Re: [DISCUSS] Server Repository plugin for Geronimo 2.1.1

[Donald Woods]

I still think the plugin is useful, but it really points out some of the internal integration/architecture problems we have in the server today that need to be addressed before we release a 2.2.

-Donald


Joe Bohn wrote:

Well ... this is certainly something to discuss ... perhaps a bit larger than this plugin in scope.

As way of background ... the motivation for the plugin was to close out a discussion (and JIRA) that was nearly a year old. At the time (and in subsequent recent discussions) it decided that this simple plugin would provide one solution for users that wanted to share a common Geronimo installation image and have server specific instances each controlling it's own set of deployed applications. See GERONIMO-2814 > [https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2814] for details. I think this plugin (and the wiki notes) provide a manageable but certainly not optimal solution for the desired configuration.

I'd be interested in hearing other opinions on this point.



Joe



Donald Woods wrote:

Considering a default split between repositories for system vs. server use by default (even if only a single Geronimo server is running from an installation) is a much broader issue and requires more consensus from the community. Is it your opinion that we should not release this plugin and tackle this larger issue? It seems that this simple plugin is becoming a hot-bed for several large issues ... plugin version management, repository structure/management ... what's next? :-)

Well, looking at the wiki page explaining this in the vote, I really don't like the 2 notes/warnings at the bottom of the page.

-Donald


Joe Bohn wrote:

It seems that what we really need to do, is in 2.2 make a new server instance repo under /var/repository the default for any user deployed apps/plugins and update the current portlet to install/view items into the repo, to only allow view rights to ghome/repository and install/view to var/repository. That way, we don't get apps deployed to multiple repos at the same time as the default behavior, users don't have to add a second repo themselves (which require write access to the ghome/repository directory) and it may help simplify how things would behave when WADI clustering is used.

Start of thread to discuss any concerns/issues/questions with the vote for the Server Repository plugin for Geronimo 2.1.1

Joe

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