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Gregory Joseph commented on MAGNOLIA-2170:
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See http://www.nabble.com/problems-with-mgnl-files-td22577725.html for
reference.
One issue is that we need a mechanism to re-extract files when a *war* file was
updated. In Joshua's scenario for instance, Magnolia itself isn't updated, so,
for instance, the dms jsp template isn't re-extracted; however, since he's
deploying a new war file, the files need to be re-extracted.
Note that it seems to me that the only case where this is really an issue is
with JSPs, as they can't be outside the webapp folder (although maybe future
versions of the spec will address this issue?) -- any other file can probably
be outside; as such, maybe we should introduce a different mechanism and really
treat JSPs specifically ?
> Webapp should be markable as read-only
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>
> Key: MAGNOLIA-2170
> URL: http://jira.magnolia-cms.com/browse/MAGNOLIA-2170
> Project: Magnolia
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: build, core
> Affects Versions: 3.5.8
> Reporter: Dan Greening
> Assignee: Gregory Joseph
> Fix For: 4.1
>
>
> Ideally, it would be possible to make the servlet container read-only,
> storing the repository and template files (and any other writable files)
> outside the app directory. This would allow for "instant upgrades" by just
> dropping in a new WAR file. Today, I think, Magnolia really violates the
> principles of a WAR file, which is that it should be self-contained and not
> writable.
> I attempted to remove all writable/changable files and directories to outside
> the directory, and then marked the app directory read-only to diagnose
> problem areas. In Tomcat, it is possible to configure the
> magnolia.properties file location outside the app directory (and by changing
> that version of magnolia.properties, you can move the repository directory)
> out of the servlet container. However, you cannot relocate template files
> outside the app. In addition, the installation process makes changes to the
> contents of the app directory; kind of annoying.
> Would be used by many, I suspect.
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