Install and inventory a new JBoss server and webapp

[raylite3]

Hi,

I am trying out the RHQ 4.11 version and I have a couple of questions about the way I am going about it. My goal is to setup a remote server with an agent, then a JBoss EAP 6 instance with my webapp deployed in it and add it all to my inventory.

The remote agent install worked great. But then I found that there is no built-in support for EAP 6 deployment. Do I have to create a bundle for the EAP 6 package as well?

I can then deploy a bundle with my standalone configuration and webapp. But I can't find a way to add it to my inventory without first logging into the machine and starting the server, performing discovery and then adding it to my inventory. Is there a better way to do this without having to login to the remote machine and start the server?

Thanks in advance.

[mazz]

That is a good question. You should be able to add a "post-install" target to your bundle - so that when you deploy the bundle, and its post-install target is run, you can have it start the server as soon as its deployed.

I think I remember someone in the community doing this very thing. I don't remember who, or when. But I'm pretty sure its possible to do this.

Once the bundle with your EAP and webapp is deployed and started, you just log into RHQ Server as a user with the appropriate permissions and import your EAP 6 into inventory.

[raylite3]

OK, I see that antcall cannot be used to launch the server. Maybe use the exec task instead ?

Will the deployer invoke the post-install synchronously ? If there is a failure in the post-install, can I fail the deployment ?

[raylite3]

Is it possible to add a new server to the inventory using the CLI ? I see that StandaloneASDiscovery/BaseProcessDiscovery have the ManualAddFacet. So does that mean that I should be able to add it using the CLI?

Thanks.