Welcome to the Nirvana FAQ

General

What is Nirvana?

What are the new features in Nirvana?

What is a Nirvana Realm?

How can I bridge Nirvana with other messaging systems?

Does Nirvana support JMS?

What open standards is Nirvana based on ?

Which messaging paradigms are supported by Nirvana ?

Getting Started

How do I install Nirvana ?

What is a Nirvana RNAME ?

Where can I access Nirvana examples ?

Is there a Nirvana Developers guide ?

How to get a command prompt with the Nirvana environment set up?

How to read the Nirvana log file to assist in trouble shooting ?

Administration and Management

Is there a Nirvana Administration API ?

Is there an administration GUI for Nirvana?

Does Nirvana provide any capacity management features ?

How can I administer a Nirvana realm deployed on another server?

Security

Is there a security white paper for Nirvana?

How are Nirvana security policies set ?

Does Nirvana support SSL encryption ?

How to add an SSL enabled interface to Nirvana ?

How to generate digital certificates for use with Nirvana ?

What audit facilities does Nirvana support ?

Does Nirvana support non-repudiation and electronic signatures ?

What are Nirvana ACL's ?

How do I configure Nirvana client applications to use SSL ?

How do I configure Nirvana JMS applications to use SSL ?

Scalability, Resilience and Performance

Does Nirvana have any message size limitations ?

What is the maximum number of connections a Nirvana server supports ?

Can Nirvana Realm server be clustered together in a single namespace ?

Which clustering topologies does Nirvana support ?

Does Nirvana support adaptive routing ?

Does Nirvana have any failover capability ?

Description of Nirvana JMS Failover scenarios ?

Development Tips

How does Nirvana support XML ?

How do I connect to a Nirvana server ?

Can I publish events from the Enterprise Manager?

What are event dictionaries used for?

How to use Nirvana filtering ?

What are channel keys used for?

How does dynamic content routing work in Nirvana ?

How to set up a HA Failover cluster for Nirvana ?

How to add a Nirvana Realm into another Realm's namespace programatically ?

How to add a Nirvana Realm into another Realm's namespace using the Nirvana Realm Manager GUI ?

How to create channel joins programatically ?

How to create channel joins using the Realm Manager GUI ?

Can I combine Pub/Sub, Message queues and Peer 2 Peer in Nirvana ?

What network protocols does Nirvana support ?

How to add network interfaces including SSL enabled interfaces to a Nirvana Realm?

How to read the Nirvana log file to assist in trouble shooting ?

How can I set up Nirvana to use the webExpress (AJAX) plugin for asynchronous javascript based messaging?

How can I set up a sample application using the Nirvana Applet to Javascript bridge?

How do I know when all data on a Nirvana channels has been consumed?

External Deployment

Does Nirvana support HTTP and HTTPS ?

Does Nirvana work in an Applet ?

Do Nirvana applets require a Java plugin ?

How big are the Nirvana client libraries ?

Does Nirvana work with Java Webstart?

Does Nirvana pass through firewalls and proxy servers ?