Chapter 1. Introduction

This document is a guidance document for administrators and application developers who wish to use JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.0 GA and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1.GA in a certified, Common Criteria compliant, secure configuration.

This document is intended to be self-contained in addressing the most important issues at a high level, and refers to existing documentation where more details are needed. Knowledge of the Common Criteria is not required for readers of this document.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform v5.1.0 GA and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1.GA are the subjects of this document as the Target of Evaluation (TOE) for Common Criteria certification. Both JBoss Enterprise Application Platform v5.1.0 GA and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1.GA have been evaluated under Common Criteria version 3.1 at level of assurance EAL4. This provides assurance that these products have been structurally tested.

All usages of the term "JBoss Enterprise Application Platform" from this point forward refer to the Common Criteria certified configurations of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform v5.1.0 GA or JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1.GA. The exception to this is where specific configuration demands the version to be mentioned.

All usages of JBOSS_HOME in this user guide refer to the /jboss-as directory in the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform root installation directory. For example, if you used the ZIP installation package and extracted the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform binary to your Linux /home directory, JBOSS_HOME refers to the home/[user]/jboss-eap-[version]/jboss-as/ directory. If you installed JBoss Enterprise Application Platform with the ISO distribution, JBOSS_HOME refers to /var/lib/jbossas.

This chapter contains a brief introduction to the CC certification & the structure of this book.

Chapter 2, Requirements for the Evaluated Configuration contains the requirements for deploying the certified product.

Chapter 3, Downloading and Verifying the Packages contains the steps that are required to ensure you are using the certified version of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

Chapter 4, Launching the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Server provides instructions on how to start the server and the different modes of operation.

Chapter 5, Development Guide for the Common Criteria Certified System contains guidelines for developers creating applications for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

Chapter 6, Overview of the Security Functions contains the details of the security implementation and usage limitations of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

Should there be any discrepancy between information contained in this guide and any other product documentation, this guide takes precedence; it addresses the requirements for the evaluated configuration of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.