WSO2 Application Server(WSO2 AS) 4.0.0 Released. WSO2 Application Server is an Enterprise ready application server based on the award-winning WSO2 Carbon <http://wso2.com/products/carbon/> framework. Being the successor of the WSO2 Web Services Application Server(WSAS), WSO2 Application Server(AS) 4.0.0 now supports web application deployment and management in addition to its web services management capabilities. Coupled with WSO2 Carbon Authentication/Authorization feature, now users can manage their applications that ranges from web services, business processes to web applications in a unified manner within the WSO2 AS management console itself. WSO2 AS uses Apache Tomcat, the widely used servlet container as its underlying web application container.
WSO2 AS supports Java components as services using both SOAP and REST models. Web services support include WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Reliable Messaging, WS-Addressing, WS-Policy, WS-SecurityPolicy and more, giving a fully secure and reliable infrastructure that interoperates with both J2EE and .NET frameworks using open standard protocols. WSO2 AS is built on Apache Axis2, the popular Web services framework mainly developed by WSO2 engineers. WSO2 AS provides many value additions on top of Axis2, making it a more enterprise ready product. It also integrates other core Apache Web services projects such as Apache Axiom, Apache Rampart, Apache Sandesha2, Apache Savan , and Apache Neethi to form a production quality, comprehensive Web services server platform. An open source product, WSO2 AS is available under the Apache Software License (v2.0) <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html> . This includes all of the extra integration and management functionality as well. New Features In This Release - Support for Webapp deployment and management, including centralized user authentication and authorization based on WSO2 User Manager and WSO2 Identity Server. - Support for managing the shared libraries in the underlying Axis2 repository. - Enhancements to the Feature Manager UI - Ability to deploy multiple service/module artifacts at once Key Features - Web Application deployment and management within the App Server - WSO2 AS tooling - AS related artifacts can be easily generated using WSO2 Carbon Studio - Clustering support for High Availability & High Scalability - Full support for WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-Policy and WS-Secure Conversation and XKMS - JAX-WS support - Deploy any JAX-WS annotated service and engage WS-* protocols through the management console. - JMX & Web interface based monitoring and management - WS-* & REST support - GUI, command line & IDE based tools for Web service development - Equinox P2 based provisioning support - WSDL2Java/Java2WSDL/WSDL 1.1 & try it(invoke any remote Web service) Issues Fixed for this release - WSO2 AS related components of the WSO2 Carbon Platform - https://wso2.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10458 XML & WS-* Standards Support - SOAP 1.1/1.2 - WSDL 1.1 - WSDL 2.0 - MTOM, XOP & SOAP with Attachments - WS-Addressing - WS-Security 1.0/1.1 - WS-Trust - WS-SecureConversation - WS-SecurityPolicy - WS-ReliableMessaging - WS-Policy - WS-PolicyAttachment - WS-MetadataExchange - WS-Transfer - WS-Eventing - XKMS Open Source components included in WSO2 Application Server - Apache Axis2 (SOAP) - Apache Axiom (High performance XML Object Model) - Apache Rampart/Apache WSS4J (WS-Security) - Apache Rahas(WS-SecureConversation) - Apache Sandesha2 (WS-ReliableMessaging) - WS-Addressing implementation in Axis2 - Apache Neethi (WS-Policy) - WS-SecurityPolicy implementation in Axis2 - Apache XML Schema - Embedded Apache Tomcat - Apache Tribes (Group Communications Framework) Apache Axis2 modules included with WSO2 Application Server - Apache Rampart: Supporting WS-Security & WS-Trust - Apache Rahas: Supporting WS-SecureConversation - Apache Sandesha2: Supporting WS-Reliable Messaging - Mex: Supporting WS-MetaDataExchange - Throttle: For throttling requests - Statistics: For gathering & monitoring statistics - Tracer: For tracing SOAP requests & responses - WSO2 AppServer Administration: For administering Web services - XFer: Supporting WS-Transfer - XKMS: Supporting XML Key Management Specification Known Issues - AS related components of the WSO2 Carbon Platform - https://wso2.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&10459 <https://wso2.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10459> Reporting Problems Issues can be reported using the public JIRA available at https://wso2.org/jira/browse/CARBON Contact us WSO2 AS developers can be contacted via the mailing lists: *For Users:* Application Server user mailing list <[email protected]> *For Developers:* Carbon developer mailing list <[email protected]> Alternatively, questions can also be raised in the AS forum: *Forum* http://www.wso2.org/forum/184 Support We are committed to ensuring that your enterprise middleware deployment is completely supported from evaluation to production. Our unique approach ensures that all support leverages our open development methodology and is provided by the very same engineers who build the technology. For additional support information please refer to http://wso2.com/support/ For more information on WSO2 Application Server, visit the WSO2 Oxygen Tank<http://wso2.org/> Thank you for your interest in WSO2 Application Server * -The WSO2 Application Server Development Team * -- Sameera Jayasoma Technical Lead and Product Manager, WSO2 Carbon WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com) email: [email protected] blog: http://tech.jayasoma.org Lean . Enterprise . Middleware
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