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Welcome to JBoss Application Server 7
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Key Features
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* Java EE 6
* Fast Startup
* Small Footprint
* Modular Design
* Unified Configuration and Management
* Distributed Domain Management
* OSGi

Getting Started
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JBoss AS 7 requires JDK 1.6 or later. You can check the Java version on your machine by typing "java -version"

JBoss AS 7 has two modes of operation :

Standalone Server
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An AS7 standalone server is similar to the operating mode of AS6 and previous versions. It runs a single instance of AS7 on a single machine.

<JBOSS_HOME>/bin/standalone.sh		(Unix / Linux)

<JBOSS_HOME>\bin\standalone.bat		(Windows)

Managed Domain
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An AS7 managed domain allows you to control and configure multiple instances of AS7, potentially across several physical (or virtual) machines. 

The following terms are new in AS7 and apply to a managed domain:

Domain controller - An AS7 instance which manages all domain members. Management tasks include starting and stopping servers, deploying applications across server grovups, and maintaining consistent configurations across server groups.

Host - A physical (or virtual) machine which hosts one or more AS7 instances. Hosts on localhost and remote computers can participate in a single domain.

Server Group - A server group is a group of servers which share the same configuration and deployments. A server group can have one or more members, and multiple server groups can exist within a domain. 

Server - A server is a member of a server group. It may exist on any host in the domain. It receives all of its configuration and deployment information from the domain controller, and is identical to all other servers in its group, from a configuration standpoint.

The default configuration includes a domain controller and a single server group with three servers (two of which start automatically), all running on localhost.

<JBOSS_HOME>/bin/domain.sh		(Unix / Linux)

<JBOSS_HOME>\bin\domain.bat		(Windows)

Next Steps
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Once the server has started you can access the landing page at :

http:/localhost:8080

This page includes links to online documentation, quick start guides, forums and the administration console.

Troubleshooting
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If you have problems starting you may need to look at the boot log file which is also output to the screen on startup. For a standalone server, the boot log file is located at:

<JBOSS_HOME>/standalone/log/boot.log	(Unix / Linux)

<JBOSS_HOME>\standalone\log\boot.log	(Windows)

and for a managed domain:

<JBOSS_HOME>/domain/servers/<SEVER-NAME>/log/boot.log	(Unix / Linux)

<JBOSS_HOME>\domain\servers\<SERVER-NAME>\log\boot.log	(Windows)

'localhost' is an alias for 127.0.0.1 and means your local machine. if your browser doesn't recognize 'localhost' then you may have a proxy configured - just make sure that 'localhost' is by-passed in your browser's proxy settings. 

JBoss AS assumes it can open certain ports - if you see error messages like "Address already in use 127.0.0.1:9990" then there is another process already using those ports. You'll need to stop those processes or change the JBoss AS port configuration to use unused ports.

Note : Ports below 1024 require super access under Unix and Linux.