The WildFly 8 directory layout

The difference between standalone and domain reflects in the directory layout of the application server is shown in the following diagram:

The WildFly 8 directory layout

As you can see in the preceding diagram, the WildFly directory layout is divided into two main parts: the first one is pertinent to a standalone server mode and the other is dedicated to a domain server mode. Common to both server modes is the modules directory, which is the heart of the application server.

WildFly is based on the JBoss Modules project, which provides an implementation of a modular (nonhierarchical) class loading and an execution environment for Java. In other words, ...

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