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Administer and configure the GlassFish v2 application server

Get GlassFish installed and configured ready for use Integrate GlassFish with popular Open Source products such as Open MQ, Open DS, and Apache Active MQ, and get them working together in a loosely-coupled manner Configure resource types like JDBC, Java Connector Architecture (JCA), JavaMail Sessions, and Custom JNDI supported in GlassFish to simplify resource access and integration Secure, monitor, troubleshoot, and tune your application server instance

In Detail

To build a powerful production environment for your Java EE systems, you need a great application server, and the skills to manage it.

Starting with installation and moving through configuration, this book takes a careful look at the administration console so that you get a complete understanding of GlassFish and its administrative features.

What you will learn from this book

Manage the modules you need for the GlassFish server using the GlassFish update tool Deploy and configure the GlassFish server for several common types of applications that do not access a lot of external resources, such as transaction services and mail session components Configure the web and EJB containers in GlassFish to support applications deployed to the GlassFish Server Configure two popular open source JMS service providers, the Open Message Queue (Open MQ) and Apache ActiveMQ, in GlassFish Secure both the GlassFish server and applications deployed to it Get familiar with the utilities used to establish a secure runtime environment for GlassFish Cluster multiple GlassFish server instances to improve throughput and availability Monitor and maintain the GlassFish server runtime using the monitoring features of GlassFish Configure clusters for the GlassFish Server, and use a load balancer to distribute load across the server instances in the cluster Plan and create a production-ready GlassFish Server deployment Benefit from the improvement and significant growth along with new features in GlassFish version 3

Approach

This book provides an in-depth tutorial on administering the GlassFish application server.

Who this book is written for

If you are a Java EE application developer and architect who builds and deploys Java EE, Ruby on Rails, and other supported applications for the GlassFish Application Server, then this book is for you. It can serve as a set of tutorials (colleague) that will help you to install GlassFish, show where to find administrative tools, help you navigate administration console, teach basic administration tasks and get you started.
What I liked about the book was that it starts with a chapter on server architecture before introducing any task and that every chapter starts with some kind of a architecture, problem, concepts overview with a diagram if possible. The last chapter with GlassFish 3 overview, except of very little information on what's new in this version, contained detailed instructions on how to install GlassFish 3 and how to deploy applications to it although it was almost copy & paste of the information in previous chapters.
I would recommend this book to total newbie who needs detailed instruction on how to start and a set of step-by-step tutorials on every topic in GlassFish administration.



A Thorough Examination
I was offered the opportunity to review the GlassFish Administration book by Xuekun Kou from Packt Publishing.

The book breaks down into ten chapters on version 2.1.1, and an eleventh chapter on version 3.

My other pet peeve is when code is included (or not included) in a book which does not work, or is shallowly offered without explanation. As an experienced GlassFish administrator, there are a lot of topics that are covered in too little detail for me, but as a new administrator, the book is a good starting place.

Chapter one covers the basic installation which is no real surprise.

Chapter two is a high-level overview of the server architecture.

The third chapter provides the reader with information on the application deployment capabilities of GlassFish.

The fourth chapter covers container configuration and basic services.

The fourth chapter concludes with a confusing explanation of the Application Client Container.

Chapter five discusses how to configure (JNDI) resources within GlassFish.

Chapter six covers JMS specifically Open MQ and Apache ActiveMQ.

Chapter seven covers security and securing GlassFish.

Monitoring is covered in chapter eight.

Clustering and High Availability (HA) is covered in chapter nine.

Chapter ten covers troubleshooting and performance tuning.

Chapter eleven is a topical coverage of GlassFish version 3.

Summary

The overall impression of the book was a modest 3/5 stars.

Additional notes and my personal errata are on my blog (...)



Very useful book, easy to follow steps
I purchased the book last week. (This is no Bulls..t talking, simply technical)

The book covers materials in a balance that it talks about important things and leaves some redundant things to software document.

I don't know if there are a lot of people using GlassFish these days.

We recently had a project that envolved GlassFish.

So, when I had been invited to review "GlassFish Administration" from Packt I was predisposed to believe that Mr.

The book may also serve as a "bridge" manual for Glassfish development and production teams.

"Glassfish Administration" also presents a pleasant physical product.

If you are looking for well written and balanced handbook in support of your Glassfish installation or application development project Xuekun Kou's "Glassfish Administration" needs to be on your short list of titles to consider.

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