"juwe" wrote:
We want to update our WAR (or parts of it) in the JBoss AS as a task running in the same server to support "Zero-Administration". We also need to update/patch sometimes our JAR's in the servers "/lib" directory.
We like to implement this update as follows:
1. prepare patch files (access them via http or so and store them into some patch-directory locale to the server)
2. call a "restart" of the server
3. have a "hook" (service?) before the server will deploy our WAR to update the WAR with files from our patch-directory
How can this be done using JBoss?
Probably the easiest way is to schedule a windows job. Simply make a .BAT file that does all of the work you said. Schedule it daily. A sample could look like this:
1.) Stop jboss (run shutdown.bat -S on Jboss 4.0.2).
2.) Copy *.jar from specific folder (that way u can deploy nightly by putting files into a folder).
3.) Copy whatever else you need for it to run
4.) Start Jboss (use run.bat).
Shouldn't be that difficult...
