Red Hat jboss application admistration II

Audience and prerequisites

• Experienced system administrators responsible for deploying and administering JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 in large-scale production environments.
• At least 2 years of experience as a JBoss Enterprise Application Platform administrator
• JBoss Certified Application Administrators (EAP 6)

Prerequisites for this course

• JBoss Application Administration I (JB248) (highly recommended)
• Red Hat Certified JBoss Administrator (RHCJA) Enterprise Application Platform 6 status is recommended but not required; students should at least be able to accomplish the tasks associated with the JBCAA EAP 6 exam (EX248).

Note: Due to the significant management and operational changes between EAP 5 and EAP 6, it is highly recommended that students attend the JB248 course before attending this course.

• Install JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 and optional components
• Learn about clustering with an emphasis on tuning
• Deploy to production and cloud environments
• Script with CLI
• Monitor and manage resources for Enterprise Application Platform
• Manage, cluster, and tune a HornetQ messaging system
• Configure security settings that include authentication, authorization, networking, and the management interfaces
• Outline for this course
• In this hands-on, lab-intensive course, you will learn about and perform the following duties:
• Installation
• Given the proper installation media, perform Red Hat® JBoss® Enterprise Application Platform 6 installations that are repeatable, upgradeable, and silent.
• Clustering
• Demonstrate a proficient knowledge of clustering components, their configuration, and application to clustered architectures.
• Deployment
• Deploy an application in various types of production environments.
• Scripting
• Script various configuration and management scenarios using command line interface (CLI).
• Management
• Use various tools to monitor and manage JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
• Messaging
• Learn how to manage supported messaging systems.
• Security
• Configure security settings that include authentication, authorization, networking, and the management interfaces.
• Overview of JBoss Operations Network
• Learn the functionality of JBoss Operations Network and its use cases. Also learn how to install a JBoss Operations Network server, an agent, and agent plug-ins.
• Monitoring resources
• Learn how to use JBoss Operations Network to monitor managed resources, including defining alerts, baselines, and notifications.