Installing the jBPM tool stack
A jBPM release comes with an installation zip file, which contains the essentials for the jBPM environment and tools for building a demo runtime for easy hands-on management of the jBPM runtime environment.
For downloading jBPM:
- Go to http://jboss.org/jbpm | Download | Download jBPM 6.2.0.Final | jbpm-6.2.0.Final-installer-full.zip.
Use the latest stable version. The content of the book follows the 6.2.0 release.
- Unzip and extract the installer content and you will find an
install.html
file that contains the helper documentation for installing a demo jBPM runtime with inbuilt projects.
Note
jBPM installation needs JDK 1.6+ to be installed and set as JAVA_HOME
and the tooling for installation is done using ANT scripts (ANT version 1.7+).
The tooling for installation is basically an ANT script, which is a straightforward method for installation and can be customized easily. To operate the tooling, the ANT script consists of the ANT targets that act as the commands...