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Mastering JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7

You're reading from   Mastering JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Core details of the Enteprise server supported by clear directions and advanced tips.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786463630
Length 390 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Luigi Fugaro Luigi Fugaro
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Francesco Marchioni Francesco Marchioni
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Preface 1. Installation and Configuration FREE CHAPTER 2. The CLI Management Tool 3. Managing EAP in Domain Mode 4. Deploying Applications 5. Load Balancing 6. Clustering EAP 7 7. Logging 8. Configuring Database Connectivity 9. Configuring EAP 7 for Java EE Applications 10. Messaging Administration 11. Securing the Application Server 12. New Security Features of EAP 7 13. Using EAP 7 with Docker 14. Running EAP 7 on the Cloud Using OpenShift

The need for balancing

Placing a web server as a front door to your application server is a common practice that can provide the following benefits:

  • Load balancing and clustering: By using a web server as a frontend you can handle traffic in multiple backend server instances. If one of your backend servers fails, the communication transparently continues to another node in the cluster.
  • Speed: You can improve the performance by serving static content from your web server, which generally uses the native API.
  • Security: The application server, where sensitive data is stored, can be placed in a protected area while exposing the frontend to an untrusted network. Essentially, you need to secure only the frontend, which normally does not contain business code.

The list of available software solutions for balancing JBoss EAP has grown in the last few years as new tools or software have been released whilst new balancing functionalities have been added into the application server. We can broadly divide...

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