1.5. About Managed Domains

The managed domain operating mode allows for management of multiple JBoss EAP 6 instances from a single control point.

Centrally managed JBoss EAP 6 server collections are known as members of a domain. All JBoss EAP 6 instances in a domain share a common management policy.

A domain consists of one domain controller, one or more host controller(s), and zero or more server groups per host.

A domain controller is the central point from which the domain is controlled. It ensures that each server is configured according to the management policy of the domain. The domain controller is also a host controller.

A host controller is a physical or virtual host on which the domain.sh or domain.bat script is run. Host controllers are configured to delegate domain management tasks to the domain controller.

The host controller on each host interacts with the domain controller to control the lifecycle of the application server instances running on its host and to assist the domain controller to manage them. Each host can contain multiple server groups.

A server group is a set of server instances which have JBoss EAP 6 installed on them and are managed and configured as one. The domain controller manages the configuration of and applications deployed onto server groups. Consequently, each server in a server group shares the same configuration and deployments.

It is possible for a domain controller, a single host controller, and multiple servers to run within the same JBoss EAP 6 instance, on the same physical system.

Host controllers are tied to specific physical (or virtual) hosts. You can run multiple host controllers on the same hardware if you use different configurations, ensuring their ports and other resources do not conflict.