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The JGroups 3.x tutorial

by Bela Ban (Red Hat, Inc.)

August 2011

About the tutorial
1. Installation
1.1. Download
1.2. Configuration
1.3. Testing your Setup
1.4. Running a Demo Program
1.5. Using JGroups without a network
1.6. Trouble shooting
2. Writing a simple application
2.1. JGroups overview
2.2. Creating a channel and joining a cluster
2.3. The main event loop and sending chat messages
2.4. Receiving messages and view change notifications
2.5. Trying out the SimpleChat application
2.6. Extra credits: maintaining shared cluster state
2.7. Conclusion