Part 3. JBoss Portal

Let’s take a break from our in-depth discussion of JBoss AS configuration and look at one of the other projects available from JBoss—the JBoss Portal. The JBoss Portal is one of the products that make up the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS). The JBoss Portal is a fairly big topic, so we devote two chapters to it.

Chapter 10 describes portals in general and the JBoss Portal in particular. We explain how to install the Portal and set it up to use a database. Then, we provide an example portlet that is a little more complex than the other examples in this book because we want to highlight various portlet coding techniques. We then use the example to describe how to configure the Portal to include the portlet, using both configuration files and the Management Portlet.

In chapter 11, you’ll learn how to use the Content Management System (CMS) that comes with the JBoss Portal, and how to define access control for your portal and portlets. The chapter ends with a section that puts everything you’ve learned together to create a custom portal.

Once you’ve gone through both chapters, you should feel comfortable with deploying portlets and configuring the Portal.