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WildFly
Original author(s)JBoss
Developer(s)Red Hat
Stable release
10.0.0.Final / January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29)[1]
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeApplication server
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License
Websitewww.wildfly.org

WildFly,[2] formerly known as JBoss AS, or simply JBoss, is an application server authored by JBoss, now developed by Red Hat. WildFly is written in Java, and implements the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) specification. It runs on multiple platforms.

WildFly is free and open-source software, subject to the requirements of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1.

On 20 November 2014, JBoss Application Server was renamed WildFly. The JBoss Community and other Red Hat JBoss products like JBoss Enterprise Application Platform were not renamed.[3]

Origin

In 1999, Marc Fleury started a free software project named EJB-OSS (stands for Enterprise Java Bean Open Source Software) implementing the EJB API from J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition). Sun Microsystems asked the project to stop using the trademarked EJB within its name. EJB-OSS was then renamed to JBOSS, then JBoss later.[4]

Versions

Product version Java EE version Release to web Description
0.0.4 ? 24 February 1999 Early access release
2.2 ? ?
2.4 ? ? Integration with Tomcat 3.2
3.0 "Rabbit Hole" ? 31 May 2002
3.2 ? 2 June 2003
4.0 1.4 20 September 2004 v4.0 features an embedded Apache Tomcat 5.5 servlet container, and supports any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) versions 1.4 through 1.6.
4.2 1.4 11 May 2007 Deploys Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 by default. It requires the Java Development Kit version 5, and includes Tomcat 5.5.
5.1 5.0 23 May 2009 A minor update of the major release JBoss AS 5.0, which was in development for at least three years and was built on top of a new JBoss microcontainer.[5] JBoss AS 5.1 contains a preview of some elements from the Java EE 6 specification.[6]
6.0[7] 6.0 28 December 2010 Although JBoss AS 6 does support the full Java EE 6 stack,[8] Red Hat elected not to certify it with Oracle[9][10] It is, however, officially certified to support the Java EE 6 Web Profile.
7.0[11] "Lightning" 6.0 12 July 2011 The Java EE profile is only partially implemented: It includes MDBs, but listening to JMS destinations is not supported.[12] It is, however, certified for the Web Profile. The software code has been completely rewritten for JBoss AS 7.[13][14] Major changes visible to the user are the inability to define resources like JMS destinations and datasources inside archives (war/ear),[15][16] the way datasources are defined,[17][18] a much smaller size (less than half of JBoss AS 6)[11] and a 10-fold reduction in startup time.[19]
7.1 6.0 16 February 2012 Red Hat implemented the remaining parts of the EE spec, and this version was certified for the EE full profile.[20]
8.0.0 7.0 20 November 2014[21] JBoss renamed to WildFly. Undertow replaced JBossWeb as web container
9.0.0 "Kenny" 7.0 2 July 2015[21] WildFly/WildFly Core split.
10.0.0 7.0 9 February 2016[21] Java 8+ support (Java 7 support discontinued), ActiveMQ Artemis, HA Singleton Deployments, HA Singleton Message Driven Beans (MDBs) and MDB Delivery Groups, Stateless Session Bean and Message Driven Bean Automatic Pool Sizing, Hibernate 5

Product features

Licensing and pricing

JBoss itself is open source, but Red Hat charges to provide a support subscription for JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Before November 2010 JBoss was licensed as annual subscription in bundles of 4 and 32 CPU sockets. As of November 2010 the licensing changed and all cores on the system are now counted. The core bundles licensing is available for 16 and 64 cores.[22]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "WildFly 10 Final is now available!". Wildfly.
  2. ^ "JBoss Application Server has a new name... WildFly". Wildfly. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
  3. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". WildFly. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
  4. ^ Jamae & Johnson 2010, p. 4.
  5. ^ "JBossAS 5.0.0.GA Released". 2008-12-05.
  6. ^ "JBoss 5.1.0.GA Release Notes". 2009-05-23.
  7. ^ "Home / JBoss / 6.0.0.Final". JBoss Community. 2010-12-28.
  8. ^ http://community.jboss.org/thread/160813
  9. ^ Dimitris Andreadis (2011-01-05). "Introducing the Brand New JBoss AS 6.0!". Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  10. ^ http://community.jboss.org/message/574581
  11. ^ a b "JBoss Application Server downloads".
  12. ^ http://community.jboss.org/thread/169508
  13. ^ http://community.jboss.org/message/595453
  14. ^ Jason Greene (2011-07-25). "Why is JBoss AS 7 so fast?". Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  15. ^ http://community.jboss.org/message/606449
  16. ^ http://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBossAS7VsAS6
  17. ^ http://community.jboss.org/wiki/DataSourceConfigurationInAS7
  18. ^ How to create and manage datasources in AS7
  19. ^ JBoss Application Server 7.
  20. ^ "JBoss AS 7.1.0.Final "Thunder" released - Java EE 6 Full Profile certified!". Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  21. ^ a b c "Downloads · WildFly".
  22. ^ "JBOSS NA Channel SKUs: Production Subscription SKUs". Red Hat.

References

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