WildFly Application Server Essentials: Definitive Reference for Developers and Engineers

"WildFly Application Server Essentials"

"WildFly Application Server Essentials" delivers a comprehensive, in-depth exploration of the WildFly platform, masterfully guiding readers through its foundational concepts, modular architecture, and advanced enterprise capabilities. Beginning with a deep dive into the server’s kernel and subsystem architecture, the book demystifies integration strategies, configuration best practices, and high-level Java EE and Jakarta EE support. Through detailed examinations of both standalone and domain modes, readers gain practical insights into management patterns, lifecycle operations, classloading, and dependency injection, providing a robust understanding of WildFly’s inner workings.

The book moves from theory to hands-on administration, offering step-by-step guidance on installation in diverse environments—including on-premises, cloud, and containerized setups—as well as in-depth coverage of configuration management via CLI scripting, APIs, and secure web consoles. Advanced deployment mechanics are addressed in detail, including deployment lifecycles, resource management, application state tracking, and integration with external data sources and enterprise resources such as JDBC, JMS, and LDAP. Emphasis is placed on ensuring operational excellence through configuration validation, auditing, and rollback mechanisms, while dedicated chapters deliver advanced strategies for clustering, distributed caching, load balancing, and geo-distributed deployments.

Designed for architects, administrators, and developers alike, this authoritative reference further explores key topics such as security hardening, RBAC, transport security, and compliance, alongside performance tuning, observability, and CI/CD automation for modern DevOps workflows. The book concludes with forward-looking discussions on custom subsystem development, extensibility via service provider interfaces, distributed tracing, and WildFly’s evolving role in hybrid, multi-cloud, and MicroProfile/Quarkus-powered environments. Augmented by real-world best practices and actionable insights, "WildFly Application Server Essentials" is an indispensable companion for any professional seeking mastery of Java-based enterprise application infrastructure.

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Erscheinungsdatum

E-Book: 12. Juni 2025