WSO2 Application Server(WSO2 AppServer) 1.5.2
Release Notes
28 Oct 2011
WSO2 AppServer is an Enterprise ready application server based on the award-winning
WSO2 Carbon
framework. Being the successor of the WSO2 Web Services Application Server(WSAS), WSO2 Application Server(AS)
now supports web application deployment and management in addition to its award winning 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 AppServer management console
itself. WSO2 AppServer uses Apache Tomcat, the widely used servlet container as its underlying web application contaner.
AppServer provides a comprehensive Web services server platform, using Axis2 as its Web services framework
and provide many value additions on top of Axis2. It can expose services using both SOAP and REST models and supports
a comprehensive set of WS-* specifications such as WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Reliable Messaging,
WS-Addressing, WS-Policy, WS-SecurityPolicy, etc.
An open source product, WSO2 AppServer is available under the
Apache Software License (v2.0)
. This includes all of the extra integration and management
functionality as well.
New Features In This Release
- Inbuilt Data Services support
- Server Roles Management feature
- Deployment Synchronizer for easy Cluster configuration
- Improved JAX-WS Support
- Improved SOAP Tracer
- Improvements in Service listing page
- Two lists for Services and Service Groups
- Security Indicators within service list
- Improved Samples and documentation
- Improved Class loading for Web apps and Web Services
- Embedded Tomcat 7.0.14 support
- Servlet API 3.0 support
Key Features
- Web Application deployment and management within the App Server
- AppServer tooling - AppServer 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
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 AppServer/Java
- 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 AppServer
- 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
Reporting Problems
Issues can be reported using the public JIRA available at
https://wso2.org/jira/browse/CARBON
Contact us
WSO2 AppServer developers can be contacted via the mailing lists:
For Users:
Application Server user mailing list
For Developers:
Carbon developer mailing list
Alternatively, questions can also be raised in the AppServer 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 AppServer, visit the
WSO2 Oxygen Tank
Thank you for your interest in WSO2 AppServer
-The WSO2 AppServer Development Team