Red Hat JBoss Web Server: Create and maintain Java apps
Whether you are looking to build a simple Java™ application server, an enterprise web server, or an entire enterprise application infrastructure, you likely have too much to do and limited resources. How can you address growing demand, but avoid costly complexity?
Red Hat® JBoss® Web Server simplifies the development and management of open source web application environments. By including all of the popular open source technologies for building, deploying, and maintaining web applications and large-scale websites, JBoss Web Server makes it easy for enterprises to manage, administer, and provide security for web environments of any size.
JBoss Web Server combines market-leading open source technologies with enterprise capabilities to provide a single solution for large-scale websites and lightweight Java web applications. It includes a certified, production-ready version of Apache Tomcat that is delivered through an affordable subscription model by experts in enterprise open source middleware. A JBoss Web Server Plus subscription also includes the Hibernate framework for object-relational mapping and persistence.
Red Hat leads and contributes to popular open source projects, using code developed in the community to create JBoss Web Server, which is then backed with a multiyear product support life cycle. Production-ready versions of these components, combined with enterprise features for operational management and security tracking, give IT enterprises a stable and more secure web application infrastructure with long-term reliability.
Benefits
Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a single solution for web applications, complete with all of the software and common connectors you need for typical lightweight Java application deployment. It includes stable versions of 100% open source, production-ready technologies that have been certified and tested by Red Hat and are backed by a long-term enterprise product life cycle.
Table 1. Red Hat JBoss Web Server benefits
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| Benefits | Description |
| Reduced complexity | Simplify your use of popular open source software and avoid integration and version conflicts. A single subscription includes certified, integrated software with everything you need to build and maintain simple web applications. |
| Stabilized life cycle | Enjoy stable versions of popular open source software backed with long-term, enterprise product life cycles. Each release benefits from predictable updates that include defect fixes and non-intrusive features. JBoss Web Server maintains application compatibility for up to five years. |
| Easy management | Each subscription includes access to the Red Hat enterprise IT operations portal for software management, including update and alert notifications. Easily manage configurations, inventory your applications, and deploy updates across your business within seconds. |
| Security | Take advantage of the Red Hat dedicated security response team, which identifies, classifies, and tracks security issues; outlines impacted use cases; and delivers critical security updates. |
| Support | Red Hat has over 10 years of enterprise expertise leading, shipping, maintaining, and supporting Apache software. Red Hat’s technical staff works together to offer award-winning enterprise open source support. |
Deployment Options
Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a flexible solution for a wide variety of application infrastructure uses. With a single subscription, components can be deployed separately or together to support a variety of web application types, including:
Simple Java Application Server
Take advantage of the popular Apache Tomcat server to quickly build, deploy, and manage simple Java applications and services. Add subscriptions for popular open source frameworks, like Hibernate, to easily expand your application’s capabilities.
Enterprise Open-Source Application Infrastructure
Combine the capabilities of JBoss Web Server components or add Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) capabilities with additional Red Hat Middleware solutions for complete coverage of any Java application workload in your enterprise.