Administering the WildFly 8 Application Server

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Session 1: WildFly Introduction and Installation

Java EE Overview and Architecture
WF 8 Background and Overview
Installing and Starting WF 8
Working with WF 8
Documentation Overview

Session 2: Structure and Architecture

WF8 Directory and File Structure
Server Architecture and Configuration
Server Config File – Extensions, Subsystems, Schemas, Paths
Interfaces and Socket Bindings

Session 3: Configuration and Management – Part 1

Overview of Management Options
Understanding the Management Model and the XML Config Files
Using the CLI (Command Line Interface)
Overview
Navigating the Management Tree
Working with Operations and Commands
Creating/Deleting Nodes
Using the Management Console

Session 4: Application Deployment

Java EE Deployment Archives (JARs, WARs, EARs)
Deployment/Undeployment with the CLI and Management Console
Deployment Scanner – Auto-Deployment in WF 8
Marker Files and Auto-deployment

Session 5: Configuration and Management – Part 2

JBoss Modules and Modular Classloading
Defining a Module
Working with Dependencies
Server Logging
Handlers, Log Levels, Formatters and Pattern Strings
Configuring Application Logging
Configuring Audit Logging

Session 6: Subsystem Configuration

JNDI and Naming Overview
Naming Subsystem Overview and Configuration
Datasource and JCA Overview
Datasource and Driver Configuration (XML, CLI, and Admin Console)
Datasource Monitoring, and Tuning
Thread Pools – History and Current Configuration
Undertow Web Container
Undertow Overview
Undertow Configuration – listeners and workers (XML and CLI)
Host and Filter Configuration
The H2 Database and ExampleDS
EJB Container/Subsystem (SLSB Pooling, MDB, SFSB Cache, Monitoring)
Other Subsystems in Brief (remoting, ee, infinispan)

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Session 7: Messaging in WF 8

Messaging and JMS (Java Message Service) Overview
HornetQ Overview
Messaging Subsystem Configuration (XML, CLI, and Admin Console)
General Configuration
Connectors and Acceptors
Configuring Connection Factories
Configuring Queues and Topics (XML, CLI, and Admin Console)
Monitoring and Managing
Address and Security Settings

Session 8 : Security

WildFly EE Security Overview
General Requirements
Security Realms and Domains
RBAC – Role Based Access Control
Management Interface Security (Security Realms, Local Access, Properties Files/LDAP, add-user
Application Security
Java EE Security Overview
Authentication, Authorization, Identity
Login Modules (Security Domains) – UsersRoles, Database, Ldap
Security Info Caching
Role-Based Access Control (Overview, Standard Roles, Configuration
Resource Security (TLS/SSL/HTTPS
The Vault – Protecting Sensitive Strings

Session 9: Clustering and HTTP Load Balancing

Clustering Overview
WildFly 8 Cluster Overview
Cluster Configuration – JGroups
Architectures – Load Balancers and Client Interceptors (Proxies)
HTTP Load Balancing
mod_cluster Overview
httpd.conf Configuration
Installation Choices
modculster Subsystem Configuration
Management

Session 10: WF 8 Domain Mode – A Hands-On Exploration

Domain Mode Overview
Domain Topology – Domain Controllers, Host Controllers, Server Groups
domain.xml – Domain Configuration, Server Groups
host.xml – Domain Controller
host.xml – Host Controllers, Processes and Server Instances
Management – Management Console and CLI
Deployment/Undeployment – via Management Console and CLI

Session 11: Tuning and Monitoring

Enabling Statistics
Web Container (Undertow) Tuning – Statistics, Worker Threads
EJB Tuning – Bean Instances, Thread Pools
Database Access / Datasources
Clustering Communication and Replication
Monitoring Runtime Data
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Awareness
Heap Size
Garbage Collection (GC) Overview and Generational GC