Part 1. The JBoss Application Server

The book is about configuring the JBoss AS and the applications deployed to it. We start the book with a quick introduction into the JBoss Application Server (JBoss AS). Chapter 1 gets you up and running with a simple web application. It also describes the directories and files that are part of the JBoss AS distribution. Those descriptions will come in handy in the following chapters when we look at many of the files and directories in more detail.

Chapters 2 through 4 provide overview information—general things that you’ll need to know as you read the rest of the book. Chapter 2 provides an overview of what configuration means within JBoss AS. Chapter 3 covers how to deploy applications; almost all the other chapters rely on this knowledge as you deploy web application, enterprise application, web services, and even portlets. Finally, chapter 4 discusses how security works within JBoss AS. Security is also a topic that we return to time and again in later chapters as we tell you how to secure web applications, EJBs, web services, and so on.