Re: Substitution variables in gbean attribute value

2010-08-26 Thread Ivan 
Create a Geronimo plugin should be the best way to do it, or you might
extend the Sharelib gbean, so that you could do anything you like :-)

2010/8/26 Kevan Miller kevan.mil...@gmail.com


 On Aug 25, 2010, at 12:50 PM, David Jencks wrote:

 
  On Aug 25, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Anil Chawla wrote:
 
  Ivan, thanks for the prompt response. Our intention is to provide our
 users with a WAR/EAR file and perhaps a simple startup script that they can
 edit to set the correct environment variables for their environment. It is
 good to know that there is a work-around like this but it might be a little
 too complicated for our users.
 
 
  If you are willing to distribute your app as a predeployed geronimo
 plugin rather than an app that must be deployed on each server, you can
 include this config.xml info in the plugin.  The easy way is to use a maven
 project and the car-maven-plugin to package your app as a plugin.  The
 geronimo build has lots and lots of examples of how to set up the config.xml
 bits and default values for config-substitutions.properties such as the
 plugins/tomcat/tomcat subproject.

 Right. To summarize, deploying as a geronimo plugin could simplify things
 to the point that a user would only need to modify a
 config-substitutions.properties property (or you provide a tool to do this
 or you allow the plugin deployment plan to be customized, prior to
 installation within the geronimo server.

 --kevan




-- 
Ivan

Re: Substitution variables in gbean attribute value

2010-08-25 Thread Ivan 
You could NOT use the substitution directly in geronimo-web.xml, but you
might try a workaround solution below, it should work :-)

a. After deploying your application into the server, then stop the server.
b. Open the var/config/config.xml, and find the segment for your
application.
c. Let's take the SharedLib as an example, add a xml fragment like :
gbean name=SharedLib
attribute name=libDirs${APP_HOME}/lib/attribute

attribute name=classesDirs${APP_HOME}/conf/attribute
/gbean
d. add the APP_HOME and its real value in the
var/config/config-substitutions.properties
e. Start the server, now it should use the value configured in the
config-substitutions.properties.

2010/8/25 Anil Chawla acha...@us.ibm.com

 Hi,
 Is there a way to use substitution variables when defining gbeans in
 geronimo-web.xml? For example, I would like to define a SharedLib for our
 application with an APP_HOME variable that points to the actual location of
 files on the user's filesystem:

 gbean name=SharedLib
 class=org.apache.geronimo.system.sharedlib.SharedLib
 attribute name=libDirs${APP_HOME}/lib/attribute
 attribute name=classesDirs${APP_HOME}/conf/attribute
 reference name=ServerInfo
 nameServerInfo/name
 /reference
 /gbean

 I've tried setting an APP_HOME environment variable as well as passing
 APP_HOME as a Java system property. I even tried
 org.apache.geronimo.config.substitution.APP_HOME but that seems to be
 specific to config.xml.

 Thanks,

 Anil Chawla




-- 
Ivan

Re: Substitution variables in gbean attribute value

2010-08-25 Thread Anil Chawla 

Ivan, thanks for the prompt response. Our intention is to provide our users
with a WAR/EAR file and perhaps a simple startup script that they can edit
to set the correct environment variables for their environment. It is good
to know that there is a work-around like this but it might be a little too
complicated for our users.

Is there any other option for configuring external folders in our classpath
without putting a fixed path in geronimo-web.xml? For example, is there an
easy way to append to the classpath of the server when running geronimo.sh?
If so, we can just ask our users to set APP_HOME as an environment variable
and provide a startup script that runs gernonimo.sh with the right
parameters.

Thanks,

Anil Chawla



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You could NOT use the substitution directly in geronimo-web.xml, but you
might try a workaround solution below, it should work :-)

a. After deploying your application into the server, then stop the server.
b. Open the var/config/config.xml, and find the segment for your
application.
c. Let's take the SharedLib as an example, add a xml fragment like :
    gbean name=SharedLib
    attribute name=libDirs${APP_HOME}/lib/attribute


attribute name=classesDirs${APP_HOME}/conf/attribute


    /gbean
d. add the APP_HOME and its real value in the
var/config/config-substitutions.properties
e. Start the server, now it should use the value configured in the
config-substitutions.properties.

2010/8/25 Anil Chawla acha...@us.ibm.com
  Hi,
  Is there a way to use substitution variables when defining gbeans in
  geronimo-web.xml? For example, I would like to define a SharedLib for our
  application with an APP_HOME variable that points to the actual location
  of files on the user's filesystem:

  gbean name=SharedLib
  class=org.apache.geronimo.system.sharedlib.SharedLib
  attribute name=libDirs${APP_HOME}/lib/attribute
  attribute name=classesDirs${APP_HOME}/conf/attribute
  reference name=ServerInfo
  nameServerInfo/name
  /reference
  /gbean

  I've tried setting an APP_HOME environment variable as well as passing
  APP_HOME as a Java system property. I even tried
  org.apache.geronimo.config.substitution.APP_HOME but that seems to be
  specific to config.xml.

  Thanks,

  Anil Chawla





--
Ivan

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Re: Substitution variables in gbean attribute value

2010-08-25 Thread David Jencks 

On Aug 25, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Anil Chawla wrote:

 Ivan, thanks for the prompt response. Our intention is to provide our users 
 with a WAR/EAR file and perhaps a simple startup script that they can edit to 
 set the correct environment variables for their environment. It is good to 
 know that there is a work-around like this but it might be a little too 
 complicated for our users.
 

If you are willing to distribute your app as a predeployed geronimo plugin 
rather than an app that must be deployed on each server, you can include this 
config.xml info in the plugin.  The easy way is to use a maven project and the 
car-maven-plugin to package your app as a plugin.  The geronimo build has lots 
and lots of examples of how to set up the config.xml bits and default values 
for config-substitutions.properties such as the plugins/tomcat/tomcat 
subproject.
 
 Is there any other option for configuring external folders in our classpath 
 without putting a fixed path in geronimo-web.xml? For example, is there an 
 easy way to append to the classpath of the server when running geronimo.sh? 
 If so, we can just ask our users to set APP_HOME as an environment variable 
 and provide a startup script that runs gernonimo.sh with the right parameters.
 

that won't work, sorry.

thanks
david jencks

 
 Thanks,
 
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 You could NOT use the substitution directly in geronimo-web.xml, but you 
 might try a workaround solution below, it should work :-)
 
 a. After deploying your application into the server, then stop the server. 
 b. Open the var/config/config.xml, and find the segment for your application.
 c. Let's take the SharedLib as an example, add a xml fragment like :
 gbean name=SharedLib
 attribute name=libDirs${APP_HOME}/lib/attribute
 attribute name=classesDirs${APP_HOME}/conf/attribute
 
 /gbean
 d. add the APP_HOME and its real value in the 
 var/config/config-substitutions.properties
 e. Start the server, now it should use the value configured in the 
 config-substitutions.properties.
 
 2010/8/25 Anil Chawla acha...@us.ibm.com
 
 Hi,
 Is there a way to use substitution variables when defining gbeans in 
 geronimo-web.xml? For example, I would like to define a SharedLib for our 
 application with an APP_HOME variable that points to the actual location of 
 files on the user's filesystem:
 
 gbean name=SharedLib 
 class=org.apache.geronimo.system.sharedlib.SharedLib
 attribute name=libDirs${APP_HOME}/lib/attribute
 attribute name=classesDirs${APP_HOME}/conf/attribute
 reference name=ServerInfo
 nameServerInfo/name
 /reference
 /gbean
 
 I've tried setting an APP_HOME environment variable as well as passing 
 APP_HOME as a Java system property. I even tried 
 org.apache.geronimo.config.substitution.APP_HOME but that seems to be 
 specific to config.xml.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Anil Chawla
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Ivan

Re: Substitution variables in gbean attribute value

2010-08-25 Thread Kevan Miller 

On Aug 25, 2010, at 12:50 PM, David Jencks wrote:

 
 On Aug 25, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Anil Chawla wrote:
 
 Ivan, thanks for the prompt response. Our intention is to provide our users 
 with a WAR/EAR file and perhaps a simple startup script that they can edit 
 to set the correct environment variables for their environment. It is good 
 to know that there is a work-around like this but it might be a little too 
 complicated for our users.
 
 
 If you are willing to distribute your app as a predeployed geronimo plugin 
 rather than an app that must be deployed on each server, you can include this 
 config.xml info in the plugin.  The easy way is to use a maven project and 
 the car-maven-plugin to package your app as a plugin.  The geronimo build has 
 lots and lots of examples of how to set up the config.xml bits and default 
 values for config-substitutions.properties such as the plugins/tomcat/tomcat 
 subproject.

Right. To summarize, deploying as a geronimo plugin could simplify things to 
the point that a user would only need to modify a 
config-substitutions.properties property (or you provide a tool to do this or 
you allow the plugin deployment plan to be customized, prior to installation 
within the geronimo server.

--kevan