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Article donated by: Hernan Cunico

This page is an attempt to organize and consolidate all the documentation for Apache Geronimo. There is a list of topics to be covered and the discussion about the content is being carried on the developers mailing list dev@geronimo.apache.org, for subscription information refer to the Mailing Lists at the Apache Geronimo Web site.

The following is a proposed table of contents to address as many topics as possible on Apache Geronimo. This structure should be the foundation for upcoming releases of Geronimo. This is a work in progress and collaboratively constructed through the Apache Geronimo community, your contributions to this documentation are welcome, this is a community effort.

1. Quick start - Apache Geronimo for the impatient
   • Getting the software
   • Start the server
   • Create and deploy a sample application
2. Apache Geronimo project overview
   • About Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
   • Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK)
3. Architecture
   • Apache Geronimo overview
   • GBeans overview
   Installation
   • Supported platforms
   • Hardware and software prerequisites
   • Getting the source code
   • Build from the source
   • InstallationSpecs Layout
4. Administration
   • Tools and commands
   • Geronimo Administration Console
   • Administrative tasks
     • Administering the Apache Geronimo Server
     • Configuring Services
     • Configuring DB2 Datasource
     • Administering applications
   • Backup and recovery
   • Maintenance
5. Development
   • Eclipse tools
   • Simple servlet and JSP applications
   • Web applications
   • EJB applications
   • Security applications
   • Web services applications
   • Client applications
6. • • Administering Security
   • Configuring Geronimo as a Windows Service
   • Running Geronimo as a non root user
7. Sample applications
8. Deployment
   • Deployer tool
   • Hot deployment
   • Deployment plans
   Deployment
   • Deployer tool
   • Hot deployment
   • Deployment plans
   • Deploying secure applications (Security)
9. Security
   • ConceptsSecurity concepts
   • Login into Geronimo
   • Geronimo and JAAS
   • JaasLoginService API Discussion
   • Component Configuration
   • Authorization - mapping J2EE roles to Principals
   • Security Definition Schema
   • Geronimo Login Config Schema
   • Deploying secure applications
   • Available login modules
     • Configuring LDAP
   • Mapping J2EE Roles in M5 release
10. Integrating A Third Party JMS Provider
11. Migrating to Apache Geronimo
    • J2G Migration Tool
      • Using J2G
      • Building J2G from source
    • JBoss to Geronimo - Servlets and JSPs Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - JDBC Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - Security Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - JCA Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - Web Services Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-BMP Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-MDB Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-Session Beans Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - EJB-CMP Migration
    • JBoss to Geronimo - Hibernate Migration
12. Performance and high availability
    • ScalabilityRemote HTTPd Server
    • Clustering
13. Hints and Tips
14. • (Release independent)
15. Troubleshooting