Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

## Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 by cloudimg

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, purpose built for Microsoft Azure and maintained by cloudimg. EAP 8.1 is the productized release of WildFly running on Jakarta EE 10, supporting both the Web and Full profiles plus MicroProfile. Pre configured and ready to accept deployments within minutes of launch.

Why Choose cloudimg?

* 24/7 Expert Support with guaranteed 24 hour response and one hour average for critical issues. Contact support@cloudimg.co.uk

* Production Ready from Launch Pre configured, security patched, and validated before publication

* Azure Native Integration Built with Azure Linux Agent, waagent provisioning, and Gen2 Hyper V support

* Per VM Credential Generation Management admin password generated uniquely at first boot and written to /home/azureuser/CREDENTIALS.txt. No shared credentials baked into the image

What's Included

* Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1.0 extracted to /opt/jboss-eap-8.1, owned by the jboss system user

* OpenJDK 21 LTS (java-21-openjdk from RHEL 8 AppStream) — EAP 8.1 supports JDK 17 LTS and JDK 21 LTS, we ship 21

* jboss-eap.service systemd unit running standalone-full.xml, bound on 0.0.0.0:8080 (HTTP) and 0.0.0.0:9990 (Management)

* jboss-eap-firstboot.service rotates the ManagementRealm admin password on first customer boot

* firewalld rules for TCP 8080 and 9990 already opened on the OS

* Latest RHEL 8 security patches applied at build time

Use Cases

* Jakarta EE 10 application servers (web profile, full profile, MicroProfile)

* Migrating WildFly community workloads to a supported EAP build

* Application server clustering and high availability via standalone-ha

* Enterprise messaging via the embedded JMS broker (Artemis)

* Development and staging environments for EAP based applications

Technical Specifications

* Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 (Ootpa)

* JBoss EAP Version: 8.1.0 (developer build, 2025-07-29)

* Java Runtime: OpenJDK 21.0.11 LTS (Red Hat build)

* JBOSS_HOME: /opt/jboss-eap-8.1

* Standalone Profile: standalone-full.xml

* HTTP Port: 8080

* Management Port: 9990

* Default User: azureuser (sudo enabled)

* Service Management: systemd (jboss-eap.service, jboss-eap-firstboot.service)

* Recommended Size: Standard_B2s (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM)

* VM Generation: Hyper V Gen2 with UEFI boot

Support

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Licensing note: Red Hat JBoss EAP is a Red Hat product subject to the Red Hat End User License Agreement. cloudimg packages the developer build for evaluation and development use; production deployments require a Red Hat subscription. Contact your Red Hat account team for production licensing or use Red Hat's no cost developer subscription via developers.redhat.com. cloudimg charges a per vCPU per hour fee for packaging, security patching, and 24/7 operational support — separate from any Red Hat subscription you hold.