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From: Dan Allen <do-not-reply () jboss ! com>
Date: 2012-05-31 8:42:56
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"How do we use JBoss Tools with the JBoss AS 7 Fedora package?"

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As you may have heard,  \
https://plus.google.com/114112334290393746697/posts/9Ri8U4wuCLY JBoss AS 7 is now \
packaged in Fedora 17. It can be installed using the YUM package manager:

yum install jboss-as

This package not only puts JBoss AS 7 on your system, it also makes it a bonafide \
system service. You start the service using the service command:

service jboss-as start

The service runs as the jboss-as user. The main installation directory is \
/usr/share/jboss-as, though the executables are in /usr/bin and the logs in \
/var/log/jboss-as.

*JBoss Tools: Prerequisties*

It's necessary to create a management user in order for JBoss Tools to control the \
server:

/usr/share/jboss-as/bin/add-user.sh

*JBoss Tools: What works*

JBoss Tools detects the installation when the scanner is pointed at \
/usr/share/jboss-as and properly sets up a server runtime. (The server configuration \
needs to be updated to mark the server as externally managed since JBoss Tools is not \
privy to the startup scripts anymore, nor would the user have the proper \
permissions). Navigating the management interface in the Server view works as \
expected.

*JBoss Tools: What doesn't work*

What JBoss Tools is unable to do is deploy an application to the server (for example \
the numberguess quickstart). The problem is that *+JBoss Tools tries to copy files \
into the /usr/share/jboss-as/standalone/deployments directory+*, but doesn't have \
permission to write to this directory.

An obvious quickfix is to add the user to the jboss-as group and change the \
permission of /var/lib/jboss-as/standalone/deployments to 664 w/ the group sticky \
flag set (so that the file is written with the group set to jboss-as).

However, I think the way it should work is that *+JBoss Tools should deploy the \
application using the management interface+*. Currently, this would require deploying \
the application as a packaged war. *+The server runtime can be configured to deploy a \
packaged war, but JBoss Tools still tries to copy the archive to the deployment \
folder+* rather than using the management interface deployment API.

Ideally, JBoss Tools should support incremental deployment over the management \
interface rather than a direct file system copy. Another approach would be to tell \
the management interface to look in a different location for a deployment (maybe \
that's possible already).

Long story short, I don't see a way currently to use JBoss Tools with JBoss AS 7 \
installed from the RPM package because of permission issues. Changing the file \
permissions and elevating the permissions of the user is one workaround. Ideally, \
though, JBoss Tools would support this use case without requiring any special \
customization. It would also be nice if JBoss Tools could add a management user \
(replacing the call to the add-user.sh command). Finally, it would be great if JBoss \
Tools could start and stop the jboss-as service (through the use of sudo).

This is new territory for JBoss Tools and I'm excited to see us get to a seamless out \
                of the box experience.
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    created by <a href="https://community.jboss.org/people/dan.j.allen">Dan Allen</a> \
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<div class="jive-rendered-content">As you may have heard, <a \
class="jive-link-external-small" \
href="https://plus.google.com/114112334290393746697/posts/9Ri8U4wuCLY">JBoss AS 7 is \
now packaged in Fedora 17</a>. It can be installed using the YUM package \
manager:&#160;<pre \
class="jive-pre"><code class="jive-code">yum install jboss-as </code></pre>&#160;This package not \
only puts JBoss AS 7 on your system, it also makes it a bonafide system service. You \
start the service using the service command:&#160;<pre class="jive-pre"><code class="jive-code">service \
jboss-as start </code></pre>&#160;The service runs as the jboss-as user. The main installation \
directory is /usr/share/jboss-as, though the executables are in /usr/bin and the logs \
in /var/log/jboss-as.&#160;JBoss Tools: Prerequisties&#160;It's necessary to \
create a management user in order for JBoss Tools to control the server:&#160;<pre \
class="jive-pre"><code class="jive-code">/usr/share/jboss-as/bin/add-user.sh \
</code></pre>&#160;JBoss Tools: What works&#160;JBoss Tools detects the installation \
when the scanner is pointed at /usr/share/jboss-as and properly sets up a server \
runtime. (The server configuration needs to be updated to mark the server as \
externally managed since JBoss Tools is not privy to the startup scripts anymore, nor \
would the user have the proper permissions). Navigating the management interface in \
the Server view works as expected.&#160;JBoss Tools: What doesn't work&#160;What JBoss Tools is \
unable to do is deploy an application to the server (for example the numberguess \
quickstart). The problem is that JBoss Tools tries to copy files into the \
/usr/share/jboss-as/standalone/deployments directory, but doesn't have \
permission to write to this directory.&#160;An obvious quickfix is to add the user to the jboss-as \
group and change the permission of /var/lib/jboss-as/standalone/deployments to 664 w/ \
the group sticky flag set (so that the file is written with the group set to \
jboss-as).&#160;However, I think the way it should work is that JBoss \
Tools should deploy the application using the management interface. \
Currently, this would require deploying the application as a packaged war. \
The server runtime can be configured to deploy a packaged war, but JBoss \
Tools still tries to copy the archive to the deployment folder rather \
than using the management interface deployment API.&#160;Ideally, JBoss Tools should support \
incremental deployment over the management interface rather than a direct file system \
copy. Another approach would be to tell the management interface to look in a \
different location for a deployment (maybe that's possible already).&#160;Long story short, I \
don't see a way currently to use JBoss Tools with JBoss AS 7 installed from the RPM \
package because of permission issues. Changing the file permissions and elevating the \
permissions of the user is one workaround. Ideally, though, JBoss Tools would support \
this use case without requiring any special customization. It would also be nice if \
JBoss Tools could add a management user (replacing the call to the add-user.sh \
command). Finally, it would be great if JBoss Tools could start and stop the jboss-as \
service (through the use of sudo).&#160;This is new territory for JBoss Tools and I'm excited to \
see us get to a seamless out of the box experience.</div>

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