I'm using Ret Hat JBoss Developer Studio 8.1.0 as JBoss Fuse IDE, I already installed the JBoss Fuse project features, but I cannot find the 'Deploy to...' tool.
Although, it's mentioned here that I should find it in the IDE,
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_JBoss_Fuse/6.0/html/Using_the_Fuse_Developer_Tools/files/FIDEDeployingContainer.html
Could anyone point me what I did wrong, thanks.
You can take a look at the JBoss Fuse 6.2 documentation as its updated about the newer version of Developer Studio and how to deploy:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_JBoss_Fuse/6.2/html/Tooling_User_Guide/RiderDeployPart.html
I am installing JBoss but I don't understand which version to choose. Should I download JBoss 7.x or the JBoss EAP 6.x? What is the difference?
TLDR; out of those options, pick the latest EAP 6.x Alpha.
Note that Wildfly was released 11.2.2014, which is now the preferred version.
The long story:
Previously, JBoss community edition was free for all, and EAP was the enterprise version for which you'd need a commercial subscription for. In return you'd get commercial support for it as well. However, with later version things changed a bit and this is no longer exactly so.
JBoss AS7 is JBoss version 7.1. For JBoss 7.2 version, they released it as JBoss EAP 6.1 Alpha, so that is the updated community version. Alpha is free to use in any way or form. They have also released JBoss EAP 6.1 (the commercial version), for which you need a subscription for. If you take a look at the download page, you see the versions together with the release dates:
Version Release date
6.1.0 Final 2013-05-20
6.1.0 Beta 2013-04-19
6.1.0 Alpha 2013-03-07
7.1.1.Final 2012-03-09
6.1.0 Final and 6.1.0 Beta binaries are for commercial purposes and require a paid subscription to be run in production environments.
There are some considerable improvements in 7.2, and 7.1 is very old already, so for 7.x community version you want JBoss EAP 6.1 Alpha or later 6.x Alpha.
Sources:
http://www.openlogic.com/blog/bid/283299/Where-is-JBoss-7-2-0-Final
FAQ: http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/faq
https://community.jboss.org/blogs/mark.little/2013/03/07/eap-binaries-available-for-all-developers
https://community.jboss.org/message/802102
Update 20.7.2015: since writing the previous answer, JBoss EAP 6.1 Alpha has been superseded by newer JBoss 6.x EAP Alphas in the AS7 product line, latest being JBoss EAP 6.4 Alpha (see "view older downloads"). Statements about 6.1 Alpha release cover all other Alpha releases in EAP 6.X product line as well, so no reason to go for 6.1 Alpha anymore, but to latest 6.x Alpha.
Also, previous download page has been changed to not include EAP releases anymore. They can be found only at EAP download page, and it doesn't even contain 6.1 Alpha anymore.
And finally: JBoss 7.x line is nowadays superseded by Wildfly and EAP 6.x line by EAP 7.
JBoss AS 7.x is a community release that represents a potential enterprise version. At Red Hat, we do not use the JBoss AS names anymore because it adds to the confusion. All future JBoss AS as been renamed Wildfly and they do not correspond to a JBoss Enterprise Application Server release (you'll notice that we skip version numbers as we see fit).
JBoss Enterprise Application Server (EAP) x will also align to the Java EE spec. So JBoss EAP 6 is JavaEE 6. JBoss EAP 7 is JavaEE 7. Because EAP is the enterprise release, it will always be the most "mature", harden product and will include fixes that are not available in the community version.
There are two versions: Jboss AS (Application Server) and JBoss EAP (Enterprise Application Platform).
JBoss AS is a community version. Personnaly, I never used EAP but I never used JBoss in a production context.. it seams that EAP is designed to be more stable.
There are informations here: http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/docs/Server_Configuration_Guide/beta500/html/ch01s01s01.html
JBoss EAP 6.x is not free (without subscription fee) for Test/QA/Production environments. For more details please look at this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/37728525/466677
My understanding is this: JBoss EAP 6.1.0 Final is basically Jboss AS 7.2 but you are not unable to download a binary version of JBoss AS 7.2, you must get the code and build it yourself. There are binary versions for JBoss EAP 6.1.0 but you would need a license (which include support etc.).
There are also source distributions available. Jboss 7.1.2 which I understand corresponds pretty exactly to EAP 6.0 and Jboss 7.1.3 which I believe corresponds to EAP6.1
They actually aren't too hard to compile yourself, even on Windows!
We are currently migrating from Jboss AS 4.2.3 to Jboss AS 7.1.1. When running the installation process we need to detect if the client already have Jboss installed and which version is it.
From what I can see ,in Jboss 4.2.3 there is a readme.html file, while under Jboss 7 it is called readme.txt, is there a more unified/common way to detect it?
if there is a standalone.xml file it should mean it is jboss as 7
I am trying to deploy my java web project to websphere application server v6.1 using Eclipse.
But I don't see any Websphere6.1 server in Eclipse - Sever view. I see till websphere 6.0.
Any idea?
Regrettably, there is no support for WebSphere 6.1 under Eclipse. As you noted, WebSphere 6.0 was supported, and now WebSphere 7, 8, and 8.5 are supported, but 6.1 was not (except in the IBM-branded version of Eclipse, Rational Application Developer).
I want to launch my application with JBoss AS7. Normally I'll go to Window->Preferences->Server->RuntimeEnvironments and Add JBoss 7.0 Runtime. But I can't find JBoss AS 7.0 Runtime. I have installed the JBOSS Community with JBoss AS 3.2, ... 6.0 but where is 7? Thanks for your help
You can indeed run JBoss Application Server 7 with Eclipse, but you will find it easiest to do so with JBoss Tools. There's a helpful guide posted to the JBoss community per the following: Starting JBoss AS from Eclipse with JBoss Tools
There's another useful guide on the JBoss Tools site: How to use JBoss AS 7 Beta 2 with JBoss Tools & Developer Studio
I don't think that Eclipse supports JBoss AS 7... You may need to run it manually for now.