This book is a kind of experiment. In the past I've written several books about JBoss stuff and I was really glad that many people appreciated my works which are accurately measured in terms of P2P sharings (:-) ). On the other hand I sometimes was disappointed that all this hard work would vanish in a little as one year or so and replaced by a new title destined to the same fate. I guess also readers were somewhat disappointed too.
So here we go, I've committed a couple of mates (a graphical guy, a reviewer and some top-level reviewers) and we're aiming for something new. A book that gets written as the product is coded. Actually the first draft of the WildFly book was ready when the very first Alpha of the application server was out and, after continuous updates, it has reached the CR1 compliancy which should be the definitive shape of the application server. Yet the book is going to be updated as soon as the Final version of WildFly is out. Today the shape of information is only conceived as instant access to the most updated information so I can only imagine the same future for IT Books. Altough we will somewhat miss the gentle rustling of cellulose through our hands, information cannot be set in stone, nor in paper.
Thanks for allowing me this short introuduction and enjoy the WildFly Administration eBook.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Installation
What is new in WildFly 8?
Installing WildFly
A look into the application server file system
Starting WildFly
Your first task: create an user to manage WildFly
Stopping Wildfly
Installing WildFly as Service
Chapter 2 Core Server configuration
The two available server modes
Understanding the server configuration file
Configuring WildFly in Standalone mode
Configuring WildFly in Domain mode
Choosing between standalone mode and domain mode
Managing the WildFly domain
Chapter 3 Deploying applications
File system deployment
Deploying using the Web interface
Deploying the application using the CLI
Deploying applications using Maven
Chapter 4 Configuring DataBase connectivity
Configuring a Datasource using the Administration console
Creating a Datasource using the Command Line Interface
Configure the XA Datasource
Configuring a Datasource as a deployable resource
Advanced Datasource configuration
Chapter 5 Configuring Webserver & EJB Container
Entering Undertow Web server
Configuring the Undertow server Pool
Configuring the Undertow IO Buffer Pool
Configuring the EJB container
Chapter 6 Configure Logging
WildFly default logging configuration
Configuring Log Handlers
Filtering Logs
Configuring the Root Logger
Configuring Logging Categories
Other Logging configuration files
Chapter 7 Configuring JMS Services
HornetQ building blocks
Configuring JMS Connections
Creating JMS Destinations
Configuring Message Persistence
Routing Messages to other destinations
JMS Clustering
Advanced JMS Clustering with data replication
Chapter 8 Classloading and modules
What are modules ?
Patching the application server modules
Configuring static modules
Configuring dynamic modules
Configuring module Dependencies
Advanced Classloading policies
Chapter 9 WildFly clustering
WildFly clustering building blocks
Clustering standalone nodes
Configuring a cluster of domain nodes
Configuring the cluster transport
Configuring clustering caches
Changes in clustering from an AS7 perspective
Managing the Cache Storage: File Store and JDBC Cache store
Chapter 10 LoadBalancing applications
Configuring Apache mod_jk
Configuring mod_cluster
Advanced mod_cluster configuration
Configuring HA for remote EJB clients
Chapter 11 Application Server Management with CLI
Starting the Command Line
Using the CLI
Construct the CLI commands
Advanced CLI features
Taking snapshots of your configuration
Running the CLI in graphical mode
Chapter 12 Securing WildFly
Introducing Security
WildFly Security Domains
Configuring Role Based Access Control
Configuring HTTPS using the Undertow subsystem