Professional Apache Geronimo (Wrox Professional Guides)

Overview

J2EE deployable modules and Geronimo deployment plans can be installed on a Geronimo server instance using the run-time deployer. The run-time deployer can also be used to search a plug-in repository for available plug-ins and install any plug-in to provide new features to a Geronimo instance. The deployer usually executes when a target Geronimo instance is running. Some commands will also work offline locally, without a running instance of Geronimo. Online deployments can be performed locally (to a server running on the same machine) or remotely (to a Geronimo server running on another machine over the network).

The deployer can be used to do the following:

• Deploy (install) a module or deployment plan

• Redeploy a module or plan

• Undeploy (uninstall) a configuration

• Start a configuration

• Stop a configuration

• Save the required user login and password information during deployment

• List all the running configurations

• List available targets for deployment

• Distribute a module to a target

• Search for all plug-ins available from a plug-in repository or a running Geronimo instance

• Install a plug-in bundle (CAR file)

All of these commands work against a running Geronimo server instance. If you must work with a local offline instance of Geronimo server, you can use the --offline option of the deployer.

The deployer is actually a JSR-88 client application, making use of Geronimo’s JSR-88 deployment plugins to do its work. Chapter 6 has a detailed discussion of the JSR-88 specification and its impact on J2EE server deployment and tool integration.

There are at least three ways to deploy a module and/or a plan in Geronimo:

• Using the deployer

• Use the Web console’s GUI interface

• Use the hot deploy capabilities of Geronimo

This appendix provides a reference to the syntax of the deployer. It also provides instructions for the use of the GUI deployment interface and the hot deployer.