Move to JBOSS_DIST/jboss-as/bin directory and execute the run.bat (for Windows) or run.sh (for Linux) script, as appropriate for your operating system. Your output should look like the following (accounting for installation directory differences) and contain no error or exception messages:
[jwulf@thinkpad bin]$ ./run.sh ========================================================================= JBoss Bootstrap Environment JBOSS_HOME: /home/jwulf/jboss-eap-4.2/jboss-as JAVA: java JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.sh -server -Xms1503m -Xmx1503m -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client. gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true CLASSPATH: /home/jwulf/jboss-eap-4.2/jboss-as/bin/run.jar ========================================================================= 13:11:46,215 INFO [Server] Starting JBoss (MX MicroKernel)... 13:11:46,217 INFO [Server] Release ID: JBoss [EAP] 4.2.0.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_4_2_0_GA date=200706111042) 13:11:46,218 INFO [Server] Home Dir: /home/jwulf/jboss-eap-4.2/jboss-as 13:11:46,219 INFO [Server] Home URL: file:/home/jwulf/jboss-eap-4.2/jboss-as/ 13:11:46,220 INFO [Server] Patch URL: null 13:11:46,225 INFO [Server] Server Name: production 13:11:46,225 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: /home/jwulf/jboss-eap-4.2/jboss-as/server/production 13:11:46,225 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/home/jwulf/jboss-eap-4.2/jboss-as/server/production/ 13:11:46,225 INFO [Server] Server Log Dir: /home/jwulf/jboss-eap-4.2/jboss-as/server/production/log 13:11:46,226 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: /home/jwulf/jboss-eap-4.2/jboss-as/server/production/tmp 13:11:46,226 INFO [Server] Root Deployment Filename: jboss-service.xml 13:11:47,071 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.5.0_11,Sun Microsystems Inc. 13:11:47,071 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.5.0_11-b03,Sun Microsystems Inc. 13:11:47,072 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Linux 2.6.21-1.3228.rhel5,i386 13:11:48,558 INFO [Server] Core system initialized 13:11:56,934 INFO [WebService] Using RMI server codebase: http://127.0.0.1:8083/ 13:11:56,940 INFO [Log4jService$URLWatchTimerTask] Configuring from URL: resource:jboss-log4j.xml
Note that there is no "Server Started" message shown at the console when the server is started using the production profile, which is the default profile used when no other is specified. This message may be observed in the server.log file located in the server/production/log subdirectory.