Configuring and administering

The following are a series of articles discussing all the administration related tasks. In order to perform those tasks you will require knowing the tools provided by Apache Geronimo. This article is grouped in following main sections having a similar flow to what you would find while using the Introducing Geronimo Administration Console, this way should be easier for you to familiarize on both tasks and console. Note that not only the Administration Console will be used as reference in this article but also some command line options will be covered. Command line options are covered in detail in the Tools and Commands section.

• Introducing Geronimo Administration Console is about portlet layout and overall description of each portlet on the console.
  
  
• Deploying and administering assets in Geronimo includes topics on how to manage your applications and Geronimo plugins.
  
  
• Configuring and administering the Apache Geronimo Server includes topics on how to config and administer your server in a distributed environment.
  
  
• Configuring services is about how to set up intermediary services with Geronimo.
  
  
• Administering Security includes topics on some common security related tasks such as adding and removing users and groups, dealing with digital certificates and increasing the security level by using different realms and authentication methods.
  
  
• Configuring the transaction manager identity is about how to configure transaction managers in Geronimo.
  
  
• Creating a database in Geronimo includes topics on how to use embeded Derby databases.
  
  
• Monitoring the health of the Apache Geronimo server includes topics on how to monitor resouces usage and status of Geronimo server.
  
  
• Extensible Administration Console includes topics on how to extend Geronimo Administration Console with your portlet.