We use a separate properties file for each environment, and have common
property names. Instead of integ.transfertype, stage.transfertype, etc, I
would just have 'transfertype' and it would have different values in the
different files. Then the Ant script has targets based on the possible
values of the property, and one generic parent target that calls them.
Example:
<properties file="${envname}.properties" />
<target name="deploy">
<antcall target="deploy-${transfertype}" />
</target>
<target name="deploy-nfs"> ... </target>
<target name="deploy-ssh"> ... </target>
envname determines which environment-specific properties file needs to be
read.
This is a more scalable solution. Adding a new environment is as simple as
creating a new properties file.
This assumes the build has already occurred and you can make run the
deployment Ant script separately for each environment.
-Andrew
On 7/28/06, Jamie Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm having a problem trying to grok the "ant way" to do things (i.e.,
without conditionals). I just got started with Ant a couple days ago, so
take that into consideration.
I'm trying to produce a well-factored script to handle code deployment to
remote servers.
Tasks:
* deploy-integ
* deploy-stage
* deploy-prod
* deploy-all (all of the above)
Here's the problem: Depending on the set of servers, some are available
via
SSH, others are available via NFS, and I'd like the script to be
generalizable enough to specify the transfer type in the properties file,
along with the (potentially) varying paths among servers.
Here's a stab at the properties file:
-----------------------------------
svn.url=http://myhost/myrepos/myproj
integ.transfertype=nfs
stage.transfertype=ssh
prod.transfertype=ssh
# a nfs basepath would look like //webdev/websites
# an ssh basepath would look like [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/path/to/docroot
integ.basepath=//devserver/docroot
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/path/to/docroot
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/path/to/docroot
integ.proj.wwwroot=childwelfare
stage.proj.wwwroot=childwelfare
prod.proj.wwwroot=childwelfare
---------------------------------
Here are a couple of the salient tasks (see inline comments):
<target name="deploy-integ">
<deploy basepath="integ.basepath" proj.wwwroot="integ.proj.wwwroot"
transfertype="integ.transfertype" />
</target>
<macrodef name="deploy">
<attribute name="args" />
<attribute name="basepath" />
<attribute name="proj.wwwroot" />
<attribute name="transfertype" />
<!-- I'd like to do it the "right way, and avoid "if", but don't
know how -->
<!-- Not to mention that I can't even put the "if" in macrodef, so
it doesn't work anyway -->
<if>
<equals arg1="@{transfertype}" arg2="ssh" />
<then>
<property name="@{args}" value="-e ssh -Cacvz @{
local.buildDir}/* @{basepath}/@{proj.wwwroot}" />
</then>
<else>
<property name="@{args}" value="-av @{local.buildDir}/
@{basepath}/@{proj.wwwroot}/" />
</else>
</if>
<echo message="rsync ${args}" />
<exec executable="rsync">
<arg line="${args}" />
</exec>
</macrodef>
What's the right approach?
Thanks,
Jamie
