Course Description:

Administering the JBoss® 7 /EAP 6 Application Server

The JBoss Application Server is one of the most popular open source Java application servers on the market. The latest release, JBoss AS 7, is a major release that includes many improvements and changes from the widely adopted JBoss 5 platform. The new release has a completely new structure and management model that is covered in depth in the course. It is a certified implementation of the Java EE 6 Web profile, and contains a review release of the Java EE 6 Full profile.

This course covers all the important administrative tasks that are required to administer this new version of JBoss AS. It starts with installation, architecture, and basic configuration and monitoring. It covers management using the new and expanded Web console, as well as the structure of the management model and how to use it via the admin CLI (Command Line Interface) and via scripting. It includes coverage of using the management tools to deploy and configure Web and Enterprise applications, datasources, JMS resources (topics, queues), as well as covering the configuration of the major subsystems, including the Web (HTTP), Web Services, Messaging (including the new HornetQ based provider), Logging, and Security subsystems. You will also learn the structure and contents of the underlying XML configuration files that reflect the actual configuration. The course also covers the use of JBoss in standalone mode (consistent with previous releases of JBoss), and explains the new domain model for managing multiple JBoss nodes from a single management point. The last part of the course delves into the details of clustering JBoss for high availability and load balancing, as well as going into the details of setting up and managing a JBoss domain with the new domain model

The course is focused and informative, and created by experts in the JBoss AS. It will demystify the many new capabilities and structure of JBoss 7, and leave you well prepared to manage JBoss AS installations. It also points out many of the issues that you may run into while migrating applications from JBoss 5.

Course Information

Duration: 4 days

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

Supported Platforms: JBoss AS 7.1, and EAP 6.0 on both Linux and Windows Operating Systems

Skills Gained:

Understand JBoss AS 7 structure and architecture
Install and configure AS 7
Understand the structure of both standalone installations and domain-based installations
Be aware of the modular classloading characteristics of AS 7 and of deployments in the server, and how this differs from JBoss 5
Understand the management model, and how to use it via the CLI (Command Line Interface) and via scripting
Understand and use the Web management console for managing AS 7
Be familiar with the XML configuration files, their structure, and their usage
Be able to configure and manage the important subsystems, including the Web, Messaging, and Logging
Configure and manage the Web container, including the HTTP, HTTPS, and AJP connectors
Understand and configure Socket Groups
Understand, configure, and use Security in AS 7
Assemble, deploy, and manage Java EE application components such as EJB, Servlets, and JMS
Configure resources such as datasources, messaging destinations (topics/queues), etc.
Configure runtime security for AS 7 services and server-side application components
Optimize / Tune JBoss performance
Migrate applications from JBoss AS 5 to JBoss AS 7
Configure and Manage AS 7 Domains
Configure and Manage AS 7 Clusters, including using Apache httpd and mod_cluster

Course Details:

Session 1: JBoss AS 7 Introduction and Installation

Java EE Overview and Architecture
JBoss AS 7 Background and Overview
Installing and Starting AS 7
Working with AS 7
Documentation Overview

Session 2: AS 7 Structure and Architecture

AS 7 Directory and File Structure
JBoss Modules
Server Architecture and Configuration

Session 3: AS 7 Management and Logging

Using the CLI (Command Line Interface)
Management Model
Working with Management Resources
Common Management Tasks
The Web Admin Console
Other Management Capabilities
Server Logging

Session 4: Interfaces and Socket Bindings / Port Configuration

Interface Configuration
Socket Bindings and Socket Binding Groups
Setting the Bind Address

Session 5: Application Deployment

Java EE Deployment Archives (Jars, Wars, Ears, Sars)
Deploying with the CLI and Admin Console
Auto-Deployment in AS 7 (Marker Files, Expanded, Archived)
Deployment Dependencies

Session 6: Subsystem Configuration

Thread Pools
Web Container
- Web Container Overview
- Web Container Configuration in standalone.xml
- Querying Container Configuration via the CLI
- Configuring the HTTP, HTTPS, and AJP Connectors (in standalone.xml, and via the CLI)
JNDI and Naming Overview
JBoss Naming Overview and Configuration
JNDI Client Configuration
DataSource and JCA Overview
DataSource Configuration (XML, CLI, and Admin Console)
The H2 Database and ExampleDS
EJB Subsystem

Session 7: Messaging in AS 7

JMS (Java Message Service) Overview
HornetQ Overview
Configuring Connection Factories (XML, CLI, and Admin Console)
Configuring Queues and Topics (XML, CLI, and Admin Console)
Dead Letter and Redelivery
Messaging Security

Session 8 : Security

Java EE Security Overview
- Authentication, Authorization, Identity
- Security Roles
- Web App Security Constraints
AS 7 Security Architecture (PicketBox Security)
AS 7 Security Domains
AS 7 Login Modules
Using PropertiesUsersLoginModule
Using DatabaseServerLoginModule
Role Mapping Configuration
Fine Grained Authorization Policies
Other Login Modules (LDAP, etc)
Securing the Management Interfaces
Enabling SSL
- SSL Overview
- Setting Up HTTPS, keytool, configuration
- Other Uses of SSL

Session 9: Clustering in AS 7

Clustering Overview
Clustering Configuration, JGroups Overview
Troubleshooting Multicast Issues
Managing Clusters
Clustered Services (HA-JNDI/High Availability JNDI, EJB, Messaging)
Load Balancers and Clustered Http
Load Balancing with Apache httpd and mod_cluster
Installing and Configuring mod_cluster
Load Balancing Between Nodes
Managing with the CLI

Session 10: AS 7 Domain Mode

Domain Mode Overview
domain.xml and host.xml
Domain Controllers, Host Controllers, Server Groups, Servers
Domain Configuration - domain.xml, Controller, and Server Configuration
Domain Management

Session 11: Tuning JBoss AS 7

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

Session 12: Migration

Configuration and Management Differences
Classloading and Modules
Database / Datasource
Security
Messaging

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