Steps to Install Wildfly on Windows
In this guide, We will see how to download and install wildfly on windows. - Wildfly Community Version
What is Wildfly
WildFly, formerly known as JBoss AS, or simply JBoss, is an application server authored by JBoss, now developed by Red Hat. WildFly is written in Java and implements the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition specification. It runs on multiple platforms.WildFly is a fantastic full-featured multiplaform open-source and free application server developed by Red Hat. This quick tutorial will list the steps to install this AS on a Windows.
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Step #1: Download
Go to https://wildfly.org/downloads/ and download the wildfly 19 final tar / zip distribution wildfly-19.1.0.Final.zip. Here is the quick link to download the wildfly tar / zip file wildfly-19.1.0.Final.zip
Step #2: Install
- Extract the downloaded zip archive wildfly-19.1.0.Final.zip to a convenient directory C:\wildfly. You will see a new folder named 'wildfly-19.1.0.Final' under C:\wildfly.
- Execute the script 'C:\wildfly\wildfly-19.1.0.Final\bin\standalone.bat' to set up the wildfly application server environment, check the installation logs and make sure that installation is complete without any error.
- Upon successful installation start the wildfly server.
- Once the server has been started, you should be able to access the wildfly web server at the address https://localhost:9990 and to access to the wildfly admin console at https://localhost:9990/console.
Note :
To install wildfly, java runtime is required. Please download and insall java if its not installed already.
Please refer Java OpenJDK Installation for details.
Step #3: Configure WildFly Server
To access admin console, you will need to add a new user by executing the script 'add-user.ba' located under your WildFly installation folder c:\wildfly\wildfly-19.1.0.Final.
Follow the below steps to add new wildfly user
- Execute the script 'add-user.bat' in windows command prompt.
- Enter the details of the new user by entering user name and password. And complete the process.
Step #4: Verify
Once the Wildfly Download and installation is complete, we can verify the installed wildfly by accessing server at https://localhost:9990.
Congratulations !!! Now you have installed wildfly Successfully.