1. JBOSS 5.x/6.x EAP Administration
Table of Contents
1. Overview of Java Enterprise Edition
What is Java EE?
Open and Standard-based
Multi-tier
Web-Enabled
Server Centric
Component-Based Distributed Architecture
Enterprise Applications
J2EE architecture and Java EE Contents and Services
2. Overview of JBOSS Application Server
JBOSS Organization
JBOSS AS Background
Highlights of JBOSS AS
What is new in JBOSS AS 5 and 6 ?
JBOSS AS Architecture
JBOSS Micro container Layer
Services Layer, Aspect Layer, Application Layer
JBOSS AS Services and Requirements
3. Installation and configuration of JBOSS AS
Getting and Installing Java
Configuring Java
Getting JBOSS AS
Installing JBOSS AS 5
4. JBOSS Directory Structure
5. Controlling the Life-Cycle of JBOSS AS
Starting JBOSS AS
Verifying JBOSS AS Startup
Stopping JBOSS AS
Starting From a Remote Server
6. Deployments on JBOSS

2. Java EE Deployment Lifecycle
Deployment Descriptors
Deployment on JBOSS AS
Deployers on JBOSS AS
Deployment Dependencies
Hot vs. Cold Deployment
Bootstrapping JBOSS
7. Web Application Administration
Web Technologies
CGI vs. Servlets/JSPs
Tomcat Web Container
Tomcat’s server.xml
Tomcat’s web.xml,
Session Configuration, Serving Static Content, Virtual Hosting with Tomcat, Web Access Logging
8. JNDI Administration
Java Naming and Directory Interface
JNDI in Java EE
JNDI on JBOSS
9. JMX Administration
What is JMX , Why JMX?
JMX Architecture, JMX on JBOSS AS
JMX Console , Web Console, Twiddle Tool
JBOSS AS Administration Console
JBOSS Monitoring
Monitoring with JConsole
Lab: Monitoring
10. Database Integration on JBOSS
Steps Involved
Resource Requirement
Install JDBC Drivers
Define a RDBMS DBCP Resource
Map our Resource
Using our DataSource (RDBMS DBCP)
Hypersonic Database

3. Detecting Connection Leaks
Lab: Database Connectivity
11. Creating multiple instance on singe Machine
12. Security on JBOSS
Securing Applications
Authentication & Authorization
Plain-Text Login Module
Database Login Module
FORM-based Login
Configuring JBOSS AS for SSL
Creating SSL Certificates
Configure SSL Connector
Testing SSL Configuration
Requiring SSL in Apps
Lab: Application Security
Securing JBOSS AS
13. Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting in JBOSS
JVM , Tomcat ,Log4j and other services Tuning
Slimming JBOSS
Troubleshooting the production issues w.r.t JBOSS and Web server,
Taking thread dump and heap dumps to analyzing the issues.
14. Web server
Installation of Apache web server
Configuration of Web server
Types of virtual hosting
Overview of httpd.conf file
15. High Availability and Scalability on JBOSS
Requirements of Clustering: General understanding, Clustering and JBOSS
Simple Web Architecture, External Load Balancer Architecture, Smart Proxy Architecture
General configuration for the following examples
Fronting with a Web Server with Apache HTTPD
Installing and Configuring mod_jk
Simple Load Balancing
Enabling Sticky Sessions

4. Clustered Session Replication, Clustering Single Sign-On, Clustering with HA-JNDI
Clustering with Stateless Session Beans, Clustering with Stateful Session Beans