Drools6.1 Workbench on JBoss AS7.1.1

Objective

In this post we are going to install JBoss AS 7.1.1 and Drools 6.1 Workbench.

In subsequent posts we will create and deploy rules, decision tables, and workflows with human interaction.

Download JBoss AS 7.1.1

• Download JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final from here: http://jbossas.jboss.org/downloads/
• Unzip it into your destination folder

Start JBoss AS 7.1.1

JBoss AS 7.1.1 will not run on Java8, so you will need to set your path to your Java 1.7 installation.

Running on a Mac, Java installations are installed in /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines, so for myself to work with JBoss AS 7.1.1 I do the following:

• Open a cmd shell
• export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home
• export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
• cd /Applications/Development/Servers/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/bin

Add a JBoss Management User

• ./add-user.sh
• a – Management User
• ManagementRealm (default)
• username: admin
• password: any password
• yes

Start JBoss AS

• ./standalone.sh

Open a Browser

http://localhost:8080

 

Deploy Drools Workbench

Download Drools Workbench

• Download Drools Workbench from here: http://www.drools.org/download/download.html
• This will download the file: kie-drools-wb-distribution-6.1.0.Final.zip
• unzip it

Install Drools Workbench

• Open the browser at: http://localhost:8080/
• Click on Administration Console
• login with the username/password you configured earlier

• Click Manage Deployments in the left panel
• Click Add Content in the Deployments pane

• Click Choose File
• Navigate to the kie-drools-wb-distribution-6.1.0.Final you downloaded
• Navigate to binaries
• select: kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.1.0.Final-jboss-as7.0.war
• click Open
• click Next
• click Save

• Click Enable
• Click Confirm

With the Workbench enabled navigate to:

http://localhost:8080/kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.1.0.Final-jboss-as7.0

Add a JBoss Application User

With the server still running

• open a cmd shell
• ./add-user.sh
• b – Application User
• ApplicationRealm (default)
• username: any username
• password: any password
• role: admin
• yes

Login to the Drools Workbench

Go back to the browser and login with the new Application user you have just created.

Close the What’s New window

Next

In subsequent posts we will create and deploy rules, decision tables, and workflows with human interaction.