All,
Based on last Trilian based test runs, no regressions are seen. We'll aim for following changes and afterwards works towards merging the PR; - An option to provide explicit webapp directory, for custom UI etc. The default UI would be bundled in the fat jar, with the UI assets/files also copied/packaged at /usr/share/cloudstack-management/webapp (or ui folder) to allow for customizations - Fix packaging, refactor systemd/initd script - Completely move to java/systemd, instead of using jsvc+systemd for systemd-enabled distros, and use init.d scripts for centos6/older distros - Logging and other improvements to ServerDaemon (the main class that run jetty in the fatjar) - A xml/yml file to configure SSL certificates, options etc. - Rohit ________________________________ From: Syed Ahmed <sah...@cloudops.com> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 3:00:48 PM To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org Cc: Rohit Yadav; Cloudstack Users List Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Moving to embedded Jetty and fatjar CloudStack I have always been a big fan of fat, dependency-free binaries. Good work guys! rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl<mailto:w...@widodh.nl>> wrote: > Op 10 augustus 2017 om 14:09 schreef Rohit Yadav > <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com<mailto:rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com>>: > > > All, > > > Distro provided tomcat6/7/* has caused production issues for few users in the > past. Due to this, the ACS deployments are inconsistent with the version/jars > of tomcat in use. By allowing exploded war to be shipped, can allow admins to > sometimes overwrite cloudstack jars causing production issues. I think moving > to a CloudStack uber/fat jar will make it easier to deploy CloudStack in > environments and write custom init/systemd scripts and fix cloudstack setup > databases/management scripts without assuming the distro we're on. > Yes, I agree. A flat jar makes things a lot easier. > > With this discussion thread, I would like to engage with the community if > they've any reservations from moving away from tomcat to embedded jetty + > fat/uber jar based packaging. Please share your thoughts and comments. > > > On very high level the packaging will provide the following: > > - A ServerDaemon class that can accept custom location of UI (webapp > directory), logging, and other environment options, part of the fatjar. > > - A config file (xml/yml or otherwise) where you can configure > keystore/SSL-certificates, paths (/client), ports, logging etc. > > - Default libraries/plugin path at /usr/share/cloudstack-management/lib, UI > path at /usr/share/cloudstack-management/webapp > > - A default file (available at /etc/default/cloudstack-management or symlink > at /etc/sysconfig etc) where you can specific custom variables, java options, > classpath etc. > > - Refactored init.d/systemd scripts to be commonly used b/w rpm/deb build > scripts > > - A new/improve logrotate file > > - Logging will be handled by log4j (the same xml/config file you normally use) > > - Currently we're using jsvc to handle mgmt server process, however we may > move to java+systemd completely > I suggest that we only use init.d on RHEL 6 and Ubuntu 14.04, but on RHEL 7 and Ubuntu 16.04 (any distro that runs with systemd) we should try to avoid using jsvc. That way we don't have to daemonize the MGMT server and keep it attached to systemd. Also makes it easy to just print logs to stdout and have journalctl take care of them. > > Marc-Aurèle (ExoScale) and I have collaborated on this problem and we finally > have a PR (not complete) where we can show this actually works, please have a > look: Awesome work! > > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/2226 > > > Once the PR is accepted, we can include a topic page in the 4.11/future > release notes docs about upgrading in-place and setting up ssl certs etc. > > > Regards. > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com<mailto:rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> > www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK > @shapeblue > > >
