JBoss hangs on start

java, jboss

Solution

JBoss AS 7.x does not support Java 8.

Use Java 7 or upgrade to WildFly 8.

Problem

I'm trying to deploy a WAR file on my JBOSS Server. I have the following setup: In C:\jboss\jboss-as-7.1.1.Final\standalone\deployments I have two files: - MY_APP.dodeploy - MY_APP.war I then run the following ``` C:\jboss\jboss-as-7.1.1.Final\bin>standalone.bat Calling "C:\jboss\jboss-as-7.1.1.Final\bin\standalone.conf.bat" =============================================================================== JBoss Bootstrap Environment JBOSS_HOME: C:\jboss\jboss-as-7.1.1.Final JAVA: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_05\bin\java JAVA_OPTS: -XX:+TieredCompilation -Dprogram.name=standalone.bat -Xms256M -Xmx2 048M -XX:MaxPermSize=512M -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc. server.gcInterval=3600000 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dorg.jboss.resolver.w arning=true -Djboss.modules.system.pkgs=org.jboss.byteman -Djboss.server.default .config=standalone.xml =============================================================================== Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=512M; sup port was removed in 8.0 10:08:55,437 INFO [org.jboss.modules] JBoss Modules version 1.1.1.GA 10:08:55,853 INFO [org.jboss.msc] JBoss MSC version 1.0.2.GA 10:08:55,894 INFO [org.jboss.as] JBAS015899: JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final "Brontes" sta rting ``` But it just hangs. It doesn't go any further. Ideas?

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