rpm -e wso2wsas-java-@wso2wsas_version@
Once WSO2 WSAS , v@wso2wsas_version@ has been successfully installed, in order to access the Management Console, first start the server, launch a web browser instance, and then point it to the URL https://localhost:9443/ (if you are using the default settings). This will take you to the "Sign In" page of the Management Console as displayed below.
Note: By default, WSO2 WSAS has two listeners, HTTP and HTTPS. The HTTP listener opens on port 9762, while the HTTPS listener opens on port 9443. The administrator functions are exposed only via the HTTPS port.
For details on WSO2 WSAS Management Console see the Administrator's Guide
This section provides instructions on how to install the WSO2 WSAS in a Servlet container. This also includes information on how to configure WSO2 WSAS on JBoss, Geronimo and Tomcat servers. Some guidelines on installing WSO2 WSAS on other application servers have also been included.
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The WSO2 WSAS Servlet should be installed on a J2EE compliant servlet container.
WSO2 WSAS has been fully tested on the following J2EE Application Servers, and specific installation instructions for each server are listed under the Application Server Specific Installation section.
Apache Tomcat Server:
JBoss AS:
Apache Geronimo AS:
BEA WebLogic AS
General:
Web application servers that do not fall under the above list will have to follow the Generic Application Server Installation Steps described below.
Follow the simple installation steps to successfully install WSO2 WSAS into a JBoss AS, Apache Geronimo AS or Apache Tomcat server.
1. Download the WSO2 WSAS binary distribution if you haven't done so. Download Unzip wso2wsas-@wso2wsas_version@.zip to a desired location. (eg: c:\wso2-wsas on windows or /home/wso2wsas on linux). This folder will be referred to as WSO2WSAS_HOME.