external activation not working for resource adapater

[lafr]

using JBoss-AS 7.1.0-SNAPSHOT I put this into standalone-full.xml

{code:xml}

	<resource-adapter>
	<archive>controller.rar</archive>
	<connection-definitions>
	<connection-definition jndi-name="java:/eis/maj2e-langfr-dev/Controller">
	<config-property name="ClientService">JCAClient</config-property>
	<config-property name="ServerName">sb2000</config-property>
	<config-property name="PortNumber">6506</config-property>
	<config-property name="SocketTimeout">0</config-property>
	<config-property name="Encoding">ISO-8859-15</config-property>
	</connection-definition>
	</connection-definitions>
	</resource-adapter>

{code}

this works perfect.

But in the past with the previous JBoss versions we used an external file to configure the resource adapater.

So I put the lines shown above into a file called maj2e-langfr-dev-ra.xml (see attached).

I validated the file against the schema definition succesfully.

Then copied it into $JBOSS_HOME/standalone/deployments/. JBoss says, the file got deployed.

But the resource adapter is not activated.

Can't see it on jboss-console web-app and do not see the "Bound JCA ConnectionFactory to [java:/eis/maj2e-langfr-dev/Controller]" message.

What am I missing?

[jesper.pedersen]

There is no -ra.xml deployment in JBoss AS 7 -- this only works in IronJacamar/Standalone.

The proper way to do it is to add an META-INF/ironjacamar.xml with the activation configuration. Schema: http://docs.jboss.org/ironjacamar/schema/ironjacamar_1_0.xsd

[lafr]

With META-INF/ironjacamar.xml you mean the RAR-file?

At least that's what I found in the manuals today.

That's not what I'm looking for.

In the past I deplyoed an controller.rar file once.

Then for every ear-file deployed afterwards we also generated a ...-ds.xml file defining the connection-factory definition based on http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-ds_1_5.dtd

Because each application connects to different lagacy system.

How to achieve this with Ironjacamar within AS7?

[jesper.pedersen]

As many <resource-adapter> as you need with the same <archive> definition.

[lafr]

But where do you mean to put this information?

I know I can define them in standalone.xml or using the WebConsole.

But can I have a separate external xml-file for each required connection as I had in the past for AS6 and AS4?

To deploy and undeploy it along with the ear file?

I cannot name all the connections in advance.

[jesper.pedersen]

In standalone.xml -- as I said above external -ra.xml files aren't supported in AS. That is what the management API is for.