Announcing Red Hat® JBoss® Enterprise Application 8.0 General Availability

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We are pleased to announce the release of Red Hat® JBoss® Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP) version 8.0. JBoss EAP 8.0 is now available to download from the customer portal.

JBoss EAP 8.0 is compliant with Jakarta EE 10 (Full Platform, Web, Core Profile) and supports Java SE 11 and Java SE 17.
In addition to Jakarta EE 10 support, the new release contains some enhancements driven from customer requests and product improvements in security, EJBs, JBoss EAP on Red Hat OpenShift, and other areas. Here is a list of some of the notable features of JBoss EAP 8.0.

  • Security - Native OpenID Connect client, configuration of multiple certificate revocation lists, updates to the file system realm, JAAS realm in Elytron for legacy security migration.

  • EJBs - Infinispan-based distributed EJB timers, JBoss EAP 8.0 server interoperability with earlier JBoss EAP 7 and EAP 6 versions.
    Clustering - Performance, security, efficiency improvements for web session clustering using ProtoStream protocol.

  • JBoss EAP on Red Hat OpenShift - Lightweight Red Hat OpenShift images, support for JBoss EAP Helm chart, and provisioning a slim JBoss EAP server using the new JBoss EAP Maven plug-in and Galleon technology layers. The ability to install user applications and other artifacts such as keystore on the provisioned server image.

  • Provisioning System - Introducing a new provisioning system providing increased consistency across all deployment targets (bare metal, VM, or cloud).

For more information about JBoss EAP 8.0 GA, see the Release Notes, JBoss EAP product documentation, and the What’s New article.

For details on migration from JBoss EAP 7.x, see the following guides:

About JBoss EAP

Red Hat® JBoss® Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP) delivers enterprise-grade security, performance, and scalability in any environment. Whether on-premise, virtual, or in private, public, or hybrid clouds, JBoss EAP can help you deliver apps faster, everywhere.

JBoss EAP provides simplified deployment and full Jakarta EE performance for applications in any environment.