Overview

JBoss Application Server (or JBoss AS) is a free software/open-source Java EE-based application server developed by JBoss, now a division of Red Hat.

An important distinction for this class of software is that it not only implements a server that runs on Java, but it actually implements the Java EE part of Java. Because it is Java-based, the JBoss application server operates cross-platform: usable on any operating system that supports Java.

The JBoss discovery process enables you to discover a full JBoss topology including J2EE applications, JDBC, and JMS resources. DFM first finds JBoss servers based on the JMX protocol, then discovers the JBoss J2EE environment and components.