CHAPTER 1
Quick Start
Welcome to the Quick Start Guide. This guide is for developers, system administrators, and Application Server administrators who are interested in learning about the capabilities of the Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 2005Q2 software.
This guide describes basic and advanced steps for using Application Server. The steps are presented in the order that you should complete them. The basic steps, which usually require less than 45 minutes to complete, are in these sections:
■“Starting the Server” on page 7
■“Creating a Cluster” on page 12
■“Deploying an Application” on page 15
The advanced steps, which usually require about 45 minutes to complete, are in these sections:
■The steps for setting up load balancing, in “Setting up Load Balancing” on page 17
■The steps for setting up high availability and failover, in Chapter 2
The final sections of this guide include instructions for cleaning up and information on sources of information to use after completing this Quick Start Guide.
Variable Names and Default Paths
The following table describes what the variable names and default paths are for the directories used in this guide. Variable names are in the first column, and default paths are in the second column.
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