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useradd -d /usr/local/wildfly-x.x.x.Final -M wildfly
chown -R wildfly. /usr/local/wildfly-x.x.x.Final

On Enterprise Linux 6 and older:

Copy the files from the $WILDFLY_HOME/docs/contrib/scripts/init.d folder as follows: 

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cd /usr/local/wildfly-x.x.x.Final/docs/contrib/scripts/init.d
cp wildfly.conf /etc/default/wildfly
cp wildfly-init-redhat.sh /etc/init.d/wildfly
chmod 544 /etc/init.d/wildfly

Open /etc/default/wildfly in your favorite text editor, and set the following variables properly:

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title/etc/default/wildfly
JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_181
JBOSS_HOME=/usr/local/wildfly-x.x.x.Final
JBOSS_USER=wildfly
JBOSS_MODE=standalone
JBOSS_CONFIG=standalone.xml

Having done that, use chkconfig to install WildFly as a service to all relevant run levels. 

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chkconfig --level 2345 wildfly on

On Enterprise Linux 7 and newer:


Create the file wildfly-Create the file wildfly-service as a systemd service in /etc/systemd/system/:

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title/etc/systemd/system/wildfly.service
[Unit]
Description=WildFly {{ wildfly_version }} Java EE Application Server
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target
 
[Service]
Type=simple
User={{ wildfly_user }}
Group={{ wildfly_user }}
ExecStart={{ wildfly_home }}/bin/standalone.sh -b=0.0.0.0 -bmanagement=0.0.0.0
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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In case you need to uninstall WildFly as a systemd service, here are the instructions for it. To uninstall WildFly just remove the service files. :

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systemctl stop wildfly.service
systemctl disable wildfly.service
chkconfigrm --level 2345 wildfly off
rf /etc/systemd/system/wildfly*
rm -rrf /etc/init.d/wildflylib/systemd/system/wildfly* # optional
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl reset-failed # optional
rm /etc/default/wildfly
userdel wildfly

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