Course Description:

Administering the JBoss® Application Server

JBoss Application Server (AS) is one of the most popular open source Java application server on the market. It is an open source J2EE 1.4 certified platform for developing and deploying enterprise Java applications and Web applications.

While rich in functionality, administering JBoss AS can be somewhat challenging, as it often requires you to manipulate multiple XML configuration files that are located in multiple locations in a JBoss installation. This course covers all the important administrative tasks that are required to administer JBoss AS.

It starts with installation, architecture, and basic configuration and monitoring, covers deployment and configuration of Web and Enterprise applications, and then moves on to configuration of the many other services that JBoss AS supports, such as the Tomcat-based Web container, JDBC and JMS. It also includes coverage of the many details of securing JBoss AS, as well as advanced topics such as tuning and clustering. It is written for versions 4.2.x of JBoss AS, but is in large part consistent with most 4.x versions.

The course is focused and informative, and created by experts in the JBoss AS. It will demystify the many, sometimes obscure, details of running and maintaining the JBoss AS, and leave you well prepared to manage JBoss AS installations.

Course Information

Duration: 3 days

Hands-on: 50% hands-on, 50% lecture

Supported Platforms: JBoss 4.x

Skills Gained:

Understand JBoss AS Structure and Architecture
Install and configure JBoss
Understand the JMX MicroKernel
Assemble, install and manage J2EE application components such as EJB, Servlets, and JMS
Configure JBoss services such as DataSources, Messaging, etc.
Configure the Web container (Tomcat)
Understand JBoss Security
Configure runtime security for JBoss services and server-side application components
Manage JBoss clusters
Tune JBoss performance

Course Details:

JBoss Introduction

JBoss Background
JBoss AS Architecture
Application Server Overview
JBoss Microkernel Overview

JBoss Installation

Acquiring and Installing JBoss (zip and jar installation)
JBoss Directory Structure
JBoss Standard Configurations and Custom Configurations
Starting/Stopping JBoss
The Admin Consoles

JBoss Architecture

JMX and the JBoss JMX Microkernel
The JMX MBean Server in JBoss
Microkernel Startup
Deployers, SARDeployer, URLDeployer, Other Deployers
JBoss Classloading, the UnifiedClassLoader & Classloader Repository
Detached Invokers - Remote Access to Services
JMX and the Admin Consoles
Command Line Access to JMX

Basic JBoss Configuration (Default Server Configuration)

A Tour of the JBoss Server Directories
Configuring/Modifying the JBoss Directories
The conf/jboss-service.xml File
Using System Properties in Config Files
Core Services, Logging Service
Other Configuration Files
The <server-config>/lib directory
Creating Other Server Configurations
Monitoring JBoss Using the Consoles

Deploying J2EE Applications

J2EE Overview
Jars, Wars, Ears, Sars, and other Archives
Deploying and Redeploying Archives
Unpacked Deployments
Russian Doll Deployments
Deployment via *-service.xml
JBoss Classloading, and it's effect on deployment
Deployment Dependencies and Ordering (Explicit and Implicit)
EJB3 Deployment

JNDI

JNDI and Naming Overview
JBossNS
The NamingService MBean
NamingService Configuration (Ports, etc)
NamingContexts, and Standard Properties
JNDI Over HTTP

DataSources

DataSoruce and JCA Overview
*-ds.xml File
DataSource Configuration
JDBC Drivers
DataSource Lookup

The Web Container (Tomcat)

Overview
The server.xml file
Configuring the HTTP Connector
Configuring HTTPS
Configuring Logging

Configuring Other Services and Invokers

RMI Invoker Overview
RMI Invoker Configuration
RMI/HTTP Invoker
EJB and the RMI Invokers
JBossMQ (JMS Messaging) Overview
JBossMQ Configuration
The ServiceBindingManager (Running Multiple JBoss Instances on a Node)
Other Services

Security

J2EE Security Overview
- Authentication, Authorization, Identity
- Security Roles
The JBoss Security Architecture
JBoss Security Domains Overview
Defining Security Domains
JBoss Login Modules - Overview
Using UsersRolesLoginModule
Using DatabaseServerLoginModule
Other Login Modules (LDAP, etc)
Password Hashing
Securing JBoss Services
- Securing the Consoles
- Securing the Invokers
- Securing DataSources
- Securing Other Services
Enabling SSL
- HTTPS
- RMI Over SSL (EJB usage)
- Other Uses of SSL

Tuning JBoss

JBoss and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
- Tuning The Heap
- Garbage Collection (GC) Overview and Generational GC
- Tuning GC
Tuning the Web Tier (Tomcat)
- Connector Tuning
- Other Optimizations
Database Connection Tuning
RMI Invoker and Messaging Tuning
Other JBoss Optimizations
Creating Minimal Configurations

Clustering

Overview (Load Balancing and Fault Tolerance, State Replication)
JBoss Clustering Overview
Partitions
Setting up a Cluster
JGroups Overview (Multicast Configuration)
Troubleshooting Multicast Issues
Farming Service
Clustered Naming (HA-JNDI)
Clustered EJB
Clustered HTTP - Replicated Sessions

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