WA1451 JBoss Application Server v4 Clustering Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. JBoss Introduction

  • Objectives
  • JBoss Family
  • JBoss Application Server
  • Hibernate
  • JBoss Portal
  • JBoss jBPM
  • JBoss Eclipse IDE
  • Summary
  • Reference
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
 

2. Managing JBoss Configurations

  • Objectives
  • JBoss Configurations
  • JBoss Eclipse IDE
  • Perspectives and Views
  • JBoss IDE Tips
  • XML in JBoss IDE
  • Controlling JBoss Servers
  • Managing JBoss Configuration
  • Updating JBoss Version
  • Summary
  • Reference
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
 

3. Overview of Clustered Architecture

  • Objectives
  • Clusters
  • Horizontal Scaling
  • Vertical Scaling
  • Clustering Terminology
  • Clustering in JBoss
  • Running Multiple Instances of JBoss on Single Machine
  • Adding JBoss Instances to a Cluster
  • Clusters on the Same Network
  • Viewing JBoss Cluster Information
  • Summary
  • Reference
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
 

4. JGroups Network Communication

  • Objectives
  • Introduction to JGroups
  • Group Coordinator
  • Joining the Group
  • JGroups Layering
  • Sample JGroups Layers
  • Transport Protocols
  • Network Impact
  • Discovery Protocols
  • Merging Groups
  • Failure Detection Protocols
  • Group Membership Service
  • State Transfer
  • Summary
  • Reference
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
 

5. Clustered Deployment

  • Objectives
  • Deployment Options
  • Regular Deployment
  • HA-Singleton Deployment
  • Farming Deployment
  • Issues of Farm Deployment
  • Summary
  • Reference
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
 

6. Load Balancing with Apache and mod_jk

  • Objectives
  • Role of Web Server
  • Supported Web Servers
  • Using Apache with Tomcat
  • Configuring mod_jk
  • Adding mod_jk Module
  • Loading mod_jk Module
  • Configure mod_jk
  • Configure workers.properties
  • mod_jk Load Balancing
  • Configure uriworkermap.properties
  • Configure Tomcat
  • Apache mod_jk Status
  • Summary
  • Reference
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
 

7. Distributed Applications

  • Objectives
  • Application State
  • Distributed Failover
  • HTTP Session State Replication
  • JBossCache
  • Configuring Tomcat for HTTP Session Replication
  • Utilizing Session Replication
  • Clustered Session EJBs
  • Clustering Stateless Session Beans (EJB 2.x)
  • Clustering Stateful Session Beans (EJB 2.x)
  • Clustering Entity Beans (EJB 2.x)
  • Clustering Entity Beans (EJB 2.x)
  • Problems Deploying to default Configuration
  • Summary
  • Reference
  • Clustering Stateless Session Beans (EJB 3.x)
  • Clustering Stateful Session Beans (EJB 3.x)
  • Clustering Entity Beans (EJB 3.x)
  • Clustering Entity Beans (EJB 3.x)
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
 

8. Clustered Services

  • Objectives
  • Introduction
  • Clustering Services
  • Clustered JNDI Services
  • HA-JNDI Clients
  • Access HA-JNDI in Java Code
  • Access HA-JNDI by Modifying jndi.properties File
  • Properties in jndi.properties File
  • HA-JNDI With EJBs
  • Clustered JMS Services
  • Configure HA-JMS
  • HA-JMS and HA-JNDI
  • MDB EJBs and HA-JMS
  • HA-JMS Failover
  • Summary
  • Reference
  • Lab Summary
  • Common Lab Errors
 

Appendix A. JBoss Operations Network

  • Objectives
  • JBoss Operations Network
  • JBoss ON Features
  • JBoss ON Architecture
  • JBoss ON Server
  • JBoss ON Agent
  • Supported Platforms
  • JBoss ON Console
  • Dashboard
  • Browse Resources
  • Resource Detail
  • Monitoring
  • Metric Summary
  • Metric Detail Chart
  • Inventory
  • Control
  • Configuration
  • Alerts
  • Console Users
  • Command Line
  • Summary
  • Reference