JBoss Application Server is fullly complaint and certified J2EE application server. It has support for all the J2EE API and includes Tomcat as the webcontainer. It’s Open Source application server and released under LGPL. You can learn more about the JBoss Application Server, and read the documentation at the JBoss AS website here.

You can read the Getting Started With JBoss for more information about JBoss AS.

Downloading JBoss AS

There are two ways of downloading and installing the JBoss. Either you can download the entire package or install it later, or you can use Java Webstart to install JBoss AS. Goto the JBoss AS downloads page and click on your desired link.


If you click on the “Run Installer” option, you’ll be propmted to open the JNLP file to start the remote installation.


If you click on the “Download” option, you can download it either in JAR or ZIP format. JAR file is the installer, I recommend downloading the Installer JAR file.

Once you have downloaded the file open it with Java using following command line:


java -jar [installer-filename].jar



or Open it with Java Platform Runtime.

Installation Screen Shots

Make sure that you select “all” in Step no:5. Other things should be pretty straight forward. Click on any image to view it in full resolution.

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