Every EAP 6 configuration area in domain.xml, host.xml, or standalone.xml is interpreted as a resource type. Because EAP 6 draws a distinction between configuration components and operational components, the EAP 6 resource types in JBoss ON do different things; some resources define configuration, while others are used for monitoring, alerting, and operations.

In domains, profiles, socket bindings, and network interfaces for the domain are all configuration entries. Therefore, in JBoss ON, the corresponding resource types define configuration settings.

In domains, the managed servers are the functional instances. These resources are active, so, in JBoss ON, the managed server resources can run operations, monitor metrics, and trigger alerts.

There is no overlap between the configuration resources and the operational resources in functionality. For example, a datasource resource under a profile has configuration, but no monitoring or alerting. A datasource under a managed server collects the monitoring metrics, defines alerts, and runs operations. These resources are related — the managed server datasource resource references the configuration in the profile datasource — but they are different.

In standalone servers, configuration and management are enabled in the same resource. A standalone server is basically a combination of a profile resource (configuration) and a managed server resource (management). A datasource resource for a standalone server, then, has both configuration and monitoring, alerts, and operations on the same resource.