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The Guvnor application is packaged as a .war
file, which can be deployed to any application
server (such as JBoss AS, ...) or servlet container (such as Tomcat, ...) out-of-the-box.
Installation is simple: download, deploy, start and surf.
If you don't have an application server or servlet container, download and install one. For example, download JBoss AS.
Download the Guvnor distribution from the download site. In the download zip, there's 1 war file per app server
version, for example guvnor-5.2.0-jboss-eap-5.1.war
for JBoss EAP 5.1. Use the war file best
suited for your app server. Essentially there's little difference between those war files: mostly it's a matter
of excluded jars which are already available on the app server.
If no war specifically for your app server exists yet, take the latest Tomcat war. It might require minor configuration tweaks. Consult our wiki for specific tips. The community has been able to make it run on various platforms. Patches (pull requests) to expand our war assemblies for another app server or version are welcome.
Optionally rename that war file to guvnor.war
to have a nicer URL. For the rest of
the manual we'll presume you've done this.
Optionally customize the configuration. First explode (unzip) the
war
file, and change any configuration and then unexplode (zip) it
again.
Deploy the war file by copying it into the deployment directory of the
app server. For JBoss AS 5 and 6, that directory is server/default/deploy
. Alternatively
you can first explode (unzip) the war file and copy that exploded directory. Note: in JBoss AS, the exploded
directory name must end with the suffix .war
.
Start the app server. For JBoss AS 5 and 6, run
$JBOSS_AS_HOME/bin/run.sh
(or run.bat
).
Surf to the Guvnor webapp. This will probably be at
localhost
on port 8080
, for example at http://localhost:8080/guvnor-6.0.0.CR3 (the url
depends on the name of the war file you're using).
Guvnor runs in any application server or servlet container that supports Java SE 5 (JEE 5 is not required), this includes JBoss AS, Tomcat, Jetty and many more.
JBoss AS is the recommended application server, because it is actively tested/developed on it. If you're looking for mission critical, enterprise support, take a look BRMS subscription.