Build JBoss Application Server from Source

  1. Log in to the JBoss AS github project page

    Navigate to https://github.com/jbossas/jboss-as. Log in to an existing github account if you have one, or create one now.
  2. Fork the JBoss AS project into your account.

    Click the Fork button at the top right of the screen.
  3. Clone the project.

    Run the following command to clone the forked copy to your local workspace, replacing username with your github username:
     git clone git@github.com: username
             /jboss-as.git
  4. Set up future updates

    In a terminal, change to the jboss-as directory and run the following command:
     git remote add upstream git://github.com/jbossas/jboss-as.git
    
  5. Use Maven to build the Application Server

    Build the server with the following command inside the jboss-as directory:
     ./build.sh install
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