Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Administration and Deployment

Based on Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE), GlassFish lets you deploy services ranging from simple web applications to enterprise-scale applications and web services including applications based on JavaServer Pages (JSP pages), JavaServer Faces, servlets, and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology.

Through a combination of instructor-led modules and hands-on labs, you are introduced to the Developer, Cluster and Enterprise profiles. You learn to configure, administer, and deploy web applications, EJB applications, and web services on GlassFish using these profiles and to enable various advanced GlassFish features, such as in-memory replication, high availability database (HADB), load balancing, monitoring and logging, clustering, and security.

For the most part, this workshop uses the term GlassFish v2 to cover both the open-source application server, GlassFish v2, and its commercial distribution, Sun Java System Application Server (Application Server) 9.1. In places where the discussion differs between the two distributions, the course refers specifically to either GlassFish v2 or Application Server 9.1.

Module 1 - Installing Application Server 9.1

• Check Application Server installation readiness
• Install Application Server 9.1 using the GUI-based installer

Module 2 - Configuring Application Server

• Create and administer a domain, a node agent, and a server instance

Module 3 - Configuring Clusters in Application Server

• Work with clusters
• Configure GMS to manage group events

Module 4 - Deploying Applications in Application Server

• Assemble and deploy a module
• Deploy and undeploy an application

Module 5 - Configuring Logging and Monitoring in Application Server

• Configure logging in the Application Server
• Examine the error message guide
• Monitor an application using the Admin Console
• Monitor an application using the asadmin tool
• Log using a third-party tool

Module 6 - Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer

• Install and configure the Web Server and the load balancer
• Perform load balancing with Web Server 7.0

Module 7 - Configuring and Using HADB

• Prepare for HADB setup
• Set up a high-availability cluster
• Troubleshoot an HADB MA crash
• Implement stateful session bean (SFSB) failover

Module 8 - Configuring and Using In-Memory Replication for Session Persistence

• Configure HTTP session failover using in-memory replication

Module 9 - Advanced Configuration and Administration

• Manage JBI service assemblies
• Create a life-cycle self management rule

Module 10 - Working With Databases

• Set up database access
• Monitor connection pools
• Set up automatic transaction recovery

Module 11 - Securing Application Server

• Manage password security
• Work with a password file
• Configure message security for a web service

Module 12 - Configuring and Using Message Queue Clusters

• Set up and configure the Message Queue broker cluster
• Verify a Message Queue cluster failover
• Examine the broker log of the Message Queue broker

Module 13 - Uninstalling Application Server 9.1

• Uninstall Application Server 9.1
• Troubleshoot uninstallation issues

Module 14 - Upgrading and Migrating to Application Server 9.1

• Perform upgrade from Application Server 8.1 to Application Server 9.1