Getting JRebel Standalone
- Download the JRebel Standalone ZIP.
- Unpack the archive to a folder of your choice.
Getting your license up and running
- Find the
jrebel-activate.jar
file in thebin
folder, right where you extracted JRebel. Run it! - Fill out the form.
- Press Activate JRebel.
Got a license?
Press I already have a license in the activation window.
- Activation code. Paste your activation code if you have one already.
- License file from the hard drive. Point to your
jrebel.lic
file. You get this file via email when you purchase JRebel. - Connect to ZeroTurnaround License Management or an on-premises License Server. Enter your team URL and email. You get the team URL from your network administrator.
Generating rebel.xml
- JRebel requires an XML file to map your workspace to your deployed application.
Here is an example of a generated XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<application xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.zeroturnaround.com" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.zeroturnaround.com http://update.zeroturnaround.com/jrebel/rebel-2_1.xsd">
<classpath>
<dir name="C:/Users/user/workspace/spring-petclinic/target/classes">
</dir>
</classpath>
<web>
<link target="/">
<dir name="C:/Users/user/workspace/spring-petclinic/src/main/webapp">
</dir>
</link>
</web>
</application>
Learn more
- Using Maven? Use the JRebel Maven plugin to generate
rebel.xml
. JRebel Maven instructions. - Running Gradle? Use the JRebel Gradle plugin to generate
rebel.xml
. JRebel Gradle instructions. - Need to tweak your
rebel.xml
? JRebel rebel.xml reference manual has the answers.
Did this work?
When building your application, rebel.xml
should be included within the application archive.
- In case of JAR files,
rebel.xml
should be included in the root folder. - When working with WAR files, the
rebel.xml
should be located within the WEB-INF/classes folder. - EAR files require a
rebel.xml
for each internal EAR module (that means JARs and WARs).
Enabling JRebel agent for your server
- Add JRebel to the JVM startup arguments. Read more here.
Good to know
Head over to the JRebel Manual to read more about running servers with JRebel.
Did this work?
When successful, you will see the JRebel banner in the console right at server startup. This is what the JRebel banner should look like:
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel: #############################################################
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel:
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel: JRebel Agent 7.0.0 (201611081555)
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel: (c) Copyright ZeroTurnaround AS, Estonia, Tartu.
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel:
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel: Over the last 1 days JRebel prevented
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel: at least 0 redeploys/restarts saving you about 0 hours.
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel:
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel: Licensed to ZeroTurnaround.
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel:
2016-11-15 12:19:20 JRebel: #############################################################