Installing Geronimo from binaries

Depending on the platform you plan to install and run Apache Geronimo download the appropriate installation image. Select the appropriate file compression format for your operating system (.zip, .tar.gz) by clicking directly on the link, download it and expand the binary to your hard drive in a new directory.

The installation of Apache Geronimo is as simple as uncompressing the .zip or .tar files. From a command line window change directory to <geronimo_home>/bin and start the server using the following command:

geronimo run

For your convenience, Apache Geronimo provides a series of scripts to manage the server and applications, visit the Tools and commands section for further details.