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Apache Geronimo 2.1: Quick Reference

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Apache Geronimo 2.1: Quick Reference

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Apache Geronimo is a robust, scalable, secure, and high-performing application server. But like all application servers, this power comes with a steep learning curve. This book can help you save your time and get working with Geronimo in matter of a few hours. This book is a quick-reference guide to Apache Geronimo that mitigates the starting pains that most developers have when they migrate to a new Application Server. It will help you to extend and amplify your existing development skills, empowering you to build new types of applications regardless of the platform or browser. The book will introduce you to the exciting features of Apache Geronimo Application Server. You will see how easily you can develop and deploy Java EE 5 applications on Geronimo. It covers everything from downloading the server to customizing it using custom GBeans. By following the practical examples in this book, you will be able to develop applications quickly using Geronimo Eclipse Plugin. The book covers Geronimo internals in detail, which helps you write custom services on Geronimo. Also, it helps you to gain a deep understanding of Geronimo plugin architecture and teaches you to extend your server functionality via plugins. By the end of the book, you will develop proficiency in Geronimo and Java EE 5 application development.

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Nov, 2009 | 412 pages
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Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Apache Geronimo 2.1
Apache Geronimo 2.1
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with Geronimo
Getting Started with Geronimo
Motivation behind the Geronimo project
Constituent projects
Apache Geronimo architecture
Downloading and running Apache Geronimo
Building Geronimo
Contributing to Geronimo
Summary
2
Geronimo Architecture
Geronimo Architecture
Inversion of Control and dependency injection
GBeans
Configurations
Dependencies
High-level architecture
Class loader architecture
Server directory structure
Deployment architecture
Plugins
Summary
3
Database Connectivity
Database Connectivity
Database pool scopes
Creating a server-wide database pool
Creating an application-scoped database pool
Creating a client-scoped pool
Editing an existing pool
Importing a pool from another application server
Creating an XA pool
Using a database pool in an application
Summary
4
JMS Connectivity
JMS Connectivity
Message broker configuration
JMS resource scopes
Creating JMS resources
Using JMS resources in an application
Connecting to a different provider
Summary
5
Java EE Application Deployment
Java EE Application Deployment
Deployment of applications
EJB applications
JPA Applications
Enterprise applications
Application clients
JavaMail
Web Services
Transactions
Summary
6
Security
Security
Overview of security standards
Securing the server directory
Securing the Administration Console, JMX server, and deployer
Securing the embedded Derby database
Cryptographic security
JAAS login modules
Security realms
Application security
Single sign-on (SSO)
Replacing the default security realm
Summary
7
CORBA
CORBA
CORBA concepts
Support in Geronimo
Exposing EJBs through CORBA
Referencing EJBs through CORBA
Summary
8
Naming and JNDI
Naming and JNDI
Application local JNDI context
Global JNDI
Summary
9
Geronimo Plugins
Geronimo Plugins
Developing a plugin
Installing a plugin
Available plugins
Pluggable Administration Console
Plugins portlet
Custom server assemblies and server profiles
Summary
10
Administration
Administration
Administration Console
Web Server administration
JMS server administration
Monitoring the server
GShell
Summary
11
Geronimo Eclipse Plugin
Geronimo Eclipse Plugin
Eclipse and the web tools framework
GEP download and installation
Developing an application in GEP
Deploying and running or debugging the application in Geronimo
Summary
12
Clustering
Clustering
WADI
Load balancing with Apache web server
Running multiple server instances from a single installation
Clustered Helloworld-cluster application
Farming
Summary
13
Logging
Logging
Configuring Apache Geronimo logging
Configuring application logging
Summary
14
Geronimo Internals
Geronimo Internals
Services provided by Geronimo
Configurations and deployment
Developing a new GBean
Deploying the GBean
Summary
Deployment Plans
Deployment Plans
Environment
GBeans
Application Client
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Server startup errors
Deployment errors
Runtime errors

About the Authors

Vamsavardhana Reddy Chillakuru, a.k.a. Vamsi, is an Advisory Software Engineer who has been working with IBM India Private Limited since 1996, and is part of the IBM worldwide Level 3 support team for Apache Geronimo and IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WASCE). He is proficient in Java and Java EE technologies, having more than 13 years experience in the IT Industry. His interests include application security in general, and cryptographic security in particular. He has presented sessions Apache conferences on various Apache Geronimo topics, ranging from security to server administration. He has authored many articles within IBM on developerWorks, and has also co-authored an IBM Redbook on Migration from WASCE to WebSphere Application Server (WAS). Considered as a security expert in the Geronimo community, he is actively involved in adding new security features to Geronimo. Associated with the Apache Geronimo project since July 2005, he is a committer on Apache Geronimo and Apache Tuscany projects, and is a member of the Apache Geronimo PMC. He is involved in the standards development for Service Component Architecture (SCA) and is a member of the OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) SCA-Assembly, SCA-Java, and SCA-Policy Technical Committees, and the SCA-J Java EE Subcommittee. He received his B.Stat. (Hons.) and M.Stat. degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India in 1994 and 1996 respectively.

I thank my wife Sushma and my son Susanth for their support throughout this book project. I thank my manager Sriram Mahalingam and director Kalpana Margabandhu at IBM India Private Limited for facilitating my authorship of this book. I thank my co-author Manu for his cooperation and the grace with which he handled the project. I thank the Apache Geronimo community for their support in my proficiency development with Geronimo. Finally, I am grateful to Packt Publishing for giving me this opportunity to author this book and thank Kshipra Singh, Rashmi Phadnis, Rajashree Hamine, Darshana Shinde, and Mayuri Kokate at Packt Publishing for their valuable support time and again.

Manu T. George is a Staff Software Engineer at IBM India Software Labs in Bangalore, India. He has eight years of experience in the IT field, most of it in Java and J2EE technologies. He is a committer on the Apache Geronimo and Apache OpenEJB projects, and has been a part of the IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition Level 3 Support Team for the past three years. He has been with IBM for around five years. Prior to that, he was an employee of Cognizant Technology Solutions India Ltd., and has worked on many services engagements there.

His interests include Application Servers, especially in relation to Scalability, Transaction processing, EIS connectivity, and The Java Virtual Machine. He has also authored articles in IBM developer works, and has co-authored an IBM Redbook on Migration to WebSphere Application Server.

He received his Bachelor of Technology in Applied Electronics from the College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram in 2001.

I am very grateful to my employer IBM, manager Sriram Mahalingam, and Director Kalpana Margabandhu for supporting me in writing this book and to Packt Publishing for giving me this opportunity. I would like to thank all the Packt staff that worked with us on this book. I would also like to thank my family, and especially my wife Nitya for the support that she provided and for her patience with me when I was authoring this book. I would like to thank both the Apache Geronimo and Apache OpenEJB communities for the support and help they gave me in understanding their respective projects. I would also like to mention my deep gratitude to David Blevins of Apache OpenEJB whose guidance and help both technical and non technical, was instrumental in helping me learn and understand the internals of OpenEJB as well as EJB technology. Finally, I would like to thank Vamsi, my co-author, for giving me the opportunity to work with him on this book.

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