How-to Install WildFly 9.x on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan Easy Visual-Guide

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WildFly 9 QuickStart for Mac El Capitan 10.11




The Unix Tutorial Shows You How-to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest WildFly 9.x Open Source Java JEE 7 Application Server for Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan Unix/BSD.

WildFly App Server main Features:

  • Unparalled Speed: Fast Startup. Ultimate Web Performance & Scalability.
  • Exceptionally Lightweight: Memory Diet. Slimable / Customizable Runtime.
  • Powerful Administration: Unified Configuration & Management. Domain & Standalone Management.
  • Supports Latest Standards and Technology: Java EE 7. Modern Web.
  • Modular Java: No more jare hell! Fast Linking & Concurrent Loading
  • Easily Testable: Arquillian. Smarter Development.

    Inside the Post you Find Links to Installing Oracle JDK and to Getting-Started with the WildFly 9 Java App Server for Mac OS X.

    To Make the Entire Install WildFly App Server on Mac El Capitan 10.11 Process Easier to Visualize and Retain the Post Includes the Basic Screenshots of the Essentials Steps Involved.

    • Install WildFly 9 on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11 - Featured

    Wildfly 9 App Server New Features at a Glance:

    • HTTP/2 Support
    • Front End Load Balancer Support
    • Server Suspend Mode / Graceful Shutdown
    • Offline CLI Support
    • New Servlet-Only Distribution
    • Core/Full Architecture Split
    • New Logging subsystem
    • Web Services Based on JBossWS 5
    • IIOP implementation Switched to the OpenJDK Orb
    • Clustering Services will now share a single JGroups channel by default
    • IronJacamar container has been upgraded to version 1.2.4
    • Managment Console New improved UI layout

    1. Download Latest WildFly 9 JEE 7 App Server:

      WildFly 9 Final tar.gz

    2. Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
      (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

      Install WildFly on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan - Open Terminal

    3. Extract Archive Into /tmp

      cd $HOME/Downloads
      tar xvfz wildfly*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

    4. How-to Install Recommended Oracle JDK 7+ on Mac OS X:

      Install Oracle JDK7+ for Mac

    5. Relocate WildFly App Server

      1. Login as SuperUser

        sudo su

        If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution

      2. Relocate WildFly

        chmod -R root:wheel /tmp/wildfly*
        mv /tmp/wildfly* /opt/wildfly-9
    6. Set Environment Variable and Path

      1. Logout from SuperUser

        exit
      2. Edit User .bashrc File Settings

        nano ~/.bashrc

        Insert:

        export JBOSS_HOME=/opt/wildfly-8; export PATH=$JBOSS_HOME/bin:$PATH
      3. Load New Environment Set-Up 
        source ~/.bashrc

    7. How-to Getting-Started with WildFly on Mac OS X:

      Quick-Start with WildFly 9

      8. So Now Thanks to Red Hat Inc.
       You Should Finally Fully Dispose of a WildFly 9 JEE Server Installation Mac OS X 😉