Getting Started with WebSphere Application Server Community Edition

Introduction

IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is a Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (EE) application built on top of Apache Geronimo The open source application server created by Apache Foundation.

When to use WebSphere application Server Community Edition

When should you use WebSphere application Server Community Edition? Depending on your plan to use the application server, there are several scenarios where you can use the WebSphere application Server Community Edition (hereinafter referred to as Community Edition) as your best implementation option, and sometimes use a more robust The WebSphere application Server product is reasonable, and even sometimes it is more appropriate to use Apache Geronimo. For example:

The Community Edition will be your best choice from a technical and economic standpoint if you need a lightweight application server to run the Java EE application as a test platform and tend to use a relatively stable, tested, and world-class technical support product. You can trust that the application server will be able to run applications and prototypes stably enough, and that Community Edition can be downloaded and used free of charge. You can install and use it for a business assessment or prototype demo in a short time. When you use the product for free, you can purchase IBM support (optional) as needed and migrate to other WebSphere application Server products if you want.

If you plan to run an important application that requires high availability, clustering, or failover, or you want to help deploy and debug a Java-EE application with complex management consoles and tool features, you should consider other IBM WebSphere application Server products. With Community Edition, you can quickly develop and incrementally develop applications, while providing basic security, simple management, and manual application deployment. The target user of Community Edition is a single developer, department employee, or small business. Outside of this scope, you should consider other WebSphere application Server products. If you are looking for a more visually rapid development tool, WebSphere application server-express may be a better choice. If you need scalability, enterprise-wide deployments, feature-rich and robust, or if you have a large number of transactions that you want to automate, or implement application priorities based on business goals, you should consider WebSphere application Server, WebSphere Application Server Network deployment or WebSphere Extended deployment.

If you want to improve or customize the implementation of the application server, add functionality, or fix errors, it might be appropriate to use Apache Geronimo, which allows you to get all the relevant source code and build your own application server. In addition, you can publish your updates to the Apache Geronimo community so that your work can be leveraged by others.

Added value of Community Edition

Apache Geronimo is an open source Java Application Server project developed by Apache Software Foundation that integrates leading technologies from a wide open source community (such as Apache Jetty, Apache Tomcat, A CTIVEMQ, TRANQL, OPENEJB, and so on) to support the Java EE stack. Geronimo is licensed by Apache and can be highly customizable and community-driven.