Community Edition

Overview

IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (CE) is the ideal choice when your key considerations are cost and simplicity for departmental applications.

WebSphere Application Server CE streamlines the creation of less critical departmental-level applications on a lower-cost, open source Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application server.

• Harnesses the latest innovations from the open source application server community in a small footprint, Java EE 5 platform, with no up-front acquisition costs.
• Delivers basic management through a centralized console with simplified standards-based security.
• Provides the IBM distribution of Apache Geronimo with broader platform support and enhanced documentation.
• Provides a clear path to more advanced capabilities through the WebSphere Application Server family.
• Backed by three tiers of world-class IBM support; free support available for 30 days.
• Entitles elite-support contract holders to support for IBM HTTP Server v7 (or later) for web-tier clustering.
• Flexible pricing on world-class support including availability of socket-based pricing.

Resource kit

Product documentation

Product line overview

WebSphere Application Server family

The WebSphere Application Server Family drives business agility through a choice of innovative performance based foundations.

WebSphere Application Server Feature Packs

WebSphere Application Server Feature Packs simplify your adoption of new standards.

Included components

Apache Geronimo

An open-source, JEE5 application server project that provides the foundation of the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition.

Apache Derby

A robust, small-footprint database server that is simple to deploy and reduces the cost of embedded and web-based applications.

Apache Tomcat

The servlet container that is used in the Reference Implementation for Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies.

Eclipse plug-in

Used to develop, deploy, and debug J2EE applications to a Community Edition server.

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