problem with commects in standalone.xml

dima_kononov Jul 18, 2014 2:30 AM

When editing a configuration file standalone-full.xml I put comments, but they are deleted when I deploy a new application. How to avoid it?

I use Wildfly 8.1 Final.

1. Re: problem with commects in standalone.xml

lafr Jul 18, 2014 10:57 AM (in response to dima_kononov)

Comments are just ignored probably when WF reads the config file. When something changes, the config file is written to disk and comments are gone.
AFAIK there is no way to avoid this.
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2. Re: problem with commects in standalone.xml

jaikiran Jul 25, 2014 10:03 AM (in response to lafr)

FWIW - There's a JIRA for this [WFLY-731] Store config file comments in the model - JBoss Issue Tracker which is waiting for volunteers to help implement it.
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3. Re: problem with commects in standalone.xml

sfcoy Jul 25, 2014 8:36 PM (in response to dima_kononov)
My strategy here has always been to write a CLI script to perform the configuration.
This has a number of benefits:
It makes the process of server configuration easily repeatable
You can parameterise it for different environments
It's much easier to place in source control - the server not's changing it on you all the time
You can add as many comments as you want!
Did I mention repeatability?
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