---
title: "Java on Windows"
slug: "prefix-java-on-windows"
description: "Install Stackify Prefix Java profiler for supported containers (Tomcat, Wildfly, Jetty, Glassfish, WebSphere, Play Framework). Restart to apply changes."
updated: 2021-02-08T20:21:15Z
published: 2021-02-08T20:21:15Z
canonical: "docs.stackify.com/prefix-java-on-windows"
---

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# Java on Windows

Prerequisites:

          

- [Supported Java Technologies](https://docs.stackify.com/docs/java-supported-application-containers-and-frameworks)  

*Since Prefix and Retrace share the same modules/profiler, the supported frameworks between the two products will be the same in most cases.*

**1. Download and install the Prefix executable file:** Prefix uses a simple installer and takes just a couple minutes to install.

Check out the [Getting Started](https://docs.stackify.com/v1/docs/prefix-getting-started) Prefix page to download and install Prefix on your workstation.

**2. Get the latest Stackify Java Profiler for Prefix:** [https://download.stackify.com/stackify-java-apm/stackify-java-apm-latest.tar.gz](https://download.stackify.com/stackify-java-apm/stackify-java-apm-latest.tar.gz)

**3. Extract the profiler:** Extract the tar.gz file to extraction directory: (example: \ProgramData\Stackify\Profiler) and run the install.sh file.

![install script file.png](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/install%20script%20file.png)

This install.sh script will create a jar file named "stackify-java-apm.jar" that you will reference in your web server's configuration. Alternatively, you can reference a specific version of the profiler (e.g. "stackify-java-apm-1.32.3.jar")

**4. Reference the jar file:** Make note of the path to the jar file extracted in step 3. In most default cases, [Path_to_Jar_File] should be

```
C:\ProgramData\Stackify\Profiler\stackify-java-apm-latest\
```

Below are instructions on how to set up the Java profiler for Prefix in the various supported containers/web servers:

- **Tomcat**  

Modify the catalina.bat file located in the installation folder of Tomcat:  

set CATALINA_OPTS=%CATALINA_OPTS% -javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

Note: If running Tomcat as a service, you can set a similar argument to the jar file as in *Java Options* in the Apache Service Manager: ![servicemanager.png](https://cdn.document360.io/3fcaf473-a1ef-4778-aa2c-fd28411c2b01/Images/Documentation/servicemanager.png)

-javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

- **Wildfly / JBoss**  

Modify the standalone.conf.bat file:  

set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

For JBoss AS7, you also need to include an additional parameter on JAVA_OPTS: JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -javaagent:"C:\Program Files (x86)\stackify\java\lib\stackify-java-apm.jar" JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Djboss.modules.system.pkgs=com.stackify.apm"

- **Jetty** Include the following line to the Jetty start command between java and -jar %JETTY_HOME%/start.jar: -javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"
- **Glassfish** Add the following line to the java-config section of the Glassfish domain.xml file: <jvm-options data-tomark-pass="">-javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"</jvm-options>
- **WebSphere** Create a text file named jvm.options under WEBSPHERE/usr/servers/SERVER with: -javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

Depending on your preferences, you may configure a single JVM or all Liberty JVMs with your options file.

To apply these settings to a single server, save jvm.options at ${server.config.dir}/jvm.options To apply these changes to all Liberty JVMs, save jvm.options at:${wlp.install.dir}/etc/jvm.options. This will take effect for all JVMs that do not have a locally defined jvm.options file.

- **Play Framework 1.2.x - 1.4.x** Before running your application, enter the following command: export JAVA_OPTS='-javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"'
- **Play Framework 2.x+** Run the application with the following argument: -J-javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

**5. Restart the Web Server and Prefix Service**