One final question: how do I deploy configs? If I create a config file (e.g. com.foo.bar.cfg) I can't add it as an artifact in the way I would have expected. Presumably I can deploy config files as well as bundles?
Thanks Bruce On 16 May 2013, at 10:37, Bram de Kruijff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Bruce Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks Bram, thats very helpful. >> >> Can I specify the target id for my targets in config files, or are they >> always auto-allocated? >> > > Yes you can. By design this is all pluggable and one could employ all > kinds of strategies. This agent has property based identification & > discovery that can be set on the command line. > > $ java -jar generated/org.apache.ace.launcher.jar help > Apache ACE Launcher > Usage: > java -jar ace-launcher.jar [identification=<id>] > [discovery=<ace-server>] [options...] > All known options are: > agents: configures multiple management agents: > agent-id,identification,discovery[;agent-id,identification,discovery]* > auth: point to the properties file containing the authentication > credentials for a certain subsystem: <dir/file/url> > discovery: sets the ACE server to connect to > id(?:entification)?: sets the target ID to use > bundle: adds an additional bundle to be started with this management > agent: bundle=my.fully.qualified.BundleActivator > fwOption: sets framework options for the OSGi framework to be > created. This argument may be repeated > help: prints this help message > Example: > java -jar ace-launcher.jar identification=MyTarget > discovery=http://provisioning.company.com:8080 > fwOption=org.osgi.framework.system.packages.extra=sun.misc,com.sun.management > > > Note that I recently proposed a new agent [0], found in projects > "org.apache.ace.agent[.launcher]" , that aims to be simpler, more > configurable and easier to extend. However, that is still bleeding > edge and not included in the default build yet ;) > > greetz > Bram > > [0] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACE-347 > >> Best regards >> >> Bruce >> >> On 15 May 2013, at 18:09, Bram de Kruijff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Bruce, >>> >>> welcome to ACE! :) >>> >>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Bruce Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Christian >>>> >>>> Ok, I've done that now, and built everything using the instructions on >>>> that page. These are also incorrect: the steps: >>>> >>>> ant -f bin-build.xml package >>>> and >>>> >>>> $ cd generated/ace-devserver >>>> $ sh run.sh >>>> >>>> do not work, as the file bin-build.xml doesn't exist. However, I do get a >>>> binary zip in the generated folder if I build using: >>>> >>>> ant package-bin >>>> >>>> However, the binary this builds also does not have any information on how >>>> to start everything up, but using common sense, I can go into the >>>> server-allinone and run: >>>> >>>> java -jar server-allinone.jar >>>> >>> >>> Correct, good catch. As you have noticed by now the build has >>> undergone significant changes and the docs needs some close attention. >>> >>>> and can then access the web console at localhost:8080/ace >>>> >>>> I can also go to the client folder and run: >>>> >>>> java -jar client >>>> >>>> However, I never see the client appear in the web console. How do I >>>> configure the client to point to the server? >>>> >>> >>> The "client" is an infrastructural component just like the "server". >>> When you start the server-allinone.jar" that actually contains the >>> "client". This is for convenience as they can also be deployed >>> independently. What you are looking for is a "target". >>> >>> $ cd ../target >>> $ java -jar target-jar >>> >>> Now in the right column of the UI you should see a "defaultTargetId" >>> appear which means your target is running and ready to receive >>> deployment packages. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Bram >>> >>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Bruce >>>> >>>> On 15 May 2013, at 16:52, Christian Vogel <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Bruce, >>>>> >>>>> the version you want to download is pretty old and it is highly recommend >>>>> to download the sources and build your dist of the latest version. There >>>>> were a lot of improvements and we try to come out with a new release >>>>> soon, where we also update the website >>>>> >>>>> A HowTo can be found here: >>>>> http://ace.apache.org/dev-doc/getting-started.html >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Christian >>>>> >>>>> On 15.05.2013 17:25, Bruce Jackson wrote: >>>>>> Hi All >>>>>> >>>>>> New to Ace but not OSGi. The instruction for getting started suggest >>>>>> getting a binary release, however none of the links to the 0.81 full >>>>>> actually work. If I browse the archives, I can find a release, but this >>>>>> appears to be a source release. I can try to build this using mvn >>>>>> install, but after much compiling etc, I'm still left in the dark: I >>>>>> don't know what its done, or where its actually put the binaries. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> Bruce >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This e-mail is only intended for the person(s) to whom it is addressed >>>>>> and may contain CONFIDENTIAL information. 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