Additional EAP 7 features
Some new features related to the domain mode are currently being developed at the time of writing. We would like to mention connectivity with EAP 6 legacy host controllers, hierarchical profiles, and profile cloning, which are already available in the current release of EAP 7.
Connecting EAP 6 host controllers to an EAP 7 domain controller
The migration process from EAP 6 to EAP 7 might now be so immediate for large enterprises. As a matter of fact, a cohabitation of legacy EAP 6 host controllers in an EAP 7 domain would be needed in many cases. The main challenges for this hybrid approach are the following ones:
EAP 6 host controllers are not aware of subsystems introduced in EAP 7 (such as the batch subsystem, for example).
Some subsystems have been deprecated (such as the web subsystem, replaced by Undertow). Others simply have been removed from the default configuration (such as the threads subsystem).
For the previous reasons, connecting EAP 6 host controllers to...
