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Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 7 2004Q2 Getting Started Guide 

About this Guide

This preface describes the contents of Sun Java™ System Application Server 7 Getting Started Guide.

This preface addresses the following topics:


What’s In This Guide

This Getting Started Guide is intended for first-time users of the Sun Java System Application Server. It offers a brief, hands-on means of gaining familiarity with Sun Java System Application Server, Enterprise Edition features, with an emphasis on demonstrating the load balancing and HTTP session persistence features. Prior application server and development experience are not prerequisites for the exercises in this guide, though you must install the server using Sun Java System Application Server Installation Guide before starting.

The guide first introduces you to the Sun Java System Application Server, including a brief overview of the clustering, load balancing, and session persistence features. Next, it steps you through the configuration of an environment for running the sample application in the exercises. It shows you how to deploy a sample application to demonstrate and verify load balancing and session persistence. It contains a list of further areas of investigation, and references to where to find more information.


Using the Documentation

The Sun Java System Application Server Standard and Enterprise Edition manuals are available as online files in Portable Document Format (PDF) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

The following table lists tasks and concepts described in the Sun Java System Application Server manuals. The manuals marked (updated for 7 2004Q2) have been updated for the Sun Java System Application Server Standard and Enterprise Edition 7 2004Q2 release. The manuals not marked in this way have not been updated since the version 7 Enterprise Edition release.

Table 1  Sun Java System Application Server Documentation Roadmap 

For information about

See the following

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Late-breaking information about the software and the documentation. Includes a comprehensive, table-based summary of supported hardware, operating system, JDK, and JDBC/RDBMS.

Release Notes

Sun Java System Application Server 7 overview, including the features available with each product edition.

Product Overview

Diagrams and descriptions of server architecture and the benefits of the Sun Java System Application Server architectural approach.

Server Architecture

New enterprise, developer, and operational features of Sun Java System Application Server 7.

What’s New

How to get started with the Sun Java System Application Server product. Includes a sample application tutorial.

Getting Started Guide

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Installing the Sun Java System Application Server Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition software and its components, such as sample applications and the Administration interface. For the Enterprise Edition software, instructions are provided for implementing the high-availability configuration.

Installation Guide

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Evaluating your system needs and enterprise to ensure that you deploy Sun Java System Application Server in a manner that best suits your site. General issues and concerns that you must be aware of when deploying an application server are also discussed.

System Deployment Guide

Best practices for HTTP session availability that application architects and developers can use.

Application Design Guidelines for Storing Session State

Creating and implementing Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™ platform) applications intended to run on the Sun Java System Application Server that follow the open Java standards model for J2EE components such as servlets, Enterprise JavaBeans™ (EJBs™), and JavaServer Pages™ (JSPs™). Includes general information about application design, developer tools, security, assembly, deployment, debugging, and creating lifecycle modules. A comprehensive Sun Java System Application Server glossary is included.

Developer’s Guide

Creating and implementing J2EE web applications that follow the Java™ Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications on the Sun Java System Application Server. Discusses web application programming concepts and tasks, and provides sample code, implementation tips, and reference material. Topics include results caching, JSP precompilation, session management, security, deployment, SHTML, and CGI.

Developer’s Guide to Web Applications

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Creating and implementing J2EE applications that follow the open Java standards model for enterprise beans on the Sun Java System Application Server. Discusses Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) programming concepts and tasks, and provides sample code, implementation tips, and reference material. Topics include container-managed persistence, read-only beans, and the XML and DTD files associated with enterprise beans.

Developer’s Guide to Enterprise JavaBeans Technology

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Creating Application Client Container (ACC) clients that access J2EE applications on the Sun Java System Application Server.

Developer’s Guide to Clients

Creating web services in the Sun Java System Application Server environment.

Developer’s Guide to Web Services

Java™ Database Connectivity (JDBC™), transaction, Java Naming and Directory Interface™ (JNDI), Java™ Message Service (JMS), and JavaMail™ APIs.

Developer’s Guide to J2EE Services and APIs

Creating custom NSAPI plug-ins.

Developer’s Guide to NSAPI

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Information and instructions on the configuration, management, and deployment of the Sun Java System Application Server subsystems and components, from both the Administration interface and the command-line interface. Topics include cluster management, the high-availability database, load balancing, and session persistence. A comprehensive Sun Java System Application Server glossary is included.

Administration Guide

Editing Sun Java System Application Server configuration files, such as the server.xml file.

Administrator’s Configuration File Reference

Configuring and administering security for the Sun Java System Application Server operational environment. Includes information on general security, certificates, and SSL/TLS encryption. HTTP server-based security is also addressed.

Administrator’s Guide to Security

Configuring and administering service provider implementation for J2EE™ Connector Architecture (CA) connectors for the Sun Java System Application Server. Topics include the Administration Tool, Pooling Monitor, deploying a JCA connector, and sample connectors and sample applications.

J2EE CA Service Provider Implementation Administrator’s Guide

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Migrating your applications to the new Sun Java System Application Server programming model, specifically from iPlanet Application Server 6.x and Sun ONE Application Server 7.0. Includes a sample migration.

Migrating and Redeploying Server Applications Guide

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) How and why to tune your Sun Java System Application Server to improve performance.

Performance Tuning Guide

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Information on solving Sun Java System Application Server problems.

Troubleshooting Guide

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Information on solving Sun Java System Application Server error messages.

Error Message Reference

(Updated for 7 2004Q2) Utility commands available with the Sun Java System Application Server; written in manpage style.

Utility Reference Manual

Using Sun Java System Message Queue 3.5 SP1 software.

Sun Java System Message Queue documentation at:

http://docs.sun.com/db?p=prod/s1.s1msgqu


How This Guide is Organized

This guide provides a Sun Java System Application Server overview of Enterprise Edition features for those new to Sun Java System Application Server.

The following chapters are included in this guide:

Finally, an Index is provided.


Documentation Conventions

This section describes the types of conventions used throughout this guide:

General Conventions

The following general conventions are used in this guide:

Conventions Referring to Directories

By default, when using the Solaris package-based or Linux RPM-based installation, the application server files are spread across several root directories. This guide uses the following document conventions to correspond to the various default installation directories provided:


Contacting Sun

You might want to contact Sun Microsystems in order to:

Give Us Feedback

If you have general feedback on the product or documentation, please send this to appserver-feedback@sun.com.

Obtain Training

Application Server training courses are available at:

http://training.sun.com/US/catalog/enterprise/web_application.html/

Visit this site often for new course availability on the Sun Java System Application Server.

Contact Product Support

If you have problems with your system, contact customer support using one of the following mechanisms:

Please have the following information available prior to contacting support. This helps to ensure that our support staff can best assist you in resolving problems:



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