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Posted to users@ace.apache.org by Simone Giacomelli <si...@gmail.com> on 2013/02/20 11:53:19 UTC
Ace agent
I've played a bit around Ace and I find it very useful.
I would like to use it as main deploy manager for about 2000 computers (and
growing).
I've seen that the agent use System/osgi properties to setup it's identity
name and server url.
I need to customize the identification process, in order to register,
acknowledge and authenticate targets.
I've seen through the classes that there are customization (I hope so :)
Any advice where to look for? Some source or documentation? Sample
projects, spare sources?
thanks in advance,
--
Simone Giacomelli
Mobile: +39 333 9770618
E-fax: +39 02 700540454
Skype: simone.giacomelli
Re: Ace agent
Posted by Simone Giacomelli <si...@gmail.com>.
Hi Marcel,
thanks for your fast reply!
In these days I've seen many slide and papers on ACE with your name on :)
Your instructions are quite clear. I have no experience (1 day) on OSGi but
I find it thrilling.
And ACE is exactly what I need. With REST api !! It is great.
Now I'm going to investigate further on your suggestions.
Please, if there are more materials/slides/docs or link I should look,
don't hesitate to link them to me.
best regards
Simone
2013/2/20 Marcel Offermans <ma...@luminis.nl>
> Hello Simone,
>
> The identity of a target is provided by a service called Identification,
> the API can be found in org.apache.ace.identification.api and we provide a
> default implementation that is indeed based on a property. You can just
> write your own implementation though.
>
> The next step to take is to make sure that your new implementation is
> actually used in the management agent. The management agent in ACE actually
> consists of a couple of bundles working together. However, to make it
> easier to work with, we created a bundle called "management agent" which is
> actually an assembly of those bundles. We literally instantiate the bundle
> activators of the other bundles from that one, and invoke start/stop on
> them. So to "bake" your new bundle into that one, you need to make a change
> there too.
>
> Greetings, Marcel
>
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Simone Giacomelli <
> simone.giacomelli@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've played a bit around Ace and I find it very useful.
> >
> > I would like to use it as main deploy manager for about 2000 computers
> (and
> > growing).
> >
> > I've seen that the agent use System/osgi properties to setup it's
> identity
> > name and server url.
> >
> > I need to customize the identification process, in order to register,
> > acknowledge and authenticate targets.
> > I've seen through the classes that there are customization (I hope so :)
> >
> > Any advice where to look for? Some source or documentation? Sample
> > projects, spare sources?
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> >
> > --
> > Simone Giacomelli
> > Mobile: +39 333 9770618
> > E-fax: +39 02 700540454
> > Skype: simone.giacomelli
>
>
--
Simone Giacomelli
Mobile: +39 333 9770618
E-fax: +39 02 700540454
Skype: simone.giacomelli
Re: Ace agent
Posted by Marcel Offermans <ma...@luminis.nl>.
Hello Simone,
The identity of a target is provided by a service called Identification, the API can be found in org.apache.ace.identification.api and we provide a default implementation that is indeed based on a property. You can just write your own implementation though.
The next step to take is to make sure that your new implementation is actually used in the management agent. The management agent in ACE actually consists of a couple of bundles working together. However, to make it easier to work with, we created a bundle called "management agent" which is actually an assembly of those bundles. We literally instantiate the bundle activators of the other bundles from that one, and invoke start/stop on them. So to "bake" your new bundle into that one, you need to make a change there too.
Greetings, Marcel
On Feb 20, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Simone Giacomelli <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've played a bit around Ace and I find it very useful.
>
> I would like to use it as main deploy manager for about 2000 computers (and
> growing).
>
> I've seen that the agent use System/osgi properties to setup it's identity
> name and server url.
>
> I need to customize the identification process, in order to register,
> acknowledge and authenticate targets.
> I've seen through the classes that there are customization (I hope so :)
>
> Any advice where to look for? Some source or documentation? Sample
> projects, spare sources?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Simone Giacomelli
> Mobile: +39 333 9770618
> E-fax: +39 02 700540454
> Skype: simone.giacomelli