Article donated by: Hernan Cunico

This page is an attempt to organize and consolidate all the documentation for Apache Geronimo. There is a list of topics to be covered and the discussion about the content is being carried on the developers mailing list dev@geronimo.apache.org, for subscription information refer to the Mailing Lists at the Apache Geronimo Web site.

The following is a proposed table of contents to address as many topics as possible on Apache Geronimo. This structure should be the foundation for upcoming releases of Geronimo. This is a work in progress and collaboratively constructed through the Apache Geronimo community, your contributions to this documentation are welcome, this is a community effort.

1. Quick start - Apache Geronimo for the impatient
   • Getting the software
   • Start the server
   • Create and deploy a sample application
2. Apache Geronimo project overview
   • About Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
   • Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK)
3. Architecture
   • GBeans
   • Geronimo kernel
   • Naming
   • Tomcat
   • Jetty
   • Derby
   • Axis
   • TranQL
   • OpenEJB
   • MX4J
   • ActiveMQ
   • ApacheDS
   • ...
4. Installation
   • Supported platforms
   • Hardware and software prerequisites
   • Getting the source code
   • Build from the source
   • Installation
5. Samples for Apache Geronimo
6. Administration
   • Tools
     (start and stop services/servers, deployer.jar, etc)
   • Geronimo Web Console
   • Configure resources
   • Logging
   • Backup and recovery
   • Maintenance
7. Development
   • Eclipse tools
   • Simple servlet and JSP applications
   • Web applications
   • EJB applications
   • Security applications
   • Web services applications
   • Client applications
   • ...
8. Deployment
   • Deployer tool
   • Deployment plans
   • Deploying applications
   • Deploying configurations/resources
9. Security
   • Concepts
   • Login into Geronimo
   • Geronimo and JAAS
   • JaasLoginService API Discussion
   • Component Configuration
   • Authorization: mapping J2EE roles to Principals
   • Security Definition Schema
   • Geronimo Login Config Schema
   • Deployment Cookbook
   • Available login modules
     • Configure Geronimo LDAP using Jetty
   • Mapping J2EE Roles in M5 release
   • References
   • Appendixes
10. Migrating to Apache Geronimo
    • JBoss to Geronimo - Servlets and JSPs Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - JDBC Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - Security Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - JCA Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - Web Services Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-BMP Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-MDB Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-Session Beans Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-CMP Migration
11. Performance and high availability
    • Scalability
    • Clustering
12. Hints and Tips
13. Troubleshooting