Hi Craig,
I needed to do the same thing, although I had a requirement to run on a
closed network without internet access. So, having PaxRunner download
Equinox wouldn't work. I was able to accomplish what I needed with a Maven
assembly. It would certainly be a handy feature in PaxRunner, but here's
effectively what I did:
1. Created another maven project that declared dependencies on all my
project bundles, the specific version of Equinox bundles, and pax-runner.
2. Wrote a Maven assembly in this new project that creates a zip that
follows this directory structure:
bundles/ // a local maven repository including all my project
bundles, transitive deps, and equinox
resources/ // a launch.txt file that feeds into PaxRunner to start my
bundles - uses mvn: URLs
install/ // the pax-runner jar
startup script in the root of the zip
The Maven assembly was a bit tricky but the necessary sections are:
<fileSets> - enables copying of files from the project or file system to
anywhere in the zip ("resources" dir)
<dependencySets> - enables placement of dependencies anywhere in the zip
("install" dir)
<repositories> - enables the creation of a maven repository directory
structure in the zip ("bundles" dir)
3. Wrote a startup script to launch PaxRunner with the following options:
--platform=e
--version=3.3.2
--vmOptions=-Xms64m -Xmx512m
--repositories=file:bundles
resources/launch.txt
Adam
----- Original Message ----
From: Craig Walls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: General OPS4J <general@lists.ops4j.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 12:26:58 PM
Subject: PAXCONSTRUCT-91: Creating a ready-to-run bundle distribution
I'm nearing the point in my project where I need to create a
distribution of my project so that I can give a ZIP file (or some such
file) to an end user, have them unzip it, and then run it...without
requiring them to have Pax Construct installed. I pictured this as being
a ZIP file containing all of the bundles I need, plus Pax Runner and a
script to kick it off.
Has anyone had a chance to look at PAXCONSTRUCT-91? If not, no big
deal...I'll be happy to dig in there and see what I can do. I just
didn't want to duplicate any efforts. Also, if anybody has any
suggestions or tips on how to pull this off, I'd be happy to hear them.
I have a few ideas, but I certainly don't mind hearing yours.
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