System Service Components

Java ES system service components provide the infrastructure services needed to support distributed enterprise applications. These services, as described in Why You Need Java ES, include portal services, identity and security services, web and application services, and availability services. Java ES system service components are described in the following sections:

• Access Manager 7.1

• Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2

• Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0

• Java DB 10.1

• Message Queue 3.7 UR 1

• Portal Server 7.1

• Service Registry 3.1

• Web Server 7.0

Access Manager 7.1

Sun Java System Access Manager (Access Manager) integrates authentication and authorization services, policy agents, and identity federation to provide a comprehensive solution for protecting network resources. Access Manager prevents unauthorized access to web service applications and web content, providing an infrastructure for organizations to manage the digital identities of customers, employees, and partners who use their web-based services and non-web applications. Because these resources might be distributed across a range of internal and external computing networks, the attributes, policies, and entitlements are defined and applied to each identity to manage access to these technologies.

Access Manager includes the following subcomponents:

• Access Manager Core Services. Provides the means for creating and managing user identities and for defining and evaluating policies that provide access to Java ES resources based on user identities.

• Access Manager Administration Console. Consolidates identity services and policy management and provides a single graphical interface for users to create and manage user accounts, service attributes, and access rules in the Directory Server.

• Common Domain Services for Federation Management. Enables users to use a single identity to access applications offered by multiple affiliated service providers.

• Access Manager SDK. Provides a remote interface to Access Manager. This subcomponent must be installed on any computer hosting a Java ES component that accesses Access Manager remotely.

• Access Manager Distributed Authentication User Interface. Provides a user interface that enables a policy agent or an application that is deployed in an unsecured area to communicate with the Access Manager Authentication Service that is installed in a secured area of the deployment.

• Access Manager Client SDK. Enables users to implement stand-alone applications that can access an Access Manager server to use services such as authentication, single sign-on, authorization, auditing, logging, and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML).

• Access Manager Session Failover Client. Required to configure Access Manager session failover.

Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2

Sun Java System Application Server (Application Server) provides a J2EE compatible platform for developing and delivering server-side Java applications and web services. Key features include scalable transaction management, container-managed persistence runtime, web services performance, clustering, high availability session state, security, and integration capabilities.

Application Server includes the following subcomponents:

• Domain Administration Server. Provides server-side administration functions, such as managing and configuring Application Server and deploying J2EE components and applications.

• Application Server Node Agent. A lightweight process that runs on every machine that hosts server instances and performs a number of administrative tasks, including stopping, starting, and restarting server instances.

• Command Line Administration Tool. Provides command-line administration clients that enable you to manage and configure Application Server installations and hosted applications. The tool also assists with deploying applications.

• Load Balancing Plug-in. Used to evenly distribute the workload among multiple Application Server instances (either stand-alone or clustered), thereby increasing the overall throughput of the system. Also used to enable requests to fail over from one server instance to another.

• Sample Applications. Installed with the full installation of Application Server.

Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0

Sun Java System Directory Server (Directory Server) is an LDAP-based directory server that provides a centralized directory service for your intranet, network, and extranet information. Directory Server integrates with existing systems and acts as a centralized repository for the consolidation of employee, customer, supplier, and partner information. You can extend Directory Server to manage user profiles and preferences and extranet user authentication.

Directory Server includes the following subcomponents:

• Directory Server 6 Core Server. Provides the scalable, secure, and flexible means to store and manage identity data.

• Directory Service Control Center. Provides a browser-based administration interface to configure directory and directory proxy services.

• Directory Server Command-Line Utility. Enables you to perform administration tasks from the command line.

• Directory Proxy Server 6 Core Server. Enhances security by offering virtual directory capabilities and increasing directory service availability and scalability.

Java DB 10.1

Java DB provides a lightweight database for Java application development. Java DB is Sun's supported distribution of the open source Apache Derby 100% Java technology database. Java ES 5 is the first release to include Java DB as a product component. Java DB was first released as a shared component named Derby Database and was included Java ES 2005Q4.

Java DB includes the following subcomponents:

• Java DB Client

• Java DB Server

Message Queue 3.7 UR 1

Sun Java System Message Queue (Message Queue) is a standards-based solution to the problem of inter-application communication and reliable message delivery. Message Queue is an enterprise messaging system that implements the Java Message Service (JMS) open standard.

In addition to being a JMS provider, Message Queue has features that exceed the minimum requirements of the JMS specification. With Message Queue software, processes running on different platforms and operating systems can connect to a common Message Queue service to send and receive information. Application developers can focus on the business logic of their applications rather than on the low-level details of how their applications communicate across a network.

The Java ES installer provides Message Queue as a single installable component.

Portal Server 7.1

Sun Java System Portal Server (Portal Server) is an identity-enabled portal server solution. Portal Server combines portal services such as personalization, aggregation, security, integration, and search.

The Java ES installer provides Portal Server as a single installable component.

Service Registry 3.1

Sun Java System Service Registry (Service Registry) is a repository that serves as both a web services (UDDI) registry and an enterprise business XML (ebXML) registry for supporting web service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications. The UDDI registry is used to register and discover web services, and the ebXML registry is used to store and manage the information artifacts needed to support business process integration. These artifacts include metadata such as XML schema, business process rules, web service access controls, version controls, classifications schemes, and so forth.

Service Registry includes the following subcomponents:

• Service Registry Client Support

• Service Registry Deployment Support

Web Server 7.0

Sun Java System Web Server (Web Server) is a multiprocess, multithreaded, secure web server built on industry standards. Web Server provides high performance, reliability, scalability, and manageability for medium to large enterprises.

Web Server includes the following subcomponents:

• Web Server CLI

• Web Server Core

• Web Server Samples