Chapter 1. Getting Started with Geronimo

Apache Geronimo is a free, open source Java EE application server from the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The latest released version, 2.1.4, is Java EE 5 certified. In this chapter, we will quickly take you through:

• The motivation behind the Geronimo project

• Geronimo architecture

• The constituent projects that it integrates

• Downloading and running Geronimo

• Building Geronimo from source code

• Contributing to the Geronimo project

This should get you started with using the Geronimo application server right away, and give you a glimpse of what Geronimo has to offer.