Part 1 The JBoss Application Server

1 Vote for JBoss: 1.1 Introducing JBoss; 1.2 Installing JBoss Application Server; 1.3 Exploring the installation; 1.4 Starting and stopping the server; 1.5 Deploying to the server; 1.6 Summary; 1.7 References
2 Managing the JBoss Application Server: 2.1 Examining the JBoss Application Server architecture; 2.2 Configuring the application server; 2.3 Exploring the management tools; 2.4 Examining interesting MBeans; 2.5 Summary; 2.6 References
3 Deploying applications: 3.1 Understanding deployment; 3.2 Understanding class loading; 3.3 Fixing common deployment errors; 3.4 Deploying miscellaneous applications; 3.5 Summary; 3.6 References
4 Securing applications: 4.1 Understanding security; 4.2 Using secure communication; 4.3 Configuring login modules; 4.4 Summary; 4.5 References

Part 2 Application services

5 Configuring JBoss Web Server: 5.1 Understanding web applications; 5.2 Configuring JBoss Web Server; 5.3 Configuring URL paths; 5.4 Configuring connectors; 5.5 Configuring web class loading; 5.6 Using valves; 5.7 Configuring JavaServer Faces; 5.8 Summary; 5.9 References
6 Securing web applications: 6.1 Configuring web security; 6.2 Authenticating users; 6.3 Authorizing users; 6.4 Encrypting web communication; 6.5 Enabling client-certificate authentication; 6.6 Changing the default security domain; 6.7 Summary; 6.8 References
7 Configuring enterprise applications: 7.1 Understanding EJBs; 7.2 Creating an EJB application; 7.3 Understanding EJB configuration; 7.4 Configuring session beans; 7.5 Configuring entity persistence; 7.6 Creating JMX service objects; 7.7 Configuring the transport protocol; 7.8 Securing EJBs; 7.9 Summary; 7.10 References
8 JBoss Messaging: 8.1 Understanding messaging systems; 8.2 Developing a JMS application; 8.3 Using message-driven beans; 8.4 Using message-driven POJOs; 8.5 Configuring JBoss Messaging; 8.6 Summary; 8.7 References
9 Configuring Web Services: 9.1 Understanding Web Services; 9.2 Developing a web service; 9.3 Exploring JBossWS annotations; 9.4 Securing a web service; 9.5 Encrypting SOAP messages; 9.6 Summary; 9.7 References

10 The JBoss Portal and portlets: 10.1 Introducing the JBoss Portal; 10.2 Creating a portlet; 10.3 Creating a portlet instance; 10.4 Declaring a portlet window; 10.5 Summary; 10.6 References
11 Configuring the JBoss Portal: 11.1 Configuring window appearance; 11.2 Working with multiple windows and instances; 11.3 Working with the CMS portlet; 11.4 Securing the Portal; 11.5 Developing a custom portal; 11.6 Summary

12 Understanding clustering: 12.1 Understanding clustering; 12.2 Setting up a simple cluster; 12.3 Understanding JBoss clustering; 12.4 Configuring JBoss Cache; 12.5 Summary; 12.6 References
13 Clustering JBoss AS services: 13.1 HTTP load balancing; 13.2 HTTP session replication; 13.3 Clustering session beans; 13.4 Clustering entities; 13.5 Clustering JNDI; 13.6 Summary; 13.7 References
14 Tuning the JBoss Application Server: 14.1 Defining performance; 14.2 Performance tuning methodology; 14.3 Tuning the hardware and network; 14.4 Tuning the OS; 14.5 Tuning the JVM; 14.6 Tuning JBoss AS; 14.7 Tuning your application; 14.8 Summary; 14.9 References
15 Going to production: 15.1 Selecting a platform; 15.2 Collocating multiple application server instances; 15.3 Removing unwanted services; 15.4 Securing the server applications; 15.5 Changing the default database; 15.6 Starting the application server as a service; 15.7 Configuring JSP compilation; 15.8 Summary; 15.9 Resources