Installing on Linux and Solaris from Source Distribution

Follow the instructions below to install the source distribution of any WSO2 product on Linux or Solaris from the command line.

Note

Before you start installing, ensure that the installation prerequisites are satisfied.

Establish an SSH connection to the Linux/Solaris machine or log in on the text Linux console.

Step 1. Obtain Installation Pack

Download the latest version of the program.

Step 2. Extract the Archive

After the download is complete, extract installation files in your home directory by executing the command as shown in the following example,

unzip wso2carbon-4.0.0-src.zip

Step 3. Build the Product

Run the following command to build the product in directory you extracted the installation files.

Note

You need an Internet connection for Maven to download dependencies required for the build.

mvn clean install

It will create the complete release artifacts including the binary and source distributions in the modules/distribution/target/ directory.

Note

The first time you run Maven, it automatically downloads the dependent JAR files. Therefore the first run will take more time.

Step 4. Set up JAVA_HOME

JAVA_HOME environment variable set up is needed to run any WSO2 product. The variable points at the directory where the Java™ Development Kit (JDK) is installed on the computer.

Reference

Environment variables are global system variables accessible by all the processes running under the operating system.

Edit BASHRC file in your home directory to add the JAVA_HOME environment variable. To set up JAVA_HOME, perform the following steps.

1. Open the BASHRC file in your favorite Linux text editor, for example, vi, emacs, pico, or mcedit.

2. Add the following two (2) lines at the bottom of the file as shown in the example below:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_25
export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

3. Save the file.

Tip

If you do not know how to work with text editors in Linux SSH session, run the following command:

cat >> .bashrc

Paste the string from the clipboard and press "Ctrl+D."

4. In order to verify the effective JAVA_HOME variable set up, execute the following command:

echo $JAVA_HOME

The system returns the JDK installation path.

Step 5. Running the Product

1. Establish a SSH connection to the Linux/Solaris server or log in to the text Linux console.

2. Go to <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin, where "<PRODUCT_HOME>" is the actual folder where the product's distribution files are stored.

3. Execute the following command to start the server:

sh ./wso2server.sh

4. The operation log is displayed. For example,

If the server is started and running, a message appears as "WSO2 Carbon started in 'n' seconds."

Step 6. Stopping the Server

To stop the running server, simply hit Ctrl-C in the command window or choose the "Shutdown/Restart" link on the left-hand menu of the product's Management Console. For information on accessing the Management Console, refer to section Introducing the Management Console.