Re: Run helix-ui in Tomcat

[ShaoFeng Shi <sh...@apache.org>]

Thanks Greg and Kishore; The UI is much easier to use than the CLI, running
it with the jar is good for most cases I believe; I will keep using it and
add that to a document so user would know how to setup. One day if it can
be packaged as a war, I will investigate whether it can ship together with
our web app. Thanks for your time!


2016-02-01 2:52 GMT+08:00 Greg Brandt <br...@gmail.com>:

> Yeah, it may be worth gutting the helix-ui module and just adding the same
> functionality via a lightweight http server. I can take a look at doing
> this. It would be nice to just get this functionality out of the box.
>
> -Greg
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 9:53 AM, kishore g <g....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I would love to see a UI component within the controller.
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Greg Brandt <br...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > That does sound promising, and we are using drop wizard 0.8.x in
> > helix-ui,
> > > so it should be compatible. Would need to play around with it a little
> > more
> > > to know for sure.
> > >
> > > FWIW, the helix-ui module is in a fairly rough beginning state, so if
> > > there's interest in it maybe we could turn this thread into a
> discussion
> > > about features / improvements.
> > >
> > > We are currently evaluating Helix for use in several projects, and
> having
> > > a good community supported UI would be a big selling point.
> > >
> > > -Greg
> > >
> > > > On Jan 31, 2016, at 9:39 AM, kishore g <g....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Will this work in this scenario.
> > > > https://github.com/rvs-fluid-it/wizard-in-a-box
> > > >
> > > >> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Greg Brandt <brandt.greg@gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Hey Shaofeng,
> > > >>
> > > >> You can try using this helper class if you want to deploy the
> helix-ui
> > > in
> > > >> a war:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/helix/blob/master/helix-ui/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/ui/util/DropWizardApplicationRunner.java
> > > >>
> > > >> Since the helix-ui module is intended to be packaged and run as a
> > shaded
> > > >> jar from command line, you might have to be a little careful of
> > > dependency
> > > >> versions if your tomcat server has a complicated classpath.
> > > >>
> > > >> Also here is a link to the latest drop wizard configuration docs
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://dropwizard.github.io/dropwizard/0.7.1/docs/manual/configuration.html
> > > >>
> > > >> -Greg
> > > >>
> > > >>>> On Jan 31, 2016, at 6:08 AM, ShaoFeng Shi <shaofengshi@apache.org
> >
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Hello,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Just want to get some advice on how to run helix-ui in a Tomcat
> > > instance,
> > > >>> is there any doc or guidance? Our app already runs in a tomcat, if
> > > >> helix-ui
> > > >>> can be packaged as a standard war, that would be very easy for ship
> > and
> > > >>> deploy. I checked this page:
> > > >>> https://github.com/apache/helix/tree/master/helix-ui , but the
> > > >> “Dropwizard
> > > >>> Configuration Reference” link is reporting 404 error now.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Thanks for any suggestion!
> > > >>>
> > > >>> --
> > > >>> Best regards,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Shaofeng Shi
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>



-- 
Best regards,

Shaofeng Shi