This document provides an introduction to JBoss, the open source Java application server. It discusses that JBoss was founded in 1999 and is backed by a large community. It describes the JBoss.org community which provides infrastructure for community projects. It also discusses how JBoss was commercialized through JBoss.com and its eventual acquisition by Red Hat in 2006 to form their middleware division.

1. Introduction to the
The JBoss.org Community
& Professional OpenSource
Dimitris Andreadis
Engineering Manager
JBoss Application Server
JBoss by Red Hat

2. Agenda
 What is JBoss
 JBoss.org Community and Projects
 JBoss.com and Red Hat

3. What is JBoss?

4. What is JBoss?
 An Open Source JavaEE* Server
 Founded by Marc Fleury in 1999
 Backed by a community of developers
 Yet Another Java AppServer (out of 40+)
*Java Enterprise Edition

5. Application Servers – The Modern Mainframes
 Provide a runtime for mission-critical applications
 Solve the Many (clients) to Few (resources) problem
 User code doesn't have to deal with
 Security
 Transactions
 Threading RDBMS
 Pooling
 Caching
 Connectors Back-end
Systems
 Messaging
 Clustering
 ...

6. Java Enterprise Edition (EE) Standards
 Web Server (HTTP/HTTPS)  Java Naming & Directory
Service (JNDI)
 Web Container (Servlet,
JSP, JSF, etc.)  XML Processing (JAXP,
StAX, etc.)
 Enterprise Java Beans
(EJBs)  Security (JASS / JACC, ...)
 Java Persistence API (JPA)  Web Services (JAX-WS,
JAX-RPC, JAXB, SAAJ,
 Java Connector JAXR, ...)
Architecture (JCA, JDBC)
 Management (JMX)
 Java Transaction API (JTA)
 Java Messaging Service
 RMI-IIOP / Java IDL (JMS)
 JAF / JavaMail  and more...

7. What made JBoss special?
 Open Source
Commercial Servers at $10k - $100k+
 LGPL licensed
 Freely Use/Distribute/Embed
 Change JBoss => contribute changes back
 Developer friendly
 Easy installation : unzip and run!
 Hot deployment, no pre-compilation steps, etc.
 Innovative design
 Lightweight, modular, dynamic

8. JBoss.org

9. JBoss.org
 Provides the infrastructure for the community projects
 CVS/SVN/Git repositories
 Continuous Builds (Hudson/Jenkins)
 Bug Tracking / Task Mgmt (JIRA)
 Mailing Lists
 Forums / Wikis
 Website / Blogs
 Documentation
 JBoss User Group (JBug) support
 JBoss User Developer Conferences (JUDCon)

10. JBoss.org: 70+
Community Projects

27. JBoss.com

28. JBoss.com – The Company
1999 :
EJB-OSS Project
2000 :
Training & Consulting
2001 :
Documentation for sale
2002 :
JBoss Group LLC & Support
2003 :
Expansion with new OSS projects JBoss Network
2004 :
JBoss Inc, Venture Funding,
Enterprise
& J2EE 1.4 Certification JEMS
2005: : JEMS, JBoss Network, … Partners
Production Support
Tactical
Developer Support
Consulting JBoss, Inc.
Professional Open Source
Documentation
Developer
Training JBoss Group
Small Consultancy
10/00 6/01 1/02 9/02 9/03 1/05 6/05

29. JBoss Professional Open Source
 Brand Protection
 JBoss Subscription
 Updates, Patches, Security fixes
 Production Support up to 24x7 with 1h response
 Long term stability
 Legal Assurance
 Training, Consulting, Certification
 ISV / OEM
 Most core developers are full-time JBoss employees
 Hire elite OSS contributors from the community

30. Red Hat acquisition of JBoss (2006)
 JBoss formed the Middleware division of Red Hat
 An Open Source stack
for the Enterprise

31. Community JBoss Application Server (AS)
vs. Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
• Community Project (JBoss AS)
- JBoss As We Know It
- Sponsored by JBoss/Red Hat
- Allow innovation at a faster pace
• Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
- Forks the community project at stable points
- Integrates with JBoss Developer Studio / JBoss Operations Network
- Rigorously tested (performance, scalability, SpecJ, etc.)
- Certified on multiple OS, JVM, DBs combinations
- Cumulative Patch cycles
- Supported for 5 + 2 years.

32. JBoss Enterprise Middleware/Platforms
 Application Platform
 SOA Platform
 Business Rules Management System
 Web Server
 Web Platform
 Messaging
 Portal Platform
 Data Services Platform
 Developer Studio
 Web Framework Kit

33. Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers
(Source: Gartner April 2008)

34. Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers
(Source: Gartner September 2011)

36. GR-JBUG – Greek JBoss User Group
http://groups.google.com/group/gr-jbug
Java Hellenic User Group – jhug.gr
http://groups.google.com/group/jhug
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