Start WildFly as a systemd Service on Linux

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• Start WildFly as a Service on Linux

Overview

We create a simple systemd Type=oneshot unit file that delegates the work of starting and stopping the instance to the System V wrappers shipped with EAP installation bundle. Note that em applies all this configuration automatically.

systemd File Locations

Place the newly created unit file in /usr/lib/systemd/system. For more details, see systemd Unit File Location.

Install the Pre-Packaged System V Startup Scripts into Standard systemd Location

Copy the pre-packaged System V startup scripts (jboss-as-domain.sh, jboss-as-standalone.sh for EAP 6, jboss-eap-rhel.sh for EAP 7) from $JBOSS_HOME/bin/init.d into /usr/lib/systemd/scripts.

Perform the following operations as "root", re-name the scripts as indicated below.

For a standalone installation, name the script jboss.

cp $JBOSS_HOME/bin/init.d/jboss-as-standalone.sh  /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/jboss

For a domain installation, name the script jboss-host-controller, regardless of whether we're configuring to start the domain controller or a subordinate host controller. This is because on the domain controller host, the domain controller process and the host controller process coincide.

cp $JBOSS_HOME/bin/init.d/jboss-as-domain.sh  /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/jboss-host-controller

Customize the WildFly Startup Wrapper

Customize WildFly Startup Wrapper

Create the Unit File

Create the /usr/lib/systemd/system/jboss.service (or the /usr/lib/systemd/system/jboss-host-controller.service) unit file. Maintain the same nomenclature for consistency:

Modify the environment variables JAVA_HOME, JBOSS_HOME , etc. to match your system's values.

[Unit]
Description=EAP Service
After=syslog.target network-online.target
Before=httpd.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/jboss-host-controller start
ExecStop=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/jboss-host-controller stop
RemainAfterExit=yes
Environment="JAVA_HOME=/opt/java"
Environment="JBOSS_HOME=/opt/jboss"
Environment="JBOSS_USER=eap"
Environment="JBOSS_MODE=domain"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

After and Before

The name of the target used in "After" and "Before" declarations may vary from system to system. For example, "network.taget" on some system may be "network-online.target" on other systems. You can query the targets with systemctl list-units.

Notify systemd of the existence of the new unit file

systemctl daemon-reload

Enable at Boot

systemctl enable jboss-host-controller.service

The Line that Starts The Process

WildFly - The Wrapper Script Line that Starts the Process