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Writing and Deploying a Simple Web Application to GlassFish
Introduction This blog will detail how to create a simple Web Application (Web App) on a Windows 7 64 bit system and deploy it to a GlassFish 4.0 server. The web app will be kept...
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Swiss Java Knife - A useful tool to add to your diagnostic tool-kit?
IntroductionAs a support consultant I am always looking for handy tools that may be able to help me or my team in diagnosing our customers middleware issues. So, when I came across a project called...
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Getting the most out of WLDF Part 1: What is the WLDF?
The WebLogic Diagnostic Framework (WLDF) is an often overlooked feature of WebLogic which can be very powerful when configured properly.If it’s so great, then why aren’t more people using it?I can’t...
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MIDDLEWARE INSIGHT - C2B2 Newsletter Issue 15
MIDDLEWARE INSIGHTAt the Hub of the Middleware Industry FEATURED NEWSWildFly 8 is Now Available! - read moreSwiss Java Knife - A useful tool to add to your diagnostic tool-kit? - read...
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JBoss Data Grid: Installation and Development
In this blog, we will discuss one particular data grid platform from Redhat namely JBoss Data Grid (JDG). We will firstly cover how to access and install this data grid platform and then we will...
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JBoss Data Grid: Monitoring using JON
OverviewThere are multiple ways and tools which we can use to monitor JDG including using the JDG Listener API when cache entries are removed and added to specific cachess, exposing the jmx cache...
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Getting the most out of WLDF Part 2: Watches
Read Part 1: What is the WLDF? hereIn this post, I'll be looking at using watches in WLDF.What is a watch?A watch, at its most basic, is simply a way to monitor one of three things:MBeansA server...
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How to set up a cluster with Tomcat 8, Apache and mod_jk
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3This is the first in a series of blogs on Tomcat, including basic set-up and clustering, configuration and testing and finally performance tuning and monitoring.Despite...
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Configuring Tomcat 8
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3This is the second in a series of blogs on Tomcat, including basic set-up and clustering, configuration and finally performance tuning and...
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Building GlassFish from Source
Introduction This blog will look at building Glassfish 4.0.1 from source and configuring NetBeans 8.0 to then use, modify, and debug it. While GlassFish can be downloaded ready for use, even coming...
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Tomcat Performance Monitoring and Tuning
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3This is the third and final part in the blog series on Tomcat whereby we will discuss some of the various options available to monitor Tomcat performance and also...
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Hadoop v2 overview and cluster setup on Amazon EC2
In this blog, we will provide a brief overview of the new architecture of Hadoop 2, discuss how to set up a simple 3 node Hadoop 2 ( Hadoop 2.4) cluster on Amazon EC2 and demonstrate how to execute...
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Featured NewsTomcat Performance Monitoring & Tuning - read moreProcessing on the Grid - read moreJAVA / OPEN SOURCEGlassFishBuilding GlassFish from Source, read the blog post by Andy...
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Getting the most out of WLDF Part 3: Notifications
Read Part 1: "What is the WLDF?" hereRead Part 2: "Watches" hereThis blog directly follows on from part 2 on watches, so if you haven’t already read that then you should probably go and do that now.You...
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Configuring JBoss Management authentication with LDAP over SSL
OverviewIn this blog, we will discuss how to set up a JBoss domain controller node and slave host node to allow users stored on LDAP server to authenticate against the JBoss Http and native management...
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Building RHQ to Monitor WildFly
Introduction Monitoring tools, such as RHQ, are a useful and sometimes integral part of a software system, providing insight into the mysterious happenings of our computers and the software running on...
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A Strong GlassFish
Last November after the announcement by Oracle that no future release beyond the 3.x version of GlassFish would have support from Oracle there were a lot of doom and gloom articles about GlassFish. I...
View ArticleMIDDLEWARE INSIGHT - C2B2 Newsletter Issue 17
Featured NewsA Strong GlassFish - read moreConfiguring JBoss Management authentication with LDAP over SSL - read moreJAVA EE / OPEN SOURCEJava EE 7 birthday special: tutorials, video, festing - read...
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What's New in Oracle SOA Suite 12c?
Introduction With the recent release of SOA Suite 12c, it seems appropriate to give a quick rundown of some of the new features and improvements made to it from the last release. For those of you who...
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Processing on the Grid
If you ever have the luxury of designing a brand new Java application there are many, new, exciting and unfamiliar technologies to choose from. All the flavours of NoSQL stores; Data Grids; PaaS and...
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