Create instance directories NOT under the 'server' dir

[palmanp]

When I start a server with the -c option I get something like this: (used -c default)

15:16:49,643 INFO [Server] Home Dir: /home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1
15:16:49,643 INFO [Server] Home URL: file:/home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/
15:16:49,643 INFO [Server] Library URL: file:/home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/lib/
15:16:49,644 INFO [Server] Patch URL: null
15:16:49,714 INFO [Server] Server Name: default
15:16:49,714 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: /home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default
15:16:49,714 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/
15:16:49,715 INFO [Server] Server Data Dir: /home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/data
15:16:49,715 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: /home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/tmp
15:16:49,715 INFO [Server] Server Config URL: file:/home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/conf/
15:16:49,715 INFO [Server] Server Library URL: file:/home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/lib/

Now, when I create an instance in /tmp/jbtest, I get something like this
(after I start with -c /tmp/jbtest) :

15:17:39,319 INFO [Server] Home Dir: /home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1
15:17:39,324 INFO [Server] Home URL: file:/home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/
15:17:39,329 INFO [Server] Library URL: file:/home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/lib/
15:17:39,404 INFO [Server] Patch URL: null
15:17:39,410 INFO [Server] Server Name: /tmp/jbtest
15:17:39,415 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: /home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/tmp/jbtest
15:17:39,420 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/tmp/jbtest/
15:17:39,426 INFO [Server] Server Data Dir: /home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/tmp/jbtest/data
15:17:39,431 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: /home/pepijn/testing/jboss/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/tmp/jbtest/tmp
15:17:39,436 INFO [Server] Server Config URL: file:/tmp/jbtest/conf/
15:17:39,442 INFO [Server] Server Library URL: file:/tmp/jbtest/lib/

JBoss actually uses the directories in /tmp/jbtest, but not for everything.

The big question here is how I can force jboss to NOT use the server dir under it's own installation path, but in stead use the directory in /tmp. After first startup, it created the work and tmp directories under server/tmp/jbtest in stead of doing this under /tmp/jbtest


Someone played with this before ?


Maybe it's all about changing these 'Data Dir' settings etc ?

[palmanp]

I found some solutions already, but wonder if there is any reason I should not do it this way. (maybe some code still needs to have it's old directories ???)

I now use the -Djboss.server.base.dir and -Djboss.server.base.url and set them to /tmp (while I have put jbtest in /tmp and start with -c jbtest)

anyone ?