4 Replies Latest reply on Oct 7, 2010 11:32 AM by peterj

    Provisioning JBoss Application Server

    schlumpf

      Hi all,

       

      I'am searching a way to provisioning JBoss.
      What's my understanding of provisioning?
      I want to divide (separate) JBoss into a product part and server-instance part, so that you can update the product with any or less doing in the server-instance part. With Tomcat it is possible to do this in this way.

      Can somebody help or have experiences or tips for provisioning JBoss?

       

      Best regards

      Knut

        • 1. Re: Provisioning JBoss Application Server
          peterj

          Here is what I do. I have an Ant script that provisions JBoss AS in two parts. The first part, which is done only once, extracts everything except the 'server' directory. The second part, which happens once per app, extracts one of the 'server/xxx' directories and renames it (e.g., I end up with jboss_home/server/appname). Not sure if this is what you are looking for.

          • 2. Re: Provisioning JBoss Application Server
            schlumpf

            Hi Peter,

            thanks for your answer.

            Your solution sounds good.

            One of our requirements is, that  we have to separate JBoss into a product and instance part, so that you  can update the product without doing something in the instance  (server)-part.

            Would you be so kind and send me your ant script, if possible?

            • 3. Re: Provisioning JBoss Application Server
              wdfink

              What I do is similar to Peter, but with a installer.

              - check a JBoss given by procedure

              - copy JBoss except server/*

              - copy all directory and strip according to requirements

              - replace jboss configuration files (e.g. port-binding or messaging configuration)

              - add two application specific directories for lib and deploy (added within the step before)

               

              With this I'm able to separate the application from jboss and replace only the two directories in case of application upgrades.

              • 4. Re: Provisioning JBoss Application Server
                peterj

                   >>Would you be so kind and send me your ant script, if possible?

                Grab the source code download from JBoss in Action (http://www.manning.com.jamae). Each chxx/build.xml includes the ch00/build-include.xml file which contains the tragtes g-jboss-base and g-jboss-server, which perform that tasks I mentioned.

                 

                For my own development work I always include the ch00/build-include.xml because it makes generating a unique server configuration for each application trivial.