Many thanks Jacques - off to do some testing! Cheers Sam
On 4 Aug 2012, at 00:11, Jacques Le Roux <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sam, > > I'm not sure to get it but you could use the IP address of each machine, look > into startofbiz.sh: > IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr:' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print > $1}'` > > From that you could parse (ie remove the dot) and create an unique Id for > each machine > > Also Googled for "sh properties file access", found this as 2nd entry in the > SERP > http://shrubbery.mynetgear.net/c/display/W/Reading+Java-style+Properties+Files+with+Shell > > HTH > > Jacques > > > Sam Hamilton wrote: >> Hey everyone! >> >> This is kinda a weird question but does anyone know a way to auto insert the >> machines hostname in the unique.instanceId variable >> in general.properties? >> >> I am asking as I am migrating over to AWS and trying to automate the build >> for a whole clustered stack so that if one of the >> instances dies the system knows and rebuilds. >> >> Something like unique.instanceId=$HOSTNAME but I don't know where to find >> the supported list of variables that a properties file >> can have? >> >> >> Cheers >> Sam
