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ActiveMq 5.3.0 and JBoss JMX

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It seems that in ActiveMq 5.3.0 someone has change the way that the JMX Management Context is discovered.

If you simply upgrade from version 5.2.0 to 5.3.0 you will need to define the system property jboss.platform.mbeanserver

I think this tells JBoss to use the platform MBean server instead of starting it own; and it is the platform MBean server that ActiveMQ uses for its org.apache.activemq:BrokerName=localhost,* MBeans.

Glassfish Answer File

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I’ve managed to get the glassfish v3 silent install working.

Maybe I should have just used the zip file distribution… anyway….

Here is the answer file I used. all the ${variables} need to be filled in with the values relevant to your situation. You have to pass the -s option as well as the -a option to the glassfish installer exe.

RegistrationOptions.regoptions.CREATE_NEWACCT=CREATE_NEWACCT
glassfish.Administration.HTTP_PORT=${glassfish.http.port}
updatetool.Configuration.PROXY_PORT=
glassfish.Administration.ADMIN_PASSWORD=${glassfish.admin.password}
JDKSelection.directory.JDK_FROM_LIST_CHOICE=false
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.SKIP_REGISTRATION=SKIP_REGISTRATION
updatetool.Configuration.PROXY_HOST=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.COUNTRY=
InstallHome.directory.INSTALL_HOME=${INSTALL_PATH}
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.USE_EXISTINGACCT=USE_EXISTINGACCT
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.FIRSTNAME=
updatetool.Configuration.ALLOW_UPDATE_CHECK=false
glassfish.Administration.ADMIN_USER=${glassfish.admin.user}
JDKSelection.directory.JDK_LIST=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.PASSWORD=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.COMPANYNAME=
JDKSelection.directory.HIDDEN_JDK=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.COUNTRY_DROP_DOWN=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.REENTERPASSWORD=
License.license.ACCEPT_LICENSE=0
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.USERNAME=
updatetool.Configuration.BOOTSTRAP_UPDATETOOL=false
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.LASTNAME=
glassfish.Administration.ADMIN_PORT=${glassfish.admin.port}
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.USERPASSWORD=
JDKSelection.directory.JDK_TYPED_IN_CHOICE=true
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.EMAIL=
JDKSelection.directory.JDK_TYPE_IN=${JDKPath}
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.DUMMY_PROP=

Glassfish Automated Installation

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I’m struggling with the Glassfish v3 automated installation. I’m trying to follow the instructions in the glassfish install documentation. But the variables they mention as configurable don’t correspond with the variables that are in the generated answer file.

Things I know so far are:

  • you can generate an answer file using the -n option
  • you can read the answer file in using the -a option
  • you have to specify -s if you want the installer to run silently
  • you can create a windows service using asadmin create-service which seems to be new to version 3

Using the maven-embedded-glassfish-plugin

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Here is my first working XML for running unit tests against an application deployed on an embedded glassfish v3 instance:

<plugin>
   <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-embedded-glassfish-plugin</artifactId>
   <version>3.0</version>
   <configuration>
      <goalPrefix>glassfish</goalPrefix>
      <app>App.war</app>
      <port>8080</port>
      <contextRoot>App</contextRoot>
   </configuration>
   <executions>
      <execution>
         <id>start-glassfish</id>
         <phase>generate-test-resources</phase>
         <goals>
            <goal>start</goal>
         </goals>
      </execution>
      <execution>
         <id>deploy-glassfish</id>
         <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
         <goals>
            <goal>deploy</goal>
         </goals>
      </execution>
      <execution>
         <id>stop-glassfish</id>
         <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
         <goals>
            <goal>stop</goal>
         </goals>
      </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

Glassfish v3 Maven plugin

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Apparently there is a plugin for Maven that allows you to deploy your application against an embedded maven server http://blogs.sun.com/sirajg/entry/using_maven_plugin_for_v3

If it works, I’ll be able to get rid of all the complicated Maven XML I have for downloading and installing Glassfish V2.

There is documentation available for the plugin in the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Embedded Server Guide

Apache VFS URI with spaces

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Apache VFS currently seems to have a problem handling file paths with spaces in them if you want to convert that path to a URI.

Here is a workaround that will at least handle that case (if not every case of wrongly encoded data):

/**
 * Convert a file object to a URI
 *
 * There is a bug in the way that apache VFS handles paths with spaces in
 * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VFS-203?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12675797#action_12675797
 *
 * @param resource the resource to convert
 *
 * @return a valid URI for the file object
 *
 * @throws URISyntaxException
 */
public URI fileObjectToUri(final FileObject resource) throws URISyntaxException
{
   return new URI(resource.getName().getURI().replace(" ", "%20"));
}

Domain properties in Glassfish

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You can make properties files available to you WAR and EAR applications by putting the file in the folder glassfish/domains/${glassfish.domain.name}/lib/classes

You can use these in your spring configuration by prefixing the resource name with classpath:. For example:

<beans:bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <beans:property name="location" value="classpath:some.properties"/>
</beans:bean>