Migrating from JBoss 5.1.0.GA

[unnijboss]

Can some one please help me on what would be the best version of JBoss AS to migrate to?

Currently our application is running on JBoss 5.1.0.GA with Seam 2.2 and Richfaces. I understand that I need Seam 2.3 at least to make it compatible with JBoss 7.

Looks like following are my options.

Build	Version	Date Released	License for Production
Wildfly	8.0.0.Beta1	10/4/2013	Free
JBoss Application Server AS 7.3	EAP 6.2.0 GA	12/4/2013	Subscription needed
JBoss Application Server AS 7.3	EAP 6.2.0 Beta	10/17/2013	Subscription needed
JBoss Application Server AS 7.2	EAP 6.1.0 Final	5/20/2013	Subscription needed
JBoss Application Server	EAP 6.1.0 Alpha	3/7/2013	Free

Anyone knows what version of AS is used in EAP 6.1.0.Alpha? Is it same as using JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final?

[wdfink]

The simple answer is - That depends on your requirements

If you try 6.1.0.Alpha, this will be the equivalent to AS7.2.0.Final.

If you don't want to pay a subscription, i.e. for low budget installations, you might use the community edition.

If you will have a server with the latest EE features you should use WildFly 8.0 and maybe the final version if you finish the migration.

But remember that you will have to update the installation for bugfixes or fix/integrate it by yourself.

If you are lokking for a stable and reliable productive installation for a couple of years you should consider the EAP versions where you have a lot of benefits

• access to the Red Hat Knowledgebase
• Open cases with SLA to ask questions or if you have problems
• receive fixes and security updates (since 6.2 with a simple patching procedure) for years

[unnijboss]

Thanks a lot for your answer..