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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