Contents

• Notices

• Preface

• 1. How to read this manual

  • 1.1 How to read the User's Guide

• 2. Overview of Application Server

  • 2.1 Standard specifications supported by Application Server

  • 2.2 Product configuration, prerequisite software programs, and related products for Application Server

  • 2.3 System configurations for Application Server

    • 2.3.1 Minimum system configurations

    • 2.3.2 System configurations that ensure availability and performance

    • 2.3.3 Configurations that ensure security

    • 2.3.4 Configurations that ensure stable operations

    • 2.3.5 Configurations that allow linkage to other systems

    • 2.3.6 Multi-tenant configurations

  • 2.4 Management elements and process configurations for Application Server

  • 2.5 Connection configurations for Application Server

  • 2.6 Directory structure after installation

  • 2.7 Application Server administration

  • 2.8 Application development environment

  • 2.9 Compatibility and upgradability with Application Server V9

• 3. Application Server design items

  • 3.1 Memory management in Java

    • 3.1.1 Memory management methods for Java

    • 3.1.2 Memory structure and GC flow for SerialGC

    • 3.1.3 Memory structure and GC flow when SerialGC and the explicit memory management functionality are combined

    • 3.1.4 Memory structure and GC flow for G1GC

  • 3.2 Load balancing

  • 3.3 Overview of session management

  • 3.4 Overview of transaction management

  • 3.5 Connection management

  • 3.6 Flow control

  • 3.7 Overview of timeout control

  • 3.8 Overview of security measures

  • 3.9 Application authentication usable on Application Server

  • 3.10 Estimating resources

  • 3.11 Troubleshooting workflow

  • 3.12 Class loader configuration

• 4. Configuring an application execution environment

  • 4.1 Application execution environment to be created

  • 4.2 Workflow for configuring an application execution environment

  • 4.3 Overview of disk usage and memory requirements

  • 4.4 Installing Application Server

    • 4.4.1 About installation types of Application Server

    • 4.4.2 Installing a new Application Server

    • 4.4.3 Installing multiple Application Servers

    • 4.4.4 Installing an additional Application Server (where an application execution environment of version 9 or earlier has already been configured)

    • 4.4.5 Installing an additional Application Server (where Application Server for Developers version 10 or later has already been installed)

    • 4.4.6 Overwriting an installation of Application Server

    • 4.4.7 Exit codes and detail codes after installing Application Server

  • 4.5 Creating and deleting domains and nodes

    • 4.5.1 Creating domains

    • 4.5.2 Creating nodes

    • 4.5.3 Deleting nodes

    • 4.5.4 Deleting domains

  • 4.6 Setting up Application Server

    • 4.6.1 Workflow for setting up Application Server

    • 4.6.2 Setting up Application Server

    • 4.6.3 Changing Application Server settings by using the set subcommand

    • 4.6.4 Changing web server settings

    • 4.6.5 Changing Java VM options by using the create-jvm-options subcommand

    • 4.6.6 Setting up batch collection of troubleshooting materials

    • 4.6.7 Changing a port number

    • 4.6.8 Changing the port number of the Java debugger communication port

    • 4.6.9 Opening a port

    • 4.6.10 Opening an IIOP listener port

    • 4.6.11 Opening the port of a JMS host

    • 4.6.12 Closing a port

    • 4.6.13 Closing an IIOP listener port

    • 4.6.14 Closing the port of a JMS host

    • 4.6.15 Changing the environment variable to be applied to the process of the asadmin utility command

    • 4.6.16 Starting Application Server

  • 4.7 Connecting to a database server

    • 4.7.1 Workflow for connecting to a database server

    • 4.7.2 Installing the JDBC driver for Application Server

    • 4.7.3 Setting up a connection to the database server

    • 4.7.4 Testing the connection to the database server

  • 4.8 Deploying an application

    • 4.8.1 Workflow for deploying an application

    • 4.8.2 Deploying static content on the web server

    • 4.8.3 Deploying applications

    • 4.8.4 Confirming the operational status of applications

  • 4.9 Verifying system-configuration information

    • 4.9.1 Confirming the system settings information

    • 4.9.2 Confirming system settings information by using commands

    • 4.9.3 Verifying the settings information of the web server from the server template

    • 4.9.4 Verifying the system settings information by using the Administration Console

  • 4.10 Configuring Application Server on a remote host

    • 4.10.1 Workflow for configuring an application execution environment on a remote host

    • 4.10.2 Installing Application Server on a remote host

    • 4.10.3 Connecting to a remote host

    • 4.10.4 Setting up Application Server on a remote host

    • 4.10.5 Settings for using the operation management server machine

  • 4.11 Deleting and uninstalling Application Server

    • 4.11.1 Deleting Application Server

    • 4.11.2 Uninstalling Application Server

    • 4.11.3 Exit codes and detail codes after uninstalling Application Server

• 5. Specifying system environment settings

  • 5.1 System environment settings

  • 5.2 Setting the software load balancer

  • 5.3 Automating operations by using JP1/AJS3

• 6. Settings for achieving high reliability

  • 6.1 Settings for error detection

    • 6.1.1 Process monitoring

    • 6.1.2 Message monitoring

  • 6.2 Settings for improving security

    • 6.2.1 Setting up reverse proxies

    • 6.2.2 Setting up SSL

• 7. Configuring an application development environment and developing an application

  • 7.1 Application development environment to be created

  • 7.2 Flow for creating an application development environment

  • 7.3 Installing Application Server for Developers

    • 7.3.1 About installation types of Application Server for Developers

    • 7.3.2 Installing a new Application Server for Developers

    • 7.3.3 Installing multiple Application Server for Developers

    • 7.3.4 Installing an additional Application Server for Developers on a computer where an application development environment of version 9 or earlier has already been created

    • 7.3.5 Installing an additional Application Server for Developers (where Application Server version 10 or later has already been installed)

    • 7.3.6 Overwriting an installation of Application Server for Developers

    • 7.3.7 Exit codes and detail codes after installing Application Server for Developers

  • 7.4 Customizing the application development environment

    • 7.4.1 Setting items for customizing the application development environment

    • 7.4.2 Changing Application Server for Developers settings by using the set subcommand

    • 7.4.3 Changing web server settings by using server templates

    • 7.4.4 Changing Java VM options by using the create-jvm-options subcommand

    • 7.4.5 Changing a port number

    • 7.4.6 Changing the port number of the Java debugger communication port

    • 7.4.7 Setting up Eclipse

    • 7.4.8 Registering the server runtime environment and the server in Eclipse (When using a debugging environment in a remote machine)

    • 7.4.9 Configuring a debugging environment

  • 7.5 Developing and debugging applications

    • 7.5.1 General procedure for application development

    • 7.5.2 Developing an application

    • 7.5.3 Running a unit test

    • 7.5.4 Creating an application archive

  • 7.6 Deleting the application development environment and uninstalling Application Server for Developers

    • 7.6.1 General procedure for deleting an application development environment

    • 7.6.2 Unsetting up Eclipse

    • 7.6.3 Deleting the debugging environment

    • 7.6.4 Uninstalling Application Server for Developers

    • 7.6.5 Exit codes and detail codes after uninstalling the Application Server for Developers

• 8. Tasks involved in normal operation

  • 8.1 Flow of tasks in normal operation

  • 8.2 Starting and stopping the system with a command

    • 8.2.1 Starting your system with a command

    • 8.2.2 Stopping your system with a command

  • 8.3 Checking the operating status of your system with a command

    • 8.3.1 Checking the operating status of Application Server with a command

    • 8.3.2 Checking the status of connection to a database server with a command

    • 8.3.3 Checking the operating status of an application with a command

  • 8.4 Starting and stopping the system with Administration Console

    • 8.4.1 Logging into Administration Console

    • 8.4.2 Starting your system with Administration Console

    • 8.4.3 Stopping your system with Administration Console

  • 8.5 Checking the operating status of the system with Administration Console

    • 8.5.1 Checking the operating status of Application Server with Administration Console

    • 8.5.2 Checking the status of connection to the database server with Administration Console

    • 8.5.3 Checking the operating status of applications with Administration Console

  • 8.6 Starting and stopping your system with a machine at the same time

    • 8.6.1 Starting your system with a machine at the same time

    • 8.6.2 Stopping your system with a machine at the same time

• 9. About the maintenance operations

  • 9.1 Overview of the tasks for maintenance operations

  • 9.2 Changing the environment definition of Application Server

    • 9.2.1 Changing Application Server settings by using the set subcommand

    • 9.2.2 Changing web server settings by using server templates

    • 9.2.3 Changing Java VM options by using the create-jvm-options subcommand

    • 9.2.4 Changing the environment variable to be applied to the process of the asadmin utility command

  • 9.3 Replacing applications

  • 9.4 Changing the IP address and host name

  • 9.5 Backing up the environment information

  • 9.6 Restoring environment information

  • 9.7 Applying revision patches and installing revised versions

  • 9.8 Verifying the state of use of the system

  • 9.9 Checking the operating status of the system

  • 9.10 Scaling out the system

  • 9.11 Upgrading Application Server or Application Server for Developers

• 10. Using troubleshooting data

  • 10.1 Troubleshooting data output by Application Server

  • 10.2 Output formats of the log files

    • 10.2.1 Log file rotation methods

    • 10.2.2 Output formats of Java EE server logs

    • 10.2.3 Output formats of the web server logs

    • 10.2.4 Output format of the performance tracer log

    • 10.2.5 Output format of the application development environment log

    • 10.2.6 Output format of the performance analysis trace file

  • 10.3 Trace collection points

    • 10.3.1 Trace collection points of performance tracer

    • 10.3.2 Trace collection points of the web container

    • 10.3.3 Trace collection points of the EJB container

    • 10.3.4 Trace collection points of JNDI

    • 10.3.5 Trace collection points of JTA

    • 10.3.6 Trace collection points of JDBC

    • 10.3.7 Trace collection points of JSF

    • 10.3.8 Trace collection points of JMS

    • 10.3.9 Trace collection points of JAX-RS

    • 10.3.10 Trace collection points of JAX-WS

    • 10.3.11 Trace collection points of Concurrency Utilities

• Glossary

• Index

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