I agree with this idea but I'd like to add one more thoughts. I think
that we need to make the sharing of the server configurations also
"configurable". A presumed sharing of binaries or configurations is not
always optimal (especially when upgrading from a v1 to a v2 server).
We also need to consider how this would influence the applications
installed on the various server instances in the same geronimo tree. I
think flexibility is the key here. Some users will want total isolation
of applications (even binaries) in the same Geronimo tree so that they
can manage the applications independently. Others may want to share all
of the application/configuration information across server instances.
And of course, there will be some that want a mixture of "island"
applications and "community" applications.
Joe
Matt Hogstrom wrote:
I think anything we do in this area should start to factor in the idea
of multiple configurations for a single Geronimo tree. For example, if
I was running server 1 and server 2 and wanted to have unique containers
for both I would need something like:
$G/var/server1/catalina
$G/var/server2/catalina
as well as unique log4j properties files, config-store, etc. Continuing
the single version per tree for 1.0 is fine but I'd like to see us start
thinking in a larger context for more complicated customer deployments.
In one instance a customer may server multiple servers from a single NAS.
Just some food for thought.
David Jencks wrote:
I now have servers for jetty and for tomcat built using the packaging
and assembly plugins. For the second time I've spent 2 days trying to
figure out why tomcat is broken only to realize that some required
configuration files are missing. The server built in modules/assembly
copies the files from the tomcat module, whereas I have simply
included them in the geronimo-tomcat-j2ee assembly. Both of these
solutions are really unsatisfactory.
How about writing a gbean that copies resources out of its classpath
and into a specified location (in var)? This would let us package
these files in the geronimo-tomcat car so they would be available for
any tomcat server. Can anyone see a problem with this approach?
thanks
david jencks
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