Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform: installation, domain mode, clustering, patching, deployment and configuration, as done on customer projects.
Upgrading Oracle Fusion Middleware from 12c to 14c is not simply about installing new binaries and running the Upgrade Assistant. After working on several Oracle Fusion Middleware upgrades, involving WebLogic Server, ADF, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Oracle HTTP Server, and Identity Management components, I have noticed that the most challenging issues rarely come from the installation itself. They usually come…
When discussing modern application platforms, JBoss EAP is rarely the technology that creates the most excitement. Today, the attention is more often on Kubernetes, OpenShift, Quarkus, serverless platforms, service meshes, GitOps, and event-driven architectures. In this context, the question is not simply: “Should we replace JBoss EAP?” The real question is: “How can we modernize these workloads without creating unnecessary…
More and more customers running traditional Java EE or Jakarta EE workloads are asking the same question: “We already use JBoss EAP. Should we move to Kubernetes or OpenShift, and do we need to replace the application server?” The answer is not to rush into a rewrite. In many cases, the most realistic and valuable first step is to move…
Application servers such as WebLogic, JBoss EAP, WildFly, Tomcat, and WebSphere still run critical business applications in many enterprise environments. However, they are often monitored like basic infrastructure components: CPU, memory, disk, process status, and sometimes port availability. This is useful, but it is not enough. An application server can be up, the JVM can be running, and the port…
One of the most impactful (and often underestimated) differences between JBoss EAP 7.4 and JBoss EAP 8 is how credentials are handled. This is not just a documentation tweak or a recommendation shift. It is a hard security enforcement change driven by modern platform standards and compliance expectations from Red Hat. If you remember only one thing from this article,…
The arrival of JBoss EAP 8 marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Red Hat’s Enterprise Application Server. For many organizations still running on JBoss EAP 7.x, the upgrade brings not only new features but also strategic changes aligned with the modernization of the Java ecosystem.Let’s explore what really changed and what you need to know before moving forward.…
