Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Administration and Deployment

This 4-day workshop introduces you to various Sun GlassFish(TM) Enterprise Server (GlassFish) concepts and functions ranging from introductory to advanced and provides you with hands-on experience via remote labs for configuring, administering, and deploying web applications, EJB applications, and web services on GlassFish. 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 (TM) (JSP), JavaServer(TM) Faces, servlets, and Enterprise JavaBeans(TM) (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. In this workshop you will use both the open-source application server, GlassFish v2, and its commercial distribution, Sun Java System Application Server (Application Server) 9.1.

Please note: This workshop does not cover Java EE development concepts. This topic is covered in other Sun courses. The hands-on labs offered in this course might involve accessing equipment that resides at a location other than where the training is delivered.

Students who can benefit from this course:

• Application developers and Architects working with Enterprise Application servers
• Professional services consultants, customer solution specialists, and other technical personnel

Audience
Course Topics Installing Application Server 9.1

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

Configuring Application Server

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

Configuring Clusters in Application Server

• Work with clusters
• Configure GMS to manage group events

Deploying Applications in Application Server

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

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

Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer

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

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

Configuring and Using In-Memory Replication for Session Persistence

• Configure HTTP session failover using in-memory replication

Advanced Configuration and Administration

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

Working With Databases

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

Securing Application Server

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

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

Uninstalling Application Server 9.1

• Uninstall Application Server 9.1
• Troubleshoot uninstallation issues

Upgrading and Migrating to Application Server 9.1

• Perform upgrade from Application Server 8.1 to Application Server 9.1

Course Objectives

• Install, upgrade, migrate, and uninstall GlassFish
• Configure GlassFish
• Create a clustered GlassFish environment
• Deploy applications in GlassFish
• Perform logging and monitoring in GlassFish
• Install and configure the load balancer plug-in
• Configure and use in-memory replication
• Configure and use HADB for high availability
• Configure advanced features of GlassFish
• Configure the security features of GlassFish
• Configure and work with databases
• Work with Sun Java System Message Queue (Message Queue) Clustered Application Server