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WildFly

Java application server software

Summary

Java application server software

FieldValue
nameWildFly
logo size200px
screenshotWildfly16 HAL Management Console Screenshot.png
authorMarc Fleury
developerJBoss, Red Hat
latest release version39.0.0.Final
latest release date
operating systemCross-platform
repo
programming languageJava
genreApplication server
licenseLGPLv2.1
website

WildFly, formerly known as JBoss AS, or simply JBoss, is an application server written by JBoss, now developed by Red Hat. WildFly is written in Java and implements the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) specification.{{sfn | Stancapiano | 2017 | loc=Chapter §1 Introducing Java EE and Configuring the Development Environment | pp=8-9}} It runs on multiple platforms.

WildFly is free and open-source software,{{sfn | Stancapiano | 2017 | loc=Chapter §1 Introducing Java EE and Configuring the Development Environment | pp=8-9}} subject to the requirements of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1.

Origin

In 1999, Marc Fleury started a free software project named EJB-OSS (stands for Enterprise Java Bean Open Source Software) implementing the EJB API from J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition). Sun Microsystems asked the project to stop using the trademarked EJB within its name. EJB-OSS was then renamed to JBOSS, then JBoss later.

On November 20, 2014, JBoss Application Server was renamed WildFly. The JBoss Community and other Red Hat JBoss products like JBoss Enterprise Application Platform were not renamed.

Features

Wildfly supports a number of features:

  • Jakarta Persistence (JPA)
  • Jakarta Enterprise Beans (EJB)
  • Distributed transactions - Wildfly implements the Jakarta Transactions API (JTA).
  • Representational state transfer (REST) services.
  • WebSocket
  • Clustering - Wildfly uses Infinispan as its distributed cache system

Licensing and pricing

JBoss EAP itself is open source, but Red Hat charges to provide a support subscription for JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Before November 2010 JBoss was licensed as annual subscription in bundles of 4 and 32 CPU sockets. As of November 2010 the licensing changed and all cores on the system are now counted. The core bundles licensing is available for 2, 16, and 64 cores.

Notes

References

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References

  1. "WildFly 39 is released!".
  2. "JBoss Application Server has a new name...".
  3. "Frequently Asked Questions".
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