THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
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Although this installation path is the fastest one, still you will need to install some software before installing Geronimo.
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Java SE 5
Apache Geronimo v2.1 is Java EE 5 Certified using the Sun 1.5.0 JDK. Refer to the following URL for details on how to download and install J2SE 1.5the latest Java SE 5 JRE or JDK (only required for wsgen tools):
http://java.sun.com
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Notes on other Java levels -
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Download binaries
Depending on the platform you plan to install and run Apache Geronimo you will select the appropriate installation image. Open a Web browser and access the following URL, there you will find the available packages for download (binaries and source code).
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- Java EE 5 : full Java EE 5 functionality - Certified version.
- Minimal (Little-G) : Web Container, Transaction, and Connector capabilities
- Framework : Geronimo kernel core functionality
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With Apache Geronimo already installed, open a command line console and change directory to <geronimo_home>/bin and run one of the following commandcommands:
geronimo run
start-server
gsh geronimo/start-server
This script starts will start the server on within the same terminal you run the commandexisting terminal, instead of as a background process. Once the server is started you should see a screen similar to this one.
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D:\geronimo-tomcat6-javaee5-2.1\bin>geronimo run
Using GERONIMO_BASE: D:\geronimo-tomcat6-javaee5-2.1
Using GERONIMO_HOME: D:\geronimo-tomcat6-javaee5-2.1
Using GERONIMO_TMPDIR: var\temp
Using JRE_HOME: C:\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\jre
Booting Geronimo Kernel (in Java 1.5.0_06)...
Starting Geronimo Application Server v2.1
[****************************************] 100% 46s Startup complete
Listening on Ports:
0 0.0.0.0 Derby Connector
1050 127.0.0.1 CORBA Naming Service
1099 0.0.0.0 RMI Naming
2001 127.0.0.1 OpenEJB ORB Adapter
4201 0.0.0.0 OpenEJB Daemon
6882 127.0.0.1 OpenEJB ORB Adapter
8009 0.0.0.0 Tomcat Connector AJP AJP
8080 0.0.0.0 Tomcat Connector HTTP BIO HTTP
8443 0.0.0.0 Tomcat Connector HTTPS BIO HTTPS
9999 0.0.0.0 JMX Remoting Connector
61613 0.0.0.0 ActiveMQ Transport Connector
61616 0.0.0.0 ActiveMQ Transport Connector
Started Application Modules:
EAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/uddi-tomcat/2.1/car
EAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/agent/2.1/car
EAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/console-tomcat/2.1/car
EAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/mconsole-tomcat/2.1/car
JAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/mejb/2.1/car
RAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/activemq-ra/2.1/car
RAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/system-database/2.1/car
RAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/agent-ds/2.1/car
RAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/mconsole-ds/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/ca-helper-tomcat/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/dojo-legacy-tomcat/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/dojo-tomcat/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/remote-deploy-tomcat/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/welcome-tomcat/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/activemq-console-tomcat/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/debugviews-console-tomcat/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/plancreator-console-tomcat/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/plugin-console-tomcat/2.1/car
WAR: org.apache.geronimo.plugins/sysdb-console-tomcat/2.1/car
Web Applications:
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/CAHelper
/activemq
/console
/console-base
/debug-views
/dojo
/dojo/0.4
/juddi
/monitoring
/plan-creator
/plugin
/remote-deploy
/system-database
Geronimo Application Server started
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://geronimo.apache.org/xml/ns/j2ee/web-2.0.1">
<environment>
<moduleId>
<groupId>sample.applications<<groupId>org.apache.geronimo.samples</groupId>
<artifactId>HelloWorldApp</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<type>war</type>
</moduleId>
</environment>
<context-root>/hello</context-root>
</web-app>
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Stop the server
In the terminal used to start the server, press CTRL+C initiate a server shutdown.
Summary
This article showed you how simple is to have Apache Geronimo up and running. The overall time for getting the server running should be less than five minutes if you have the prerequisites already installed. Additionally, this article also showed you how to create, deploy and test a very simple JSP in less than five minutes.