Mule ESB is a versatile integration platform capable of connecting applications both on-premise and in the cloud with minimal code adjustments. It supports various services like SOAP and REST, incorporates advanced security features, and includes built-in transports and connectors. The platform offers application deployment through standalone and Mule Management Console (MMC), with popular deployment options being Amazon and other application servers.

1. Mule ESB

2. Why ESB

3. Mule ESB : Connect Every Where and
Every Thing

4. Mule provides both on premise and cloud based solutions. Like application
can be deployed on premise and cloud based solution with less tweaking
to the code.
Expose a SOAP, REST, HTTP services easily.
Supports advanced security feature. We have to explicitly inject security
pallets to mule like encryption, decryption, credentials etc.
It is a stateless object because it will not store transactions into any down
layers.
Mule has inbuilt transports and connectors. Both are resembles to the
same kind of notations.
Like http is a transport but it also plays like a connector.

5. By default mule comes with two app containers.
Standalone is a freeware for developing non-GUI based
applications.
MMC(mule management console) is a war file provide by mule
server. Where we can deploy mmc application on any
application server. Most of the applications are deployed on
Amazon is a cloud hosted application server. We can also
deploy app to weblogic or websphere with lot of tweaking made
at configurations.

6. Mule ESB Big Picture

7. Mule Message Structure