Configurations can be provisioned alongside bundles, so before you start a node you make sure the configuration is correct.
WebConsole is a developer tool, just like FileInstall, and both should not be shipped with Amdatu as a means to hand-edit configurations. Greetings, Marcel On 18 Jan 2011, at 12:00 , Ivo Ladage-van Doorn wrote: > Hi All, > > Last week we discussed the fact that configuration entries stored in > Configuration Admin are currently read-only. We agreed that we should add > metatype information to the configuration entries so that will be editable > using the Felix webconsole. However, while describing the steps to setup a > 2-node Cassandra cluster I figured that this still doesn?t provide a real > solution for common use cases, for several reasons: > > ? To setup a Cassandra cluster, some ?autobootstrap? must be set to > false on node 1 and to true on one 2, prior to starting the nodes. The nodes > must never be started for the first time with the incorrect autobootstrap > setting. So changing the configuration in the Felix webconsole won?t do; > that?s just too late. > ? You cannot always access the Felix webconsole without the proper > hostname and portnr defined prior to starting Amdatu, as the default port may > already be occupied by another service. When the http service cannot be > started, of course I cannot enter the Felix web console to change the > configuration entries to the proper values. In my case I run the nodes on a > Linux server and cannot access the httpservice as long as it tries to listen > to the default hostname ?localhost? and port ?8080?; it will fail with an > ?address already in use? since 8080 is usually already taken by another > service. > > The only possible solution I see right now is replacing the filebased config > bundle with fileinstall (yes, there it is again). In this case config files > are stored on disk and can be changed to the proper values prior to starting > Amdatu for the first time. I know that there is a lot of resistance against > the use of fileinstall, but are there any better alternatives? > > Regards, Ivo > > GX | Ivo Ladage-van Doorn | Product Architect | Wijchenseweg 111 | 6538 SW > Nijmegen | The Netherlands | T +31(0)24 - 388 82 61 | F +31(0)24 - 388 86 21 > | ivo.ladage-vandoorn at gxsoftware.com | www.gxsoftware.com | > twitter.com/GXSoftware > > _______________________________________________ > Amdatu-developers mailing list > Amdatu-developers at amdatu.org > http://lists.amdatu.org/mailman/listinfo/amdatu-developers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.amdatu.org/pipermail/amdatu-developers/attachments/20110118/54330b7b/attachment-0001.html
