The JBoss EAP6 and AS7 supports different approaches to mange server configurations. One approach is the command line interface (CLI). It is based on the De-Typed Management API and allows the execution of management operations. The CLI has support for CLI scripts with management and configuration operations that can be executed in a non-interactive mode.
In this post we want to introduce two ways of using CLI scripts to manage server configurations.
As announced this is the last post of our series about clustering of the Redhat EAP 6 and JBoss AS 7. The other posts of this series were
This post will dig deeper into the clustering mechanisms of the EAP 6 and JBoss AS 7. We will show different solutions to multicast problems you will get in most cloud networks as well as some other networks. Infinispan uses JGroups to do its cluster communication. Cluster communication here means multiple things: finding other cluster nodes, providing a reliable transfer, implementing multicast communication even if there is no IP multicast available, identifying dead cluster nodes and a little bit more. In fact JGroups is able to do a lot more but Infinispan does not need all of the opportunities JGroups offers. The upcoming HornetQ version 2.3 which will be included in the EAP 6.1 will use JGroups for server discovery too. This post will explain the basic principles of JGroups and how to configure it in different network setups, especially most cloud networks.
In the recent posts of this series we talked about many different aspects of clustering for the JBoss AS 7 and its quality assured version EAP 6, such as:
Until now, there is one important thing we have not covered yet: clustering of the messaging subsystem. The EAP 6 as well as the AS 7 uses HornetQ as default messaging provider. In this post we want to give an overview about the clustering abilities of HornetQ and explain how to use the various clustering features in combination with the EAP 6 or respectively the JBoss AS 7. We implemented a simple JMS client application to demonstrate the HornetQ clustering abilities.
In the recent posts of this series about the clustering capabilities of the JBoss EAP6 and the AS7, we covered the basic concepts, managing cluster nodes in domain mode and scalable HA cluster topologies. This post will be about clustering capabilities for remote EJB clients. We will explain how to cluster EJB components and invoke them from a standalone remote client with client-side failover and load balancing.
The first post of this series focused on the basic concepts behind clustering JBoss AS 7 and EAP 6. We explained how to enable cluster capabilities for a simple Java EE application and setup a basic cluster environment in the standalone operation mode. In this post we will now explain the domain mode and how to manage a cluster environment in managed domains.
A managed domain spans over multiple hosts with centralized administration and management policies. Each host that runs in domain mode can contain several server instances that belong to one domain. The domain mode is one of two possible operating modes of the EAP 6 respectively the JBoss AS 7. The other mode is the standalone mode. A JBoss application server, which operates in the standalone mode, is an independent process. This mode is pretty similar to the previous versions of the JBoss application server. The different operating modes have no influence to the capabilities of the application server, but rather how to manage one or multiple servers. So, the domain mode is completely independent from clustering. But it provides many useful features for managing clustered environments such as handling of deployments for multiple instances. For example the JBoss AS 7 running in standalone mode does not support any more the previous farming deployment capabilities. Now, this can be done with the domain mode capabilities and of course there are more features such as starting and stopping servers from one single console that makes it easier to handle clustered environments.
Since March 15th of the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) is available in the Version 6 Beta. The EAP is based on the Java EE 6 certified JBoss AS 7.1 community release, which impresses not only by the fast start-up time and low memory consumption but also by its new clean architecture.
At the moment, the EAP 6 Beta is pretty close to the community version. It includes a few critical bug fixes and some brandings. The differences will be larger with the on going quality assurance and maintenance phase.
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