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I am installing JBoss but I don't understand which version to choose. Should I download JBoss 7.x or the JBoss EAP 6.x? What is the difference?

Nopar answered 1/8, 2013 at 13:22 Comment(0)
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TLDR; out of those options, pick the latest EAP 6.x Alpha.

Note that Wildfly was released 11.2.2014, which is now the preferred version.

The long story:

Previously, JBoss community edition was free for all, and EAP was the enterprise version for which you'd need a commercial subscription for. In return you'd get commercial support for it as well. However, with later version things changed a bit and this is no longer exactly so.

JBoss AS7 is JBoss version 7.1. For JBoss 7.2 version, they released it as JBoss EAP 6.1 Alpha, so that is the updated community version. Alpha is free to use in any way or form. They have also released JBoss EAP 6.1 (the commercial version), for which you need a subscription for. If you take a look at the download page, you see the versions together with the release dates:

Version       Release date
6.1.0 Final  2013-05-20   
6.1.0 Beta   2013-04-19   
6.1.0 Alpha 2013-03-07   
7.1.1.Final  2012-03-09   

6.1.0 Final and 6.1.0 Beta binaries are for commercial purposes and require a paid subscription to be run in production environments.

There are some considerable improvements in 7.2, and 7.1 is very old already, so for 7.x community version you want JBoss EAP 6.1 Alpha or later 6.x Alpha.

Sources:

Update 20.7.2015: since writing the previous answer, JBoss EAP 6.1 Alpha has been superseded by newer JBoss 6.x EAP Alphas in the AS7 product line, latest being JBoss EAP 6.4 Alpha (see "view older downloads"). Statements about 6.1 Alpha release cover all other Alpha releases in EAP 6.X product line as well, so no reason to go for 6.1 Alpha anymore, but to latest 6.x Alpha.

Also, previous download page has been changed to not include EAP releases anymore. They can be found only at EAP download page, and it doesn't even contain 6.1 Alpha anymore.

And finally: JBoss 7.x line is nowadays superseded by Wildfly and EAP 6.x line by EAP 7.

Lovering answered 1/8, 2013 at 15:29 Comment(7)
note: like they explain in the article, openlogic has compiled JBoss 7.2 from the sources. It can be downloaded from here. However, the difference is just the branding, it is the same thing as EAP 6.1.Alpha. – Lovering
In jboss download page they have mentioned LGPL license... why you are saying it requires paid subscription – Cointon
Changed the wording in my answer from license to subscription to avoid confusion. – Lovering
@IndraYadav You need a subscription for EAP based on for example this and this discussion. The EAP binary requires a subscription. Source code does not. There is the use case of building it from sources and self-supporting your own build, which might be possible as well (as detailed in this post), but I'm not expert enough to comment on that. – Lovering
Does Wildfly completely replace JBoss 7.2 Alpha now? There don't seem to be any community versions of 7.2 on the JBoss download site now, just EAP versions. – Hersey
@Disco As far as I've understood there will be no AS7 community releases anymore, just Wildfly. – Lovering
One more link: henk53.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/… – Benfield
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JBoss AS 7.x is a community release that represents a potential enterprise version. At Red Hat, we do not use the JBoss AS names anymore because it adds to the confusion. All future JBoss AS as been renamed Wildfly and they do not correspond to a JBoss Enterprise Application Server release (you'll notice that we skip version numbers as we see fit).

JBoss Enterprise Application Server (EAP) x will also align to the Java EE spec. So JBoss EAP 6 is JavaEE 6. JBoss EAP 7 is JavaEE 7. Because EAP is the enterprise release, it will always be the most "mature", harden product and will include fixes that are not available in the community version.

Browne answered 15/7, 2015 at 17:52 Comment(0)
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There are two versions: Jboss AS (Application Server) and JBoss EAP (Enterprise Application Platform).

JBoss AS is a community version. Personnaly, I never used EAP but I never used JBoss in a production context.. it seams that EAP is designed to be more stable.

There are informations here: http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/docs/Server_Configuration_Guide/beta500/html/ch01s01s01.html

Subcontract answered 1/8, 2013 at 13:40 Comment(0)
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JBoss EAP 6.x is not free (without subscription fee) for Test/QA/Production environments. For more details please look at this answer https://mcmap.net/q/534350/-can-i-use-jboss-eap-6-without-a-support-license

Eolande answered 9/6, 2016 at 14:20 Comment(0)
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My understanding is this: JBoss EAP 6.1.0 Final is basically Jboss AS 7.2 but you are not unable to download a binary version of JBoss AS 7.2, you must get the code and build it yourself. There are binary versions for JBoss EAP 6.1.0 but you would need a license (which include support etc.).

Therm answered 7/11, 2013 at 14:21 Comment(5)
you are able to download it and develop with it, but you are not allowed to run it in a production system without a subscription. – Lovering
which one you're not able to run in production? JBoss AS 7.2? Can you point to that part of the license? – Therm
EAP 6.1.0.Final binary version. See the links in my answer. – Lovering
cool. I thought you were refering to JBoss AS 7.2. Yeah, EAP you can't use in production without license, good to know you can use in development. – Therm
Please add a comment if you vote down, it helps me understand why the answer is wrong. Thanks – Therm
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There are also source distributions available. Jboss 7.1.2 which I understand corresponds pretty exactly to EAP 6.0 and Jboss 7.1.3 which I believe corresponds to EAP6.1

They actually aren't too hard to compile yourself, even on Windows!

Finedraw answered 18/3, 2014 at 14:22 Comment(0)

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