This topic is about how to set up intermediary services with Geronimo.

• Clustering and farming — These topics are about how to set up a cluster and perform server farming.
• Configuring a remote Apache HTTP server — If you want to place a Apache HTTP server (HTTPd) in front of Geronimo, you will have to configure it in such a way that it can forward client requests to Geronimo.
• Configuring EJB Containers — An Enterprise JavaBeans(EJB) container is used to provide a runtime environment for enterprise beans within the application server. The container handles operation of EJBs and also acts as an intermediary between the business logic layer and the rest of the Java EE environment.
• Configuring JAX-WS engine
• Configuring the JMS server
• Configuring the Web Container — The Web container in a Geronimo server is an integrated Tomcat or Jetty server. You can configure the embedded web container by using different GBeans. This can be done either from the administration console or by editing configuration files.
• Customizing server assemblies — Geronimo has always been a flexible, component-based server environment that allowed lightweight server images to be custom built for specific application environments – minimizing server footprint and reducing server startup time.