GlassFish Administration Training Course

Introduction and GlassFish Installation

• Overview and architecture of Java EE
• GlassFish White
• Basic GlassFish Architecture
• Download and install GlassFish
• Starting and stopping GlassFish

Structure and Architecture

• File structure
• Server profiles, domains, and configuration
• Configuration Files - Setup.xml and domain.xml
• Login and login configuration
• The Admin Console
• The asadmin Command Line Interface

Deployment

• Structure of Java EE Applications (Jars, Wars, Ears, Sars)
• GlassFish Deployment Details
• Deploying with the Admin Console and asadmin
• Deploying Using autodeploy
• Deploying with asant Tasks
• Directory (Expanded) Deployments
• GlassFish Classloading and its Impact on Deployment

Configuration Services (Web, JNDI, Datasource, EJB, Web Service)

• Web Container Overview
• Configuring the Web Container / HTTP Service
• Virtual Hosts and Listeners
• JNDI and Naming Overview
• Configuring GlassFish Naming
• Configuring the JNDI Client
• Review of DataSource and JCA
• Configuring DataSource and Connection Pool
• EJB Container
• EJB Pooling and Caching
• Container-Managed EJB
• Web Service Overview and Deployment
• Viewing, Monitoring, and Managing Web Services

Messaging

• JMS - Java Message Service Overview
• GlassFish Messaging Overview - Sun Message Queue
• Creating Connection Factories and Destinations (Queue/Topic)
• Configuring the JMS Provider

Security

• Overview of Java EE Security
• GlassFish Security Architecture
• Managing Users and Groups
• File, JDBC, LDAP, and Other Realms
• Password Security - Password Encryption, Master and Admin Passwords
• SSL / TLS and HTTPS Overview
• Configuring and Using GlassFish keytool
• Securing Other Sites

Monitoring and Tuning GlassFish

• Monitoring
• Tuning

Clustering

• GlassFish Clustering Overview
• Cluster Configuration
• The Repository, Cluster Instances, and the DAS
• Clustering Architecture (Client Interceptor, Load Balancing and Fault Tolerance, State Replication)
• Clustered Services
• Load Balancers and Clustered HTTP
• Configuring Apache httpd for Use with the Load Balancer

Conclusions