[jira] [Resolved] (GERONIMO-5988) deploy:new-server-instance does not deploy a full new server instance

["Forrest Xia (Resolved) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-5988?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Forrest Xia resolved GERONIMO-5988.
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    Resolution: Duplicate
    
> deploy:new-server-instance does not deploy a full new server instance
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>
>                 Key: GERONIMO-5988
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-5988
>             Project: Geronimo
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: public(Regular issues) 
>          Components: commands
>    Affects Versions: 3.0-M1, 3.0
>         Environment: Linux x86, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga)
>            Reporter: Russell E Glaue
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: geronimo
>
> Regarding the G3.0 Wiki documentation:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxDOC30/running-multiple-geronimo-instances.html
> Creating a new server instance can be completed with gogo commands as follows:
> -
> ...
> To create an instance named foo do the following. All your instance data will be put in <geronimo_home>/foo. All the directories named below are relative to <geronimo_home>.
> Follow the procedures as below:
> Create a directory foo under <geronimo_home>.
> Copy var, repository and etc directories to foo.You can use the command deploy:new-server-instance to help you with this step.
> Edit foo/var/config/config-substitutions.properties and change the portOffset.
> Try using any integers such as 1, 2, 10, 20, 30.. for various instances.
> -
> I interpret that the "deploy:new-server-instance" command should do the following:
> 1. Create a directory foo under <geronimo_home>.
> 2. Copy var to foo
> 3. Copy repository to foo
> 4. Copy etc to foo
> However, in G3.0-SNAPSHOT this command only does steps 1 and 2.
> I have to perform steps 3 and 4 manually.
> The "deploy:new-server-instance" should perform all 4 steps?
> To repeat the failure, perform the following:
> 1. Download and unpack G3.0 SNAPSHOT (3.0-20110523 tested)
> 2. In Geronimo shell (or using the shell deploy command) execute
> -- deploy:new-server-instance foo
> 3. Start the new server instance
> -- env GERONIMO_OPTS=-Dorg.apache.geronimo.server.name=foo bin/startup
> 4. The foo instance fails to startup, complaining of missing etc/ and repository/
> In G3.0, Geronimo refuses to start until the repository and etc exist in org.apache.geronimo.server.dir (which is $GERONIMO_HOME/foo/ in this example).
> Ultimately, I feel that the deploy:new-server-instance procedure should not do a straight copy, as the documentation suggests, as long as the default shipped var/ directory is used for a run-time server instance. We don't want to copy specialized configuration the user makes in that default working directory.
> However, to resolve this issue immediately and easily, I do feel it should do a straight copy. Those of us who will manage Geronimo on an Enterprise level will know to keep the default shipped var/ directory as a "template" directory, only utilizing instances, and this can be documented as an advanced practice.

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