The JBoss EAP6 startup mode

The startup mode is a new concept introduced in JBoss EAP6. There are currently two modes provided by EAP6:

  • The standalone mode
  • The domain mode

And there are two startup scripts in the bin directory for these two modes:

domain.sh     standalone.sh

Let's see the meanings of these two modes.

The domain mode

The domain mode is a new concept introduced in EAP6. A domain means a group of servers that can share configuration/deployment information, which is very useful in a clustering environment.

For example, we have the three JBoss EAP6 servers running, and they form a cluster. Suppose we have a project called cluster-demo and want to deploy it to the cluster. The traditional method is to deploy this project to each EAP6 instance manually. ...

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