WebSphere Application Server Com

WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Community Edition is an open source application server software based on Apache Geronimo. It is the main competitor to Jboss. Community Edition integrates Apache Tomcat with several of the most commonly used open source components. IBM began to offer customers solutions based on Apache Geronimo in May of 2005 when it acquired Gluecode Software. It launched WAS Community Edition in November of 2005. Key features of Community Edition include:

When you download WebSphere Application Server Community Edition, you are automatically entitled to limited online support during a 30-day trial period, at no charge.

Community Edition can run on other platforms, but one of these environments must be used to obtain support, if desired:

If you do not already have a supported Java environment, you can download an installation bundle that includes the recommended IBM J2SE SDK

WebSphere Application Server is Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application server and development environment. Among stated by IBM the benefits of J2EE are the following:

A simplified architecture based on standard components, services and clients, that takes advantage of the write-once, run-anywhere Java technology.

As typical for IBM WebSphere Application Server is available in multiple packaging options. Each package is designed to provide a tailored environment for a specific set of clients.

	WebSphere Application Server V6 - Express	WebSphere Application Server V6 - Base	WebSphere Application Server V6 - Network Deployment
Licensing terms	Limited to a max of 2 CPUS	Unlimited CPUs	Unlimited CPUs
WebSphere Application Server	Yes	Yes	Yes
Network Deployment	No	No	Yes
IBM HTTP Server V6 Web server plug-ins	Yes	Yes	Yes
IBM HTTP Server	Yes	Yes	Yes
Application Client (not on zLinux)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Application Server Toolkit	Yes	Yes	Yes
DataDirect Technologies JDBC Drivers for WebSphere Application Server	Yes	Yes	Yes
Development tools	Rational Web Developer (single use license)	Rational Application Developer Trial	Rational Application Developer Trial
Database	IBM DB2® Universal Database™ Express V8.2	IBM DB2 Universal Database Express V8.2 (development use only)	IBM DB2 UDB Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
Production ready applications	IBM Business Solutions	No	No
Tivoli® Directory Server for WebSphere Application Server (LDAP server)	No	No	Yes
Tivoli Access Manager Servers for WebSphere Application Server	No	No	Yes
Edge Components	No	No	Yes

Old News ;-)

[Aug 2, 2007] OpenSMART - The Open (SystemSource) Monitoring and Reporting Tool

Extract from the documentation follows (OpenSmart has an excellent documentation !)

10.7. Monitoring WebSphere Application Server.

What should you configure in osagent.conf.xml to monitor your WebSphere application server / J2EE application ?

10.7.1. Checks for monitoring WebSphere application server

Checking running java jvm processes with PROC
Checking open sockets on port ( web-container(s), admin-console, servlet container ) with SOCKETS
check, if your web-container returns a defined result WEBAPP
Checking the SystemOut.log / SystemErr.log with LOGS
Checking your WebSphere MQ (aka MQSeries) with Section 9.21, “Configuration for the mqs check”

10.7.2. Example configuration for monitoring WebSphere

<!-- ... -->
<PROC>
  <PROCESS>
    <!-- check the node agent (listed as process in ps -ef) -->
    <PROCNAME>/usr/WebSphere/nodeagent/bin/java</PROCNAME>
    <ERRORLEVEL>ERROR</ERRORLEVEL>
    <DESCRIPTION>
      The NodeAgent of the application server isn't running.
      This is maybe a bad sign - but you can try to restart it by
      /usr/WebShere/Deployment/bin/startNode.sh
    </DESCRIPTION>
  </PROCESS>
  <!-- check the websphere jvm (listed as process in ps -ef) -->
    <PROCNAME>/usr/WebSphere/appsrv/bin/java</PROCNAME>
    <ERRORLEVEL>ERROR</ERRORLEVEL>
    <DESCRIPTION>
    WebSphere isn't running - look at your SystemOut.log / SystemErr.log
    and restart it - if possible
    </DESCRIPTION>
  </PROCESS>
</PROC>

<SOCKETS>
  <CHECK4SOCKET>
    <!-- Maybe you have do define the right interface definition for
    your system http port, https port, admin console, servlet container etc. -->
    <INTERFACE>0.0.0.0</INTERFACE>
    <PORT>9080</PORT>
    <ERRORLEVEL>FATAL</ERRORLEVEL>
    <DESCRIPTION>Socket of servlet container doen't exists - check logfiles</DESCRIPTION>
  </CHECK4SOCKET>
  <!-- More sockets you want to check -->
</SOCKETS>

<WEBAPP>
  <APP2CHECK>
    <!-- Test your servlet container if the response is correct, also report
the reponse time (this will be done by default) -->
    <APPNAME>Web-Application-1</APPNAME>
    <HOST>www.myownwebserver.de</HOST>
    <PORT>80</PORT>
    <HTTPRQST>GET / HTTP/1.0</HTTPRQST>
    <TEXT2CHECK>if you can read this, the servlet works correctly</TEXT2CHECK>
    <ERRORLEVEL>ERROR</ERRORLEVEL>
  </APP2CHECK>
  <!-- More webapps you want to check -->
</WEBAPP> 

<LOGS>
  <LOGFILE>
    <LOGFILENAME>/usr/WebSphere/appsrv/logs/SystemOut.log</LOGFILENAME>
    
    <!-- java exceptions -->
    <LOGFILTER>
      <REGEX>.*Exceptions in thread.*</REGEX>
      <ERRORLEVEL>ERROR</ERRORLEVEL>
    </LOGFILTER>

    <!-- user logged off the app isn't important -->
    <LOGFILTER><REGEX>user.*logged off.*</REGEX></LOGFILTER>
    <LOGFILTER><REGEX>user.*no longer active in.*</REGEX></LOGFILTER>

    <LOGFILTER>
      <REGEX>.*</REGEX><!-- Everything unknown -->
      <PRIORITY>1000</PRIORITY>
      <!-- That is AFTER all default priorities! -->
      <ERRORLEVEL>WARNING</ERRORLEVEL>
    </LOGFILTER>
  </LOGFILE>
  <!-- More logs you want to check -->
</LOGS>

[Nov 21, 2006] Report IBM Open Source-Based Application Server Growing Nearly Three Times Faster Than JBoss Financial News

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition

Old News ;-)

[Aug 3, 2007] Jignesh Shah's Weblog

[Aug 2, 2007] OpenSMART - The Open (SystemSource) Monitoring and Reporting Tool

10.7.2. Example configuration for monitoring WebSphere

[Nov 21, 2006] Report IBM Open Source-Based Application Server Growing Nearly Three Times Faster Than JBoss Financial News

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