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| <h1 align="center">Apache Axis2 Installation Guide</h1> | |
| <p>This document provides information on Axis2 distribution | |
| packages, system prerequisites and setting up environment variables | |
| and tools followed by detailed instructions on installation | |
| methods.</p> | |
| <p><i>Send your feedback to: <a href= | |
| "mailto:java-dev@axis.apache.org?subject=[Axis2]">java-dev@axis.apache.org</a></i> | |
| mailing list. (Subscription details are available on <a href= | |
| "../mail-lists.html">Axis2 site</a>.) | |
| Kindly prefix every email subject with [Axis2].</p> | |
| <h2>Contents</h2> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><a href="#Download_Axis2">Axis2 Distributions</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="#requirements">System Requirements</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="#standalone">Installing Axis2 as a Standalone Server | |
| using the Standard Binary Distribution</a> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><a href="#standalone1">Installing the Apache Axis2 Binary | |
| Distribution</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="#standalone2">Starting up Axis2 Standalone | |
| Server</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="#standalone3">Building the Axis2 WAR File Using the | |
| Standard Binary Distribution</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="#standalone4">Getting Familiar with Convenient Axis2 | |
| Scripts</a></li> | |
| </ul> | |
| </li> | |
| <li><a href="#servlet_container">Installing Axis2 in a Servlet | |
| Container</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="#upload">Uploading Services</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="#advanced">Advanced</a> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><a href="#source">Axis2 Source Distribution</a> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><a href="#_Toc96698083">Setting up the Environment and | |
| Tools</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="#_Toc96698085">Building Axis2 Binaries and the WAR | |
| file Using the Source Distribution</a></li> | |
| </ul> | |
| </li> | |
| </ul> | |
| </li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <a name="Download_Axis2" id="Download_Axis2"></a> | |
| <h2>Axis2 Distributions</h2> | |
| <p>Axis2 is distributed in several convenient distribution packages | |
| and can be installed either as a standalone server or as part of a | |
| J2EE compliant servlet container. Axis2 is distributed under the | |
| Apache License, version 2.0. This Installation Guide will mainly | |
| focus on running Apache Axis2 using the Standard Binary | |
| Distribution.</p> | |
| <p><a href="../download.cgi"> | |
| Download</a> distribution packages of the Apache Axis2 | |
| ${axis2_version} version (latest).</p> | |
| <p><a href="../download.cgi">Download</a> | |
| distribution packages of all versions of Apache Axis2.</p> | |
| <p>The distribution packages provided are as follows:</p> | |
| <a name="std-bin" id="std-bin"></a> | |
| <h3>1. Standard Binary Distribution</h3> | |
| <p>This is the complete version of Axis2 and includes samples and | |
| convenient scripts as well.</p> | |
| <p><a href="../download.cgi"> | |
| Download</a> Standard Binary Distribution</p> | |
| <a name="war1" id="war1"></a> | |
| <h3>2. WAR (Web Archive) Distribution</h3> | |
| <p>This is the Web application of Axis2, which can be deployed in | |
| most of the servlet containers.</p> | |
| <p><a href="../download.cgi"> | |
| Download</a> WAR (Web Archive) Distribution</p> | |
| <h3>3. Documents Distribution</h3> | |
| <p>This contains all the documentation in one package. The package | |
| includes the xdocs and the Java API docs of this project.</p> | |
| <p><a href="../download.cgi"> | |
| Download</a> Documents Distribution</p> | |
| <h3>4. Source Distribution</h3> | |
| <p>This contains the sources of Axis2 standard distribution, and is | |
| mainly for the benefit of advanced users. One can generate a binary | |
| distribution using the source by typing <span class="style1">$mvn | |
| -Drelease install.</span> You need to set up the Axis2 environment before | |
| running this command. Step by step details on how to create the | |
| binary distribution is available in the <a href= | |
| "#advanced">Advanced</a> section.</p> | |
| <p><a href="../download.cgi"> | |
| Download</a> Source Distribution</p> | |
| <a name="requirements" id="requirements"></a> | |
| <h2>System Requirements</h2> | |
| <table> | |
| <tbody> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>Java Development Kit (JDK)</td> | |
| <td>1.8 or later (For instructions on setting up the JDK in | |
| different operating systems, visit <a href= | |
| "http://java.sun.com/">http://java.sun.com</a>)</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>Disk</td> | |
| <td>Approximately 35 MB separately for standard binary | |
| distribution</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>Operating system</td> | |
| <td>Tested on Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu(Linux)</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td><strong>Build Tool</strong>-<a href= | |
| "http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> | |
| <p>To run samples and to build WAR files from Axis2 binary | |
| distribution.</p> | |
| </td> | |
| <td>Version 1.10 or higher (<a href= | |
| "http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>).</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td><strong>Build Tool</strong>- <a href= | |
| "http://maven.apache.org/">Apache Maven 2.x</a> | |
| <p>Required <em>only</em> for building Axis2 from Source | |
| Distribution</p> | |
| </td> | |
| <td>3.6.3 or higher in Maven 3.x series (<a href= | |
| "http://maven.apache.org/download.html">download</a>). | |
| <strong>Please download Maven 3.x version. Axis2 does not support | |
| Maven 1.x nor 2.x anymore.</strong></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </tbody> | |
| </table> | |
| <p>Make sure that the above prerequisites are available for the | |
| Axis2 installation.</p> | |
| <a name="standalone" id="standalone"></a> | |
| <h2>Installing Axis2 as a Standalone Server using the Standard | |
| Binary Distribution</h2> | |
| <a name="standalone1" id="standalone1"></a> | |
| <p>This section provides you with the following information</p> | |
| <ol> | |
| <li>Install Axis2 as a standalone server using the Standard Binary | |
| Distribution</li> | |
| <li>Start up the Axis2 standalone server</li> | |
| <li>Building the axis2.war file (using the Standard Binary | |
| Distribution) which is required to run Axis2 as part of a J2EE | |
| compliant servlet container</li> | |
| <li>Running Axis2 convenient scripts</li> | |
| </ol> | |
| <h3>1. Download and Install the Apache Axis2 Binary | |
| Distribution</h3> | |
| <p><a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/">Download</a> and install a | |
| Java Development Kit (JDK) release (version 1.8 or later). Install | |
| the JDK according to the instructions included with the release. | |
| Set an environment variable JAVA_HOME to the pathname of the | |
| directory into which you installed the JDK release.</p> | |
| <p>Download and unpack the <a href="../download.cgi"> | |
| Axis2 Standard Binary Distribution</a> into a convenient location | |
| so that the distribution resides in its own directory. Set an | |
| environment variable AXIS2_HOME to the pathname of the extracted | |
| directory of Axis2 (Eg: /opt/axis2-${axis2_version}). Linux users | |
| can alternatively run the setenv.sh file available in the | |
| AXIS2_HOME/bin directory to set the AXIS2_HOME environment variable | |
| to the Axis2 classpath.</p> | |
| <h3>2. Starting up Axis2 Standalone Server</h3> | |
| <p>The standalone Axis2 server can be started by executing the | |
| following commands:<br /> | |
| %AXIS2_HOME%\bin\axis2server.bat (Windows)<br /> | |
| $AXIS2_HOME/bin/axis2server.sh (Unix)</p> | |
| <p>After startup, the default web services included with Axis2 will | |
| be available by visiting http://localhost:8080/axis2/services/</p> | |
| <a name="standalone3" id="standalone3"></a> | |
| <h3>3. Building the Axis2 Web Application (axis2.war) Using | |
| Standard Binary Distribution</h3> | |
| <p><a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">Download</a> and | |
| install Apache Ant (version 1.10 or later). Install Apache Ant | |
| according to the instructions included with the Ant release.</p> | |
| <p>Locate the Ant build file (build.xml) inside the webapp | |
| directory, which resides in your Axis2 home directory (i.e:- | |
| $AXIS_HOME/webapp)". Run the Ant build by executing "ant | |
| create.war" inside the AXIS2_HOME/webapps folder. You can find the | |
| generated axis2.war inside the AXIS2_HOME/dist directory. All the | |
| services and modules that are present in the AXIS2_HOME/repository | |
| will be packed into the created axis2.war together with the Axis2 | |
| configuration found at AXIS2_HOME/conf/axis2.xml.</p> | |
| <p>Read <a href="#servlet_container">Installing Axis2 in a Servlet | |
| Container</a> to find out how to deploy the Axis2 Web application | |
| in a servlet container.</p> | |
| <a name="standalone4" id="standalone4"></a> | |
| <h3>4. Getting Familiar with the Convenient Axis2 Scripts</h3> | |
| <p>It is advised to add the AXIS2_HOME/bin to the PATH, so that | |
| you'll be able to run the following scripts from anywhere.</p> | |
| <table> | |
| <tbody> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td><b>Script Name</b></td> | |
| <td><b>Description</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>axis2.{bat|sh}</td> | |
| <td>You can use this script to run web service clients written | |
| using Axis2. This script calls the "java" command after adding the | |
| classpath for Axis2 dependent libraries (*.jar files present in | |
| your AXIS2_HOME/lib), setting the Axis2 repository location | |
| (AXIS2_HOME/repository) and setting the Axis2 configuration file | |
| location(AXIS2_HOME/conf/axis2.xml) for you. With this you can be | |
| relieved from setting all the above Axis2 specific | |
| parameters.<br /> | |
| <p><em>Usage : axis2.{sh.bat} [-options] class [args...]</em></p> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>axis2server.{sh|bat}</td> | |
| <td>This script will start a standalone Axis2 server using the | |
| AXIS2_HOME/repository as the Axis2 repository and the | |
| AXIS2_HOME/conf/axis2.xml as the Axis2 configuration file. This | |
| will start all the transport listeners listed in the | |
| AXIS2_HOME/conf/axis2.xml. | |
| <p>For example, if you want to deploy a service using a standalone | |
| Axis2 server,then copy your service archive to the | |
| AXIS2_HOME/repository/services directory. Next, go to the | |
| "Transport Ins" section of the AXIS2_HOME/conf/axis2.xml and | |
| configure the transport receivers (simpleHttpServer in port 8080 is | |
| listed by default). Then invoke this script.</p> | |
| <p>The server can be started in debug mode by adding the <tt>-xdebug</tt> | |
| option to the command line. A remote debugger can then be attached by | |
| connecting to port 8000.</p> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>wsdl2java.{bat|sh}</td> | |
| <td>This script generates Java code according to a given WSDL file | |
| to handle Web service invocations (client-side stubs). This script | |
| also has the ability to generate web service skeletons according to | |
| the given WSDL.<br /> | |
| <p><em>Usage: wsdl2java.{sh|bat} [OPTION]... -uri <Location of | |
| WSDL></em></p> | |
| <p>e.g., wsdl2java.sh -uri ../wsdl/Axis2Sample.wsdl</p> | |
| <p>A more detailed reference about this script can be found | |
| <a href="reference.html">here</a></p> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>java2wsdl.{bat|sh}</td> | |
| <td>This script generates the appropriate WSDL file for a given | |
| Java class.<br /> | |
| <p><em>Usage: Java2WSDL.{sh|bat} [OPTION]... -cn <fully | |
| qualified class name></em></p> | |
| <p>e.g., Java2WSDL.sh -cn ../samples/test/searchTool.Search</p> | |
| <p>A more detailed reference about this script can be found | |
| <a href="reference.html">here</a></p> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </tbody> | |
| </table> | |
| <a name="servlet_container" id="servlet_container"></a> | |
| <h2>Installing Axis2 in a Servlet Container</h2> | |
| <p>Whichever the distribution, installing Axis2 in a J2EE compliant | |
| servlet container is as follows:</p> | |
| <ol> | |
| <li>Build the Axis2 WAR file using the Axis2 <a href= | |
| "#standalone3">Standard Binary Distribution</a>. (Alternatively you | |
| can <a href="../download.cgi"> | |
| download</a> the axis2.war file or you can build axis2.war using | |
| the <a href="#war">Source Distribution</a>.</li> | |
| <li>Drop the WAR file in the webapps folder of the servlet | |
| container. Most servlet containers will automatically install the | |
| WAR file. (Some servlet containers may require a restart in order | |
| to capture the new web application. Refer to your servlet container | |
| documentation for more information.) | |
| </li> | |
| <li>Once the WAR is successfully installed, test it by pointing the | |
| web browser to the <strong>http://<host | |
| :port>/axis2.</strong> It should produce the following page | |
| which is the <strong>Axis2 Web Application Home Page</strong>. | |
| <img src="images/clip_image006.jpg" alt= "" /> | |
| </li> | |
| <li>Use the link "Validate" to ensure that everything is running | |
| correctly. If the validation fails then the WAR has failed to | |
| install properly or some essential jars are missing. In such a | |
| situation, refer to the documentation of the particular servlet | |
| container to find the problem. The following page shows a | |
| successful validation. Note the statement that indicates the core | |
| Axis2 libraries are present. | |
| <img src="images/happyaxis.jpg" /> | |
| </li> | |
| </ol> | |
| <a name="upload" id="upload"></a> | |
| <p><strong>Note:</strong> For any Application server specific | |
| installation information please refer to the <a href= | |
| "app_server.html">Application Server Specific Configuration | |
| Guide</a>.</p> | |
| <h2>Uploading Services</h2> | |
| <div style="margin-left: 2em"> | |
| <p>The Axis2 Web application also provides an interface to upload | |
| services. Once a service archive file is created according to the | |
| service specification as described in the <a name= | |
| "adv-userguide.html" id= | |
| "adv-userguide.html">Advanced User's Guide</a>, that .aar file can | |
| be uploaded using the upload page.</p> | |
| <p align="center"><strong><img src="images/clip_image010.jpg" alt= | |
| "" /></strong></p> | |
| <p>The uploaded .aar files will be stored in the default service | |
| directory. For Axis2, this will be the | |
| <webapps>/axis2/WEB-INF/services directory. Once a service is | |
| uploaded, it will be installed instantly.</p> | |
| <a name="hot_deployment" id="hot_deployment"></a> | |
| <p>Since Axis2 supports <strong>hot deployment</strong>, you can | |
| drop the service archive directly through the file system to the | |
| above mentioned services directory. It will also cause the service | |
| to be automatically installed without the container being | |
| restarted.</p> | |
| <p>Use the 'Services' link on the Web Application home page to | |
| check the successful installation of a service. The services and | |
| the operations of successfully installed services will be displayed | |
| on the available services page.</p> | |
| <p align="center"><img src="images/clip_image012.jpg" alt="" /></p> | |
| <p>If the service has deployment time errors it will list those | |
| services as faulty services. If you click on the link, you will see | |
| the deployment fault error messages.</p> | |
| <p align="center"><img src="images/faultservice.jpg" alt="" /></p> | |
| <p>Deployment time error message</p> | |
| <p align="center"><strong><img src="images/faultmsg.jpg" alt= | |
| "" /></strong></p> | |
| <p>Axis2 Administration is all about configuring Axis2 at the run | |
| time and the configuration will be transient. More descriptions are | |
| available in the <a href="webadminguide.html">Axis2 | |
| Web Administration Guide</a></p> | |
| </div> | |
| <a name="advanced" id="advanced"></a> | |
| <h2>Advanced</h2> | |
| <a name="source" id="source"></a> | |
| <h2>Axis2 Source Distribution</h2> | |
| <a name="_Toc96698083"></a> By using the Source Distribution, both | |
| binary files (which can be downloaded as the <a href= | |
| "#std-bin">Standard Binary Distribution</a>) and the axis2.war file | |
| (which can be downloaded as the <a href="#war1">WAR | |
| distribution</a>) can be built using Maven commands. | |
| <p>Required jar files do not come with the distribution and they | |
| will also have to be built by running the maven command. Before we | |
| go any further, it is necessary to install <a href= | |
| "http://maven.apache.org/">Maven3</a> and | |
| set up its environment, as explained below.</p> | |
| <a name="env-src" id="env-src"></a> | |
| <h3>Setting Up the Environment and Tools</h3> | |
| <a name="maven" id="maven"></a> | |
| <h4>Maven</h4> | |
| <p>The Axis2 build is based on <a href= | |
| "http://maven.apache.org/">Maven3</a> . | |
| Hence the only prerequisite to build Axis2 from the source | |
| distribution is to have Maven installed. Extensive instruction | |
| guides are available at the Maven site. This guide however contains | |
| the easiest path for quick environment setting. Advanced users who | |
| wish to know more about Maven can visit <a href= | |
| "http://maven.apache.org/users/index.html">this site.</a></p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li>MS Windows</li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <ol> | |
| <li>Download and run the Windows installer package for Maven.</li> | |
| <li>Set the 'Environment Variables' ( create system variable | |
| MAVEN_HOME and edit path. eg: "C:\Program Files\Apache Software | |
| Foundation\maven-2.0.7"; path %MAVEN_HOME%\bin)</li> | |
| <li>Make sure that the system variable JAVA_HOME is set to the | |
| location of your JDK, eg. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_11</li> | |
| <li>Run mvn -v or mvn -version to verify that it is correctly | |
| installed.</li> | |
| </ol> | |
| <p align="center"><img alt="clip_image002 (15K)" src= | |
| "images/clip_image002.jpg" /></p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li>Unix based OS (Linux etc)</li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <p>The tar ball or the zip archive is the best option. Once the | |
| archive is downloaded expand it to a directory of choice and set | |
| the environment variable MAVEN_HOME and add MAVEN_HOME/bin to the | |
| path as well. <a href= | |
| "http://maven.apache.org/download.html">More | |
| instructions</a> for installing Maven in Unix based operating | |
| systems.</p> | |
| <p>Once Maven is properly installed, you can start building | |
| Axis2.</p> | |
| <p><a href="../faq.html#d4">Maven commands that are frequently | |
| used</a> in Axis2 are listed on the <a href="../faq.html">FAQs</a> | |
| page.</p> | |
| <a name="_Toc96698085"></a> | |
| <h3>Building Binaries and the WAR File Using the Source | |
| Distribution</h3> | |
| <p>The Source Distribution is available as a zipped archive. All | |
| the necessary build scripts are included with the source | |
| distribution. Once the source archive is expanded into a directory | |
| of choice, moving to the particular directory and running | |
| <code>mvn install</code> command will build the Axis2 jar file.</p> | |
| <p>Once the command completes, the binaries (jar files in this | |
| case) can be found at a newly created "target" directory.</p> | |
| <p><strong>Note: For the first Maven build (if the maven repository | |
| is not built first) it will take a while since the required jars | |
| need to be downloaded. However, this is a once only process and | |
| will not affect any successive builds.</strong></p> | |
| <a name="war" id="war"></a> | |
| <p>The default maven build will generate the war under modules/webapp/target directory</p> | |
| <a name="_Toc96698086"></a> | |
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