Chapter 2. Overview

Membership in the JBoss Cloud Access program enables you to access private Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) created by Red Hat. These AMIs have your choice of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.x or JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.x pre-installed and are fully supported by Red Hat.

For ongoing management and monitoring of the platform, a JBoss Operations Network (JON) 3.0.x agent is pre-installed. Product updates are managed using RPMs, enabling you to update via Red Hat Update Infrastructure.

Each of the Red Hat AMIs are only a starting point, requiring further configuration to the requirements of your application. This guide assumes knowledge of how to configure the JBoss products, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Amazon EC2. Refer to the Red Hat Documentation library and the Amazon EC2 Getting Started Guide.