Chapter 12. Subsystem Configuration

12.1. Subsystem Configuration Overview

Introduction

JBoss EAP 6 uses a simplified configuration, with one configuration file per domain or per standalone server. In a standalone domain, a separate file exists for each host controller as well. Changes to the configuration persist automatically, so XML should not be edited by hand. The configuration is scanned and overwritten automatically by the Management API. The command-line based Management CLI and web-based Management Console allow you to configure each aspect of JBoss EAP 6.

JBoss EAP 6 is built on the concept of modular classloading. Each API or service provided by the Platform is implemented as a module, which is loaded and unloaded on demand. Most modules include a configurable element called a subsystem. Subsystem configuration information is stored in the unified configuration file EAP_HOME/domain/configuration/domain.xml for a managed domain or EAP_HOME/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml for a standalone server. Many of the subsystems include configuration details that were configured via deployment descriptors in previous versions of JBoss EAP.
Subsystem Configuration Schemas

Each subsystem's configuration is defined in an XML schema. The configuration schema are located in the EAP_HOME/docs/schema/ directory of your installation.

The following subsystems are known as simple subsystems, because they do not have any configurable attributes or elements. They are generally listed at the top of the configuration file.

Simple Subsystems

  • ee– the Java EE 6 API implementation
  • ejb– the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) subsystem
  • jaxrs– the JAX-RS API, provided by RESTeasy.
  • sar– the subsystem which supports Service Archives.
  • threads– the subsystem which supports process threads.
  • weld– the Contexts and Dependency Injection API, provided by Weld.