afkham_azeez's blog http://wso2.org/blog/86/atom/feed 2006-07-29T00:27:58+00:00 WSO2 WSAS 2.3 released http://wso2.org/blog/afkham-azeez/3685 2008-06-10T17:59:27+00:00 2008-06-10T17:59:27+00:00 afkham_azeez The WSO2 WSAS team is pleased to announce the release of the WSO2 WSAS 2.3. WSO2 WSAS is an enterprise ready Web services engine powered by Apache Axis2 release under the Apache Software License 2.0.



This release can be downloaded from http://wso2.org/projects/wsas/java



From the WSO2 WSAS 2.3 - Release Note - 10th June 2008

======================================================

]]> The WSO2 WSAS team is pleased to announce the release of the WSO2 WSAS 2.3. WSO2 WSAS is an enterprise ready Web services engine powered by Apache Axis2 release under the Apache Software License 2.0.



This release can be downloaded from http://wso2.org/projects/wsas/java



From the WSO2 WSAS 2.3 - Release Note - 10th June 2008

======================================================



WSO2 WSAS is an enterprise ready Web services engine powered by Apache Axis2 which offers a complete middleware solution. It is a lightweight, high performing platform for Service Oriented Architectures, enabling business logic and applications.

Bringing together a number of Apache Web services projects, WSO2 WSAS provides a secure, transactional and reliable runtime for deploying and managing Web services.



Key Features

------------

* Data services support - Expose you enterprise data as a services in a jiffy

* WSAS IDE - Eclipse IDE integration

* Clustering support for High Availability & High Scalability

* Full support for WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-Policy and WS-Secure Conversation and XKMS

* EJB service provider support - Expose your EJBs as services

* Axis1 backward compatibility - Deploy Axis1 services on WSAS & Engage advanced WS-* protocols in front of legacy services

* JMX & Web interface based monitoring and management

* WS-* & REST support

* GUI, command line & IDE based tools for Web service development





New Features In This Release

----------------------------

* Improved interoperability

* Improved Data Services support

* Various bug fixes to Apache Axis2, Apache Rampart & WSAS

* WSO2 Mercury Integration - A new WS-RM Implementation



Data Services - Bringing Enterprise Data to Web

-----------------------------------------------

* Service enable data locked in relational databases, CSV & Excel files in no time

* Zero code. Simple descriptor file describes the data to service mapping

* Controlled access to your data

* Customizable XML output

* Benefit from REST & WS-* support

* Built-in Connection pooling support

* Supports exposing Stored procedures & functions

* Built-in caching

* Throttling - to ensure your database is never overloaded.

* Easy configuration via graphical console

* Test your services via Try-it tool



Training

--------



WSO2 Inc. offers a variety of professional Training Programs, including

training on general Web services as well as WSO2 WSAS, Apache Axis2, Data Services

and a number of other products.



For additional support information please refer to

http://wso2.com/training/course-catalog/





Support

-------



WSO2 Inc. offers a variety of development and production support

programs, ranging from Web-based support up through normal business

hours, to premium 24x7 phone support.



For additional support information please refer to http://wso2.com/support/



For more information on WSO2 WSAS, visit the WSO2 Oxygen Tank (http://wso2.org)



How to do various things with WSAS - WSAS HOWTO Series(http://wso2.org/library/2707)



For further information see the full release note http://wso2.org/project/wsas/java/2.3/docs/release_notes.html

]]> Gold Award for WSO2 WSAS - Data Services http://wso2.org/blog/afkham-azeez/3467 2008-04-08T06:38:37+00:00 2008-04-08T06:38:37+00:00 afkham_azeez WSO2 WSAS Data Services won the Gold Award in the Data Services/Integration category in the SearchSOA.com Product of the year competition.

For more details see:

http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/productsOfTheYearWinner/0,296407,sid26_gci1307912_tax310454_ayr2007,00.html

]]> WSO2 WSAS Data Services won the Gold Award in the Data Services/Integration category in the SearchSOA.com Product of the year competition.

For more details see:

http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/productsOfTheYearWinner/0,296407,sid26_gci1307912_tax310454_ayr2007,00.html

]]> Security hole in WSAS 2.2! http://wso2.org/blog/afkham-azeez/3226 2008-02-14T05:29:32+00:00 2008-02-14T05:29:32+00:00 afkham_azeez The Problem
-----------
The WSAS 2.2 admin services could be accessed by any user, without having to logging in. This means, any user, could manipulate the server instance. This is a huge security hole. The reason for this is, the wso2wsas-administration module not being engaged to the wsas admin services.

The Fix to WSAS 2.2
-------------------

]]> The Problem
-----------
The WSAS 2.2 admin services could be accessed by any user, without having to logging in. This means, any user, could manipulate the server instance. This is a huge security hole. The reason for this is, the wso2wsas-administration module not being engaged to the wsas admin services.

The Fix to WSAS 2.2
-------------------
The fix for this is to locate the WSO2WSAS_HOME/repository/services/wso2wsas-administration.aar file, extract it, and locate the services.xml file, within the extracted directory. Now, uncomment the following lines:

Line#21
<!--<module ref="wso2wsas-admin"/>-->

and also uncomment line#31, 32 & 33.

Next rearchive the exploded directory as wso2wsas-administration.aar (this can be done using any Zip archiver), and drop it into the WSO2WSAS_HOME/repository/services/ directory.

That's it. Now restart your server. To verify that the security fix is working properly, point your browser to https://localhost:9443/services/ServerAdmin/shutdown. If you properly applied this fix, you will get an error message with a stacktrace, which will include "Access Denied. Please login first".

For Lazy Users - Use WSAS 2.2.1
-------------------------------
If you are too lazy to do the above and want to avoid this trouble, you can download the latest WSAS 2.2.1 release (http://wso2.org/downloads/wsas/), which contains this fix. The main difference between the WSAS 2.2 & 2.2.1 releases is this security fix and some improvements to hibernate session handling, so there is no issue in migrating from WSAS 2.2 to 2.2.1.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

--
Thanks
Azeez

]]> WSO2 WSAS 2.2.1 Released! http://wso2.org/blog/afkham-azeez/3219 2008-02-13T13:43:12+00:00 2008-02-13T13:43:12+00:00 afkham_azeez The WSO2 WSAS team is pleased to announce the release of the WSO2 WSAS
2.2.1. WSO2 WSAS is an enterprise ready Web services engine powered by
Apache Axis2 release under the Apache Software License 2.0.

This release can be downloaded from http://wso2.org/projects/wsas/java

Maven2 binary distribution download
    - Group Id : org.wso2.wsas

]]> The WSO2 WSAS team is pleased to announce the release of the WSO2 WSAS
2.2.1. WSO2 WSAS is an enterprise ready Web services engine powered by
Apache Axis2 release under the Apache Software License 2.0.

This release can be downloaded from http://wso2.org/projects/wsas/java

Maven2 binary distribution download
    - Group Id : org.wso2.wsas
    - Artifact Id : wso2wsas
    - Version : 2.2.1
    - Type : zip
    - WSO2 Maven2 Repository URL : http://dist.wso2.org/maven2/

Maven2 source distribution download
    - Group Id : org.wso2.wsas
    - Artifact Id : wso2wsas
    - Version : 2.2.1
    - Type : zip
    - Classifier : src
    - WSO2 Maven2 Repository URL : http://dist.wso2.org/maven2/

From the WSO2 WSAS 2.2.1 - Release Note - 12th Feb 2008
=======================================================

WSO2 WSAS is an enterprise ready Web services engine powered by Apache
Axis2 and which offers a complete middleware solution. It is a
lightweight, high performing platform for Service Oriented
Architectures, enabling business logic and applications.
Bringing together a number of Apache Web services projects, WSO2 WSAS
provides a secure, transactional and reliable runtime for deploying and
managing Web services.

Key Features
------------
* Data services support - Expose you enterprise data as a services in a
jiffy
* WSAS IDE - Eclipse IDE integration
* Clustering support for High Availability & High Scalability
* Full support for WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-Policy and WS-Secure
Conversation and XKMS
* EJB service provider support - Expose your EJBs as services
* Axis1 backward compatibility - Deploy Axis1 services on WSAS & Engage
advanced WS-* protocols in front of legacy services
* JMX & Web interface based monitoring and management
* WS-* & REST support
* GUI, command line & IDE based tools for Web service development

New Features In This Release
----------------------------
* Security fix related to the admin console
* Fixes to configuration persistence logic

Data Services - Bringing Enterprise Data to Web
-----------------------------------------------
* Service enable data locked in relational databases, CSV & Excel files
in no time
* Zero code. Simple descriptor file describes the data to service mapping
* Controlled access to your data
* Customizable XML output
* Benefit from REST & WS-* support
* Built-in Connection pooling support
* Supports exposing Stored procedures & functions
* Built-in caching
* Throttling - to ensure your database is never overloaded.
* Easy configuration via graphical console
* Test your services via Try-it tool

Training
--------

WSO2 Inc. offers a variety of professional Training Programs, including
training on general Web services as well as WSO2 WSAS, Apache Axis2,
Data Services
and a number of other products.

For additional support information please refer to
http://wso2.com/training/course-catalog/

Support
-------

WSO2 Inc. offers a variety of development and production support
programs, ranging from Web-based support up through normal business
hours, to premium 24x7 phone support.

For additional support information please refer to http://wso2.com/support/

For more information on WSO2 WSAS, visit the WSO2 Oxygen Tank
(http://wso2.org)

How to do various things with WSAS - WSAS HOWTO
Series(http://wso2.org/library/2707)

For further information see the full release note
http://wso2.org/project/wsas/java/2.2.1/docs/release_notes.html

Thanks for your interest in WSO2 WSAS
--- WSO2 WSAS Team

]]> Axis2 Based Web Services Application Server, WSAS 2.2 released http://wso2.org/blog/afkham-azeez/3102 2008-01-23T16:23:58+00:00 2008-01-23T16:23:58+00:00 afkham_azeez The WSO2 WSAS team is pleased to announce the release of the WSO2 WSAS 2.2. WSO2 WSAS is an enterprise ready Web services engine powered by Apache Axis2 release under the Apache Software License 2.0.

This release can be downloaded from http://wso2.org/projects/wsas/java

Maven2 binary distribution download
- Group Id : org.wso2.wsas
- Artifact Id : wso2wsas
- Version : 2.2
- Type : zip

]]> The WSO2 WSAS team is pleased to announce the release of the WSO2 WSAS 2.2. WSO2 WSAS is an enterprise ready Web services engine powered by Apache Axis2 release under the Apache Software License 2.0.

This release can be downloaded from http://wso2.org/projects/wsas/java

Maven2 binary distribution download
- Group Id : org.wso2.wsas
- Artifact Id : wso2wsas
- Version : 2.2
- Type : zip
- WSO2 Maven2 Repository URL : http://dist.wso2.org/maven2/

Maven2 source distribution download
- Group Id : org.wso2.wsas
- Artifact Id : wso2wsas
- Version : 2.2
- Type : zip
- Classifier : src
- WSO2 Maven2 Repository URL : http://dist.wso2.org/maven2/

From the WSO2 WSAS 2.2 - Release Note - 22nd Jan 2008
=====================================================

WSO2 WSAS is an enterprise ready Web services engine powered by Apache Axis2 and which offers a complete middleware solution. It is a lightweight, high performing platform for Service Oriented Architectures, enabling business logic and applications.
Bringing together a number of Apache Web services projects, WSO2 WSAS provides a secure, transactional and reliable runtime for deploying and managing Web services.

Key Features
------------
* Data services support - Expose you enterprise data as a services in a jiffy
* WSAS IDE - Eclipse IDE integration
* Clustering support for High Availability & High Scalability
* Full support for WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-Policy and WS-Secure Conversation and XKMS
* EJB service provider support - Expose your EJBs as services
* Axis1 backward compatibility - Deploy Axis1 services on WSAS & Engage advanced WS-* protocols in front of legacy services
* JMX & Web interface based monitoring and management
* WS-* & REST support
* GUI, command line & IDE based tools for Web service development

New Features In This Release
----------------------------
* Improved Data Services support including New & improved UI, and database connection pooling
* WS-Security 1.1 support
* Improved clustering support
* Improved JSR-181 & JAXWS support
* JMX based monitoring
* Graceful shutdown & restart of the server
Serve all pending requests before shutting down or restarting the server
* Improvements to the Management Console
* Various bug fixes to Apache Axis2, Apache Rampart & WSAS

Data Services - Bringing Enterprise Data to Web
-----------------------------------------------
* Service enable data locked in relational databases, CSV & Excel files in no time
* Zero code. Simple descriptor file describes the data to service mapping
* Controlled access to your data
* Customizable XML output
* Benefit from REST & WS-* support
* Built-in Connection pooling support
* Supports exposing Stored procedures & functions
* Built-in caching
* Throttling - to ensure your database is never overloaded.
* Easy configuration via graphical console
* Test your services via Try-it tool

Training
--------

WSO2 Inc. offers a variety of professional Training Programs, including
training on general Web services as well as WSO2 WSAS, Apache Axis2, Data Services
and a number of other products.

For additional support information please refer to
http://wso2.com/training/course-catalog/

Support
-------

WSO2 Inc. offers a variety of development and production support
programs, ranging from Web-based support up through normal business
hours, to premium 24x7 phone support.

For additional support information please refer to http://wso2.com/support/

For more information on WSO2 WSAS, visit the WSO2 Oxygen Tank (http://wso2.org)

How to do various things with WSAS - WSAS HOWTO Series(http://wso2.org/library/2707)

For further information see the full release note http://wso2.org/project/wsas/java/2.2/docs/release_notes.html

Thanks for your interest in WSO2 WSAS
--- WSO2 WSAS Team

]]> Minimal set of Axis2 dependencies http://wso2.org/blog/afkham-azeez/3081 2008-01-19T16:52:45+00:00 2008-01-19T16:52:45+00:00 afkham_azeez Here is a simple Maven2 pom.xml that will help you create an Axis2 project in seconds. Just download the attached the pom.xml file, copy it to a local directory, and from that directory type;

mvn idea:idea  ==> If you are using IntelliJ IDEA

or

mvn eclipse:eclipse ==> If you are using Eclipse

Prerequisites: Maven 2.0.7 or newer versions

]]> Here is a simple Maven2 pom.xml that will help you create an Axis2 project in seconds. Just download the attached the pom.xml file, copy it to a local directory, and from that directory type;

mvn idea:idea  ==> If you are using IntelliJ IDEA

or

mvn eclipse:eclipse ==> If you are using Eclipse

Prerequisites: Maven 2.0.7 or newer versions

]]> How would you like to see some useful tools in the WSAS console? http://wso2.org/blog/afkham-azeez/2564 2007-08-17T08:45:08+00:00 2007-08-21T06:46:15+00:00 afkham_azeez In the next WSO2 WSAS release, we are planning to integrate some useful tools into the WSAS console. Some of these tools will include,

1. WSDL2Code -Generate code for a given WSDL. A UI for the Axis2 wsdl2java tool.

2. WSDL 1.1 to 2.0 converter

3. services.xml validator

4. module.xml validator

5. AAR validator

6. MAR validator

7. Try It! for a remote service. You will only need to provide the WSDL URI as an input parameter, and a DHTML client will be generated for the service.

]]> In the next WSO2 WSAS release, we are planning to integrate some useful tools into the WSAS console. Some of these tools will include,

1. WSDL2Code -Generate code for a given WSDL. A UI for the Axis2 wsdl2java tool.

2. WSDL 1.1 to 2.0 converter

3. services.xml validator

4. module.xml validator

5. AAR validator

6. MAR validator

7. Try It! for a remote service. You will only need to provide the WSDL URI as an input parameter, and a DHTML client will be generated for the service.

Any other suggestions?

]]> WSAS 2.0-beta released http://wso2.org/blog/afkham-azeez/2386 2007-07-19T12:54:05+00:00 2007-07-19T12:54:05+00:00 afkham_azeez The WSO2 WSAS team is pleased to announce the release of the WSO2 WSAS
2.0-beta

This release can be downloaded from http://wso2.org/projects/wsas/java

WSO2 WSAS 2.0 - Release Note - 16th July 2007
======================================================================
WSO2 WSAS is an integrated Web services Platform which offers a complete
middleware solution. It is a lightweight, high performing platform for
Service Oriented Architectures, enabling business logic and
applications. Bringing together a number of Apache Web services
projects, WSO2 WSAS provides a secure, transactional and reliable

]]> The WSO2 WSAS team is pleased to announce the release of the WSO2 WSAS
2.0-beta

This release can be downloaded from http://wso2.org/projects/wsas/java

WSO2 WSAS 2.0 - Release Note - 16th July 2007
======================================================================
WSO2 WSAS is an integrated Web services Platform which offers a complete
middleware solution. It is a lightweight, high performing platform for
Service Oriented Architectures, enabling business logic and
applications. Bringing together a number of Apache Web services
projects, WSO2 WSAS provides a secure, transactional and reliable
runtime for deploying and managing Web services.

What is new in WSAS 2.0-beta
----------------------------

* Data services support
Allows data in relational databases to be exposed as Web services, and
to be included in Web mashups with ease.

* Eclipse IDE integration
Wizard based flows to automate most steps and make easy the process of
developing, deploying and debugging Web services.

* Clustering support
Clustering support with state replication for high availability, along
with load balancing, failover and cluster-wide management functions.

* Full support for WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-Policy and
WS-SecureConversation and XKMS. Extended security with support for
WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-Policy and WS-SecureConversation with
additional means for secure Web-based communications using public key
infrastructure (PKI) with XKMS. This release of WSO2 WSAS also includes
an inbuilt SecurityTokenService as defined in WS-Trust specification.

* EJB service provider support
Expose EJBs deployed on a remote J2EE application server (AS) as Web
services.

* Axis1 backward compatibility
Easily deploy any Apache Axis1-based Web service and engage advanced
WS-* services, such as WS-RM and WS-Policy in front of legacy Axis1
services.

- -------------------------
Known Issues
------------

1. POJO to Web service feature is still at an experimental stage.
One can upload jar/zip file and can create an AAR out of it.
If you uploaded a jar/zip file which has a services.xml file in its
META-INF directory, when its transformed into AAR its services.xml
will be replaced by the generated services.xml. In addition to this,
the user cannot associate any library dependencies or web content with
the generated AAR file.

Due to limitations in Axis2, method overloading is not supported, and
hence the WSDL for services where methods are overloaded cannot be
generated.
Hence all WSDL based functionality related to services will not work for
such services.

2. WS-Policy support is still in experimental stage and limited to single
port scenarios.

3. You cannot have two different versions of the Apache Sandesha2 module
in the system.

4. A true entry has been
added to the HTTP & HTTPS transportSenders in order to overcome some
issues with some browsers. In case of interoperability failures, please
change the value of this parameter to false and retry.

- ------------------------
Reporting Problems
========================

Issues can be reported using the public JIRA available at
https://wso2.org/jira/browse/WSAS

- ------------------------
Contact us
========================

WSO2 WSAS developers can be contacted via mailing lists:
For Users : wsas-java-user@wso2.org
For Developers : wsas-java-dev@wso2.org
For details on subscriptions see http://www.wso2.org/projects/wsas/java#mail

Alternatively, questions can also be raised in the forums:
For Users : http://www.wso2.org/forum/181
For Developers : http://www.wso2.org/forum/184

Thanks for your interest in WSO2 WSAS
--- WSO2 WSAS Team

]]> New tools hosted http://wso2.org/blog/afkham-azeez/226 2006-07-29T00:27:00+00:00 2006-07-29T00:27:58+00:00 afkham_azeez Check out tools.wso2.net. A number of new tools were launched recently. Also a preview version of Tungsten 1.1 has been hosted, which can be tried online.

]]> Check out tools.wso2.net. A number of new tools were launched recently. Also a preview version of Tungsten 1.1 has been hosted, which can be tried online.

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