Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:26:56 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org> To: java@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Ports: Deploying WAR files Message-ID: <200307211026.56111.znerd@FreeBSD.org>
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Folks,
Does anyone have any ideas on deploying WAR files from a port? Some
applications nowadays consist of a single WAR file. Should we not find a
standard way to deploy these applications in an existing servlet container?
We could do the following:
1) dedicate a single directory for WAR files, e.g.:
/usr/local/share/java/webapps
In this directory we could stick all WAR files that need to be deployed
automatically.
2) we could set a variable to point to that location, in bsd.java.mk:
WAR_DIR=${LOCALBASE}/share/java/webapps
3) we could modify the servlet container ports (www/orion, www/tomcat41,
etc) to use ${WAR_DIR} as their primary location for WAR files. Either with
a configuration setting or with a symbolic link.
4) Then we could introduce a variable SERVLET_CONTAINER and set it to the
servlet container port to install when one is needed. By default it would
be set to TOMCAT, but it could also be overridden in /etc/make.conf, to be
set to ORION, for example.
5) Finally, we could specify that ports that install a WAR file must set
USE_SERVLET_CONTAINER to YES. Then they could use WAR_DIR in the port
Makefile to put the WAR file in. The ports system will add the appropriate
servlet container as a runtime dependency (to RUN_DEPENDS).
Biggest issue with this is probably that it changes the existing servlet
container ports.
And thoughts on this?
Ernst
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