Recently Through a statement on its blog, Red Hat announced the availability of a new version of its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform services platform. (EAP). This version brings new features and new libraries that will be very useful for companies and developers.
The JBoss Enterprise Application platform it is an open source application server, but with some paid subscriptions that are used to create, implement, host highly transactional Java applications and services.
Because it is based on Java, the JBoss application server runs on multiple platforms. It can be used on any operating system that supports Java.
In version 7, the platform was certified Java EE 7 with support for Java SE 8, combined the APIs of Java EE 7 and DevOps tools such as JBoss Developer Studio 10.
All of this to allow JBoss or Red Hat developers to develop, test and deploy applications locally or in the cloud.
From there, JBoss EAP also supports Jenkins, Arquillian, Maven, as well as other popular JavaScript and websites.
About the new version 7.2 of JBoss
This new version, lto version 7.2, it is certified in Java EE 8. It incorporates two new libraries, one for more security assistance and the other for JSON bindings (JSON-B 1.0) and other features found interesting by Red Hat developers.
For microservice specifications, César Saavedra, technical director of marketing at Red Inc, explains that the new solution, JBoss EAP 7.2 includes technology preview support for Eclipse MicroProfile Config, the REST client, OpenTracing and Health.
César Saavedra says that JBoss EAP 7.2 is a flagship product and easy to use for Java companies and especially for developers in the Eclipse community.
“Enterprises around the world rely on JBoss EAP, a Java EE-compliant application server, to run their production workloads in on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and private, public, and hybrid environments.
With this release, Red Hat reaffirms its continued commitment to Java EE 8 and Jakarta EE, "The New Home in the Cloud, a community-driven specification under the Eclipse Foundation," he wrote.
major developments JBoss 7.2
Una of the main improvements was in the administration of the server, such as the use of Git to manage standalone server configuration data, the ability to remove servers in a group for the managed domain, and more.
Several console and administration functions were improved, ranging from completing help tabs to producing multiple color pages and the ability to configure and monitor subsystems, including Infinispan, messaging, Undertow, data and transactions.
On the feature side of the technology preview is the integration of an Eclipse MicroProfile REST client library which is a type safe approach to calling REST services, a MicroProfile OpenTracing that allows the tracking of requests in an application Based on microservices.
Here is a list of the most prominent features in this version:
- Greater integration with OpenShift for bundled applications
- Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 beta
- Support for IBM DB2 e11.1, IBM MQ 9, and PostgreSQL 10.1
- Certification for Red Hat Developer Studio 12
- FIPS 140-2 security enhancements
- Infinispan improvements, messaging and web services (RESTEasy)
- Ability to build once and deploy anywhere within a single subscription
- New Maven nomenclatures for JBoss EAP Java EE 8.
Finally, César Saavedra added that: JBoss EAP 7.2 is now included in Red Hat Application Runtimes, a Red Hat Middleware product, which also includes OpenJDK, Red Hat OpenShift Runtime applications, ActiveMQ, and JBoss Data Grid.
They are integrated and optimized for Red Hat OpenShift, providing customers with a consistent hybrid environment.
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You can find more information about the new features and offers In the following link.