start jboss server and run in back ground

I would suggest creating a sysv init script which starts it at boot time, and then shuts it down cleanly before a reboot.  This is pretty simple to do (and you can you a cron to fire it up the first time so that you don't have to reboot to get it started)

If you tell me which OS you're running, I'll help you create it.

linux centos 5.7 (which is equalent to redhat5.7)

Line #13 should be

    . /etc/sysconfig/jboss


Sorry, I copied another script to use as an example.  This won't affect it running, but please correct it anyway :)

it working but when i run /etc/init.d/jboss start it's starting the server and then it neve comes back to command prompt and if i close the puitty session it will kill the jboss server as my initial concern is.

and also when i do ctrl+Z  when it won't come back to prompt, the server goes down but i get below error

15:56:07,866 INFO  [HypersonicDatabase] Database standalone closed clean
15:56:11,265 INFO  [ServerImpl] Shutdown complete
Shutdown complete
Halting VM

touch: cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/jboss': Permission denied

Put between line 24&25 this:

export LAUNCH_JBOSS_IN_BACKGROUND=1

Then try again, it should work.

now it runs even i disconnect my putty session, but it doesn't come back to unix prompt when run /etc/init.d/jboss start and when i do crtl+z i still get --> " touch: cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/jboss': Permission denied"

and

i run jboss instance as webadmin user account, i noticed boot process it starting server as root process when i reboot the OS.

Just comment out the /var/lock/subsys lines in the script if you're not running it as root - you don't need them.

And don't worry about it not coming back to the prompt - it's working after you disconnect, which is what you wanted.

And the bonus is that from now on, it will start when you boot up too!

it works now....cool...what is this for "var/lock/subsys"

Thanks a lot for helping me out

perfect it's starting as non-root user now. although the /etc/sbin/jboss start command still does run in background when i disconnect the putty seesion it will stop the jboss server.

But i am able to start the jboss from the boot