What's new in 2.1?

New features

Component versions

Configuration changes

Backwards compatibility

RELEASE-NOTES-2.1.TXT

Quick start - Apache Geronimo for the impatient

Getting the software

Start the server

Create and deploy a sample application

Installation and configuration

Prerequisite software

Downloading Geronimo

Building from source

Installing Geronimo from binaries

Initial configuration

Changing the default port numbers

Aliasing modules

Changing the username and password

Topology planning

Two-tier system

Three-tier system

Remote Apache HTTPd

Summary

Administration

Administrative tasks

Administering applications

Installing and removing applications

Starting and stopping application modules

Administering the Apache Geronimo Server

Adding new listeners for the Web containers

Add new AJP listener

Add new HTTP listener

Add new HTTPS listener

Configure JAX-WS engine

Configure log level

Derby Log Viewer

Log Manager

Server Log Viewer

Web Access Log Viewer

Configuring a remote Apache HTTP server

Configure Apache HTTPd as a reverse proxy (mod_proxy)

Configure Apache HTTPd with Jakarta Tomcat Connector (mod_jk)

Configuring the JMS server

Display JVM information

Monitor Server status

Performance monitoring

Starting and stopping the server

Configuring security

Administering certificates

Administering users and groups

Adminstering security realms

Certificate Properties File Realm

Database (SQL) Realm

LDAP Realm

Certification Authority

Configuring services

Adding archives to the Geronimo repository

Configuring database pools

Configuring DB2 datasource

Create new database pools

Import database pools from JBoss 4

Import database pools from WebLogic 8.1

Removing database pools

Configuring JMS

ActiveMQ JMS broker deployment

JMS Resources deployment with deploy tool

Configuring Geronimo as a Windows Service

Configuring Virtual Hosts in Geronimo-Jetty

Configuring Virtual Hosts in Geronimo-Tomcat

Create a database

Geronimo Administration Console

What changed?

Console enhancements

The pluggable console

Expert mode

Deployment plans wizard

CA helper

Running Geronimo

Multiple Repositories

Running Geronimo as a non-root user

Running Multiple Instances of Geronimo

System Modules

Tools and commands

client.jar

deploy

Deployer tool

geronimo

jpa.jar

shutdown

startup

Monitoring

What is it?

What can I monitor

Impact on the server workload?

Install

Customization

Deployment

What changed?

New deployment options

Command line - standard

Command line - GShell

Plugins

Console

Deployment plan wizard

Annotations

Deployment plans

geronimo-web.xml

geronimo-application.xml

geronimo-ra.xml

geronimo-application-client.xml

openejb-jar.xml

Client JNDI Names

GShell

What is it?

Benefits

What it does/replaces

Tools and commands

How-to samples

Pluggable console

What is it?

Benefits

Architecture

Install/deploy

Customization

Developing new portlets

Plugin infrastructure

What are the plugins?

Enhancements from previous releases

Plugin infrastructure/architecture

plugin.xml

Plugins install

Extensible console

GShell commands option

Security

Enhancements

Planning

Configuration

Configuring run-as and Default Subjects, and principal-role mapping

Tooling

Devtools

Geronimo eclipse plugin

J2G

Migrating to Apache Geronimo

Migrating with the J2G Tool

JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-BMP Migration

JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-CMP Migration

JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-MDB Migration

JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-Session Beans Migration

JBoss to Geronimo - Hibernate Migration

JBoss to Geronimo - JDBC Migration

JBoss to Geronimo - Security Migration

JBoss to Geronimo - Servlets and JSPs Migration

JBoss to Geronimo - Web Services Migration

Clustering

Sample applications

Apache Harmony

SPECjAppServer2004

dbtester - DB Pool Testing sample application

Deploy and Run JEE Application Client

bank - EJB sample application

How to get JNDI working in Geronimo 2.0

Inbound JCA example

Jar to Jar EJB references (no ear)

JMS and MDB sample application

JMS Resources deployment

LDAP sample application

inventory - Simple Database Access Application

Simple Web Service with JAX-WS

Using Geronimo's default JavaMail session

Using some of EJB 3.0 functionalities

Very simple Entity EJB example

Very simple Session EJB example

timereport - Web Application Security Sample

Troubleshooting