The JBoss EAP is a certified Java EE application server. In this chapter, we gave the reader a large overview in terms of administration, configuration, application development, and security features. We progressively learned how to set up a JBoss EAP installation, both in the standalone and domain modes. We have been able to verify the facilities offered by a centralized administration in the domain mode for a large installation. We also saw how to reuse JBoss EAP installation binaries for many installations and therefore optimize your migrations and patch installation. We covered how to create and manage JBoss resources and objects--through server groups, server instances, datasources, security domains, and using the JBoss CLI or the administration console.
In terms of application development, we created and deployed a clustered application. We have been able to implement...