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does it make sense to have a plan file when your app is in pickup dir? [message #665828]

Sat, 16 April 2011 12:24

Eclipse User

Hi,

I might be misunderstanding something here, but what is the practice when deploying an application in virgo server.

I want to be able to update my app during runtime in case I want to push some minor fixes without shutting down the whole server, so I put my bundles in the pickup directory.

But during startup, I want to enforce an ordering in the deployment of the bundles, which I've read can be accomplished using a plan file. Unfortunately, it also mentions that artifacts in the plan file should be in repository/usr directory (userregion) - does this mean I can't update it by copying over the bundle?.

Is there a way for me to achieve the deployment ordering while still being able to dynamically update the bundle by copying over it?

Thanks in advance for any clarifications.

Re: does it make sense to have a plan file when your app is in pickup dir? [message #665830 is a reply to message #665828]

Sat, 16 April 2011 13:10

Eclipse User

The pickup is basically hot-deploy feature that is meant to be used during development.

The repository/usr is a watched repository (as described in config/org.eclipse.virgo.repository.properties). This means that any files that are changed will cause the repository index to be updated, but no install/refresh/uninstall will be triggered. More details can be found on this Wiki page.

To achieve ordering and update of your artifacts you will have to use combination of pickup and repository/usr. The steps needed to do so:

Put your new artifacts in repository/usr
Update the plan in the pickup directory

It is important to note that the pickup should contain only the plan.

Re: does it make sense to have a plan file when your app is in pickup dir? [message #665835 is a reply to message #665828]

Sat, 16 April 2011 15:11

Eclipse User

Thanks for the tips.

It pointed me in the right directions. Smile

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