Bill de hOra wrote: > Hi, > > I have a scenario for a small tomcat cluster; a setup where properties > files are placed under version control, can get pushed out separately > from code drops and can be changed separately from code drops > (properties are managed in a cmdb, code in a vcs). There are multiple > webapps, each with their own config (eg 4 app servers, 5 gateways, 3 > seach nodes, ...) Fwiw, this setup isn't already using smartfrog to > deploy the webapps. > > I'm wondering if this is a good problem for smartfrog to solve, or if > anyone here is doing something like this. I have fair idea what it can > do for configurations of components but not for configuration inside > components. > > I've been thinking about some alternate approaches, ranging from plain > old scp, jmx, agents updating from central version control, push from > distributed version control. All of which have specific problems, with > two notable common ones; a) it'll end being a dedicated subsystem that > only does properties config and yet another thing to manage, b) you have > to think about what happens when the webapps are upgraded and possibly > overwrite the properties files. > > Thoughts? > > cheers > Bill >
Bill, I'm just back from my travels and am too jet-lagged to come up with a decent answer right now. give me a couple of days and I'll get some suggestions in as to how best to do this. 1. Where do you want the properties files? in the WAR/expanded WAR itself, or somewhere else in the filesystem? 2. what kind of CMDB are you thinking of? -steve -- ----------------------- Hewlett-Packard Limited Registered Office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN Registered No: 690597 England ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Smartfrog-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartfrog-users
