Appendix A. Reference Material
A.1. Available Downloads for JBoss EAP 6
JBoss EAP 6 includes a number of different installation types and optional components, which are available for download on the Red Hat Customer Portal at https://access.redhat.com/. The following table explains the different options. Some components are only appropriate for certain operating systems or architectures, and thus are only available for those specific variations.
Table A.1. Available Downloads
| Name | Description | Operating Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Apache HTTP Server |
A standalone Apache HTTP server instance for each supported operating system and architecture. This HTTP server has been tested and verified to work with JBoss EAP 6.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Solaris 10 and 11
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| Native Components |
Components which have been compiled to be optimized for a specific platform. For instance, DLLs are provided for Microsoft Windows Server environments. In some cases, the native components may provide performance improvements.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Solaris 10 and 11, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX
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| Native Utilities |
Utilities specific to each supported operating system and architecture, such as scripts and utilities for installing JBoss EAP 6 as a service in your operating system and generating SSL encryption keys and certificates.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Solaris 10 and 11, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX
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| Webserver Connector Natives |
Pre-compiled modules for Apache, Microsoft, and Oracle iPlanet web servers, for HTTP load balancing and high-availability capabilities. These binaries are extensively tested and known to work well with JBoss EAP 6.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Solaris 10 and 11, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX
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| Javadocs |
Documentation for all public APIs exposed by JBoss EAP 6. You can install these into your local HTTP server or IDE, or can view them on your local machine.
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Platform-independent
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| Installer |
Java installer for JBoss EAP 6. Includes steps to install the Quickstarts and Maven Repository.
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Platform-independent
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| Maven Repository |
A Maven repository which you can download and make available in your local development environment, and which contains artifacts common to applications built upon JBoss EAP 6. The Maven repository is also available through the JBoss EAP 6 Installer.
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Platform-independent
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| Quickstarts |
Example applications to help you get started developing Java EE 6 applications with APIs supplied with JBoss EAP 6. The Quickstarts are also available through the JBoss EAP 6 Installer.
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Platform-independent
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| Source Code |
The Java source code for JBoss EAP 6, provided so that you can recompile it in your own environment or audit it yourself.
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Platform-independent
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| Application Platform |
The Zip installation package, which can be installed and run on every supported platform. This is the most common way to install JBoss EAP 6.
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Platform-independent
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Important
The RPM installation method's downloads are not available on the Customer Portal, but via the Red Hat Network (RHN).
