One-click legacy setup for CSP on Ubuntu servers
Created with β€οΈ by Fabiano (@Fabiano) β’ January 2026
A powerful, idempotent Bash script that installs Oracle Java Runtime Environment 8 Update 451 (HotSpot VM) and configures CardServProxy (CSP) automatically on Ubuntu servers.
This script uses the official reference repository:
https://github.com/cabralfilho/java-jdk-csp
(for cloning the latest CSP files, configs and csp.tar.gz when available).
- π‘οΈ Idempotent installation β safe to run multiple times
- β‘ Installs Oracle JRE 8u451 from file in
/tmp - π§ Configures
update-alternatives+ permanentJAVA_HOME - π¦ Clones/updates the reference repo:
https://github.com/cabralfilho/java-jdk-csp - π Extracts
csp.tar.gz(if present in the repository) - π Creates & enables systemd service for CSP
- π οΈ Built-in guidance for fixing legacy CSP errors
- Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04 (64-bit)
- Root/sudo access
- File
jre-8u451-linux-x64.tar.gzin/tmp
β Download from: Oracle Java Archive
β Look for "Java SE Runtime Environment 8u451 β Linux x64 Compressed Archive" - Internet connection (for git clone)
- Place the JRE file:
mv ~/Downloads/jre-8u451-linux-x64.tar.gz /tmp/