Deploying ofbiz

Hello,

So far, I've been running ofbiz as acquired from svn containing the source and all.  How would I compile the ofbiz project into a deployable JAR (or WAR, EAR, etc) minus the source and other unnecessary files so that it could be easily deployed on another computer.

Thanks

Having read previous postings, I've come to the following conclusion:

1. Ofbiz comes in one huge directory tree and should be deployed as such.  If one wants to deploy a lighter Ofbiz directory tree, then one would have to manually delete the code, build.xml, etc or write an ANT script. Zip it up and copied to another computer. Where it is unzipped and /ofbiz-root/startofbiz.bat or /ofbiz-root/startofbiz.sh is run (depending on whether you're on a Windows box of a Linux box).

2. Ofbiz by default runs on Tomcat as a standalone server with the aid of Coyote.  Considering deployment of ofbiz in another servlet container or application server would require a lot of work (configuration/coding???). In short, "let sleeping dogs lie".

3. I am assuming that Ofbiz provides support for running on Orion and Weblogic based on the presence of the following subdir. (I still don't know how they're supposed to be used though)
        .../ofbiz-root/framework/appserver/template/orion202
        .../ofbiz-root/framework/appserver/template/weblogic81

If anyone has a comment about this, please let me know.

Yin T wrote

Hello,

So far, I've been running ofbiz as acquired from svn containing the source and all.  How would I compile the ofbiz project into a deployable JAR (or WAR, EAR, etc) minus the source and other unnecessary files so that it could be easily deployed on another computer.

Thanks

[BJ Freeman]

Here is more information:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Documentation+Index

1)Basically correct. Depending on what your requirements, not much work
has to be done to deactivate components. You can use a export function
to have a clean copy with no svn files.  This can also be done by a
script. You might want also to consider how you going to keep updated
with the bug fixes or enhancements in the trunk or if you are going to
use the branch 4.0 which is the most stable.
depending how your modification the startofbiz script may not work. you
would have to provide your own.

2)Yes ofbiz has its own embedded tomcat (catalina) server. Currently
there is a apache connector to ofbiz Container. I am not familiar with
orion or weblogic.



Yin T sent the following on 1/6/2008 9:14 AM:

> Having read previous postings, I've come to the following conclusion:
>
> 1. Ofbiz comes in one huge directory tree and should be deployed as such.
> If one wants to deploy a lighter Ofbiz directory tree, then one would have
> to manually delete the code, build.xml, etc or write an ANT script. Zip it
> up and copied to another computer. Where it is unzipped and
> /ofbiz-root/startofbiz.bat or /ofbiz-root/startofbiz.sh is run (depending on
> whether you're on a Windows box of a Linux box).
>
> 2. Ofbiz by default runs on Tomcat as a standalone server with the aid of
> Coyote.  Considering deployment of ofbiz in another servlet container or
> application server would require a lot of work (configuration/coding???). In
> short, "let sleeping dogs lie".
>
> 3. I am assuming that Ofbiz provides support for running on Orion and
> Weblogic based on the presence of the following subdir. (I still don't know
> how they're supposed to be used though)
> .../ofbiz-root/framework/appserver/template/orion202
> .../ofbiz-root/framework/appserver/template/weblogic81
>
> If anyone has a comment about this, please let me know.
>
>
>
> Yin T wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> So far, I've been running ofbiz as acquired from svn containing the source
>> and all.  How would I compile the ofbiz project into a deployable JAR (or
>> WAR, EAR, etc) minus the source and other unnecessary files so that it
>> could be easily deployed on another computer.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>

Would you know what version of Tomcat is currently embedded into Ofbiz?

BJ Freeman wrote

Here is more information:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Documentation+Index

1)Basically correct. Depending on what your requirements, not much work
has to be done to deactivate components. You can use a export function
to have a clean copy with no svn files.  This can also be done by a
script. You might want also to consider how you going to keep updated
with the bug fixes or enhancements in the trunk or if you are going to
use the branch 4.0 which is the most stable.
depending how your modification the startofbiz script may not work. you
would have to provide your own.

2)Yes ofbiz has its own embedded tomcat (catalina) server. Currently
there is a apache connector to ofbiz Container. I am not familiar with
orion or weblogic.



Yin T sent the following on 1/6/2008 9:14 AM:
> Having read previous postings, I've come to the following conclusion:
>
> 1. Ofbiz comes in one huge directory tree and should be deployed as such.
> If one wants to deploy a lighter Ofbiz directory tree, then one would have
> to manually delete the code, build.xml, etc or write an ANT script. Zip it
> up and copied to another computer. Where it is unzipped and
> /ofbiz-root/startofbiz.bat or /ofbiz-root/startofbiz.sh is run (depending on
> whether you're on a Windows box of a Linux box).
>
> 2. Ofbiz by default runs on Tomcat as a standalone server with the aid of
> Coyote.  Considering deployment of ofbiz in another servlet container or
> application server would require a lot of work (configuration/coding???). In
> short, "let sleeping dogs lie".
>
> 3. I am assuming that Ofbiz provides support for running on Orion and
> Weblogic based on the presence of the following subdir. (I still don't know
> how they're supposed to be used though)
> .../ofbiz-root/framework/appserver/template/orion202
> .../ofbiz-root/framework/appserver/template/weblogic81
>
> If anyone has a comment about this, please let me know.
>
>
>
> Yin T wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> So far, I've been running ofbiz as acquired from svn containing the source
>> and all.  How would I compile the ofbiz project into a deployable JAR (or
>> WAR, EAR, etc) minus the source and other unnecessary files so that it
>> could be easily deployed on another computer.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>

[BJ Freeman]

Apache Tomcat/5.5.20 in the trunk.
you can run the trunk and branch version and the tomcat version is in
the log.

Yin T sent the following on 1/6/2008 10:39 AM:

> Would you know what version of Tomcat is currently embedded into Ofbiz?
>
>
>
> BJ Freeman wrote:
>> Here is more information:
>> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Documentation+Index
>>
>> 1)Basically correct. Depending on what your requirements, not much work
>> has to be done to deactivate components. You can use a export function
>> to have a clean copy with no svn files.  This can also be done by a
>> script. You might want also to consider how you going to keep updated
>> with the bug fixes or enhancements in the trunk or if you are going to
>> use the branch 4.0 which is the most stable.
>> depending how your modification the startofbiz script may not work. you
>> would have to provide your own.
>>
>> 2)Yes ofbiz has its own embedded tomcat (catalina) server. Currently
>> there is a apache connector to ofbiz Container. I am not familiar with
>> orion or weblogic.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yin T sent the following on 1/6/2008 9:14 AM:
>>> Having read previous postings, I've come to the following conclusion:
>>>
>>> 1. Ofbiz comes in one huge directory tree and should be deployed as such.
>>> If one wants to deploy a lighter Ofbiz directory tree, then one would
>>> have
>>> to manually delete the code, build.xml, etc or write an ANT script. Zip
>>> it
>>> up and copied to another computer. Where it is unzipped and
>>> /ofbiz-root/startofbiz.bat or /ofbiz-root/startofbiz.sh is run (depending
>>> on
>>> whether you're on a Windows box of a Linux box).
>>>
>>> 2. Ofbiz by default runs on Tomcat as a standalone server with the aid of
>>> Coyote.  Considering deployment of ofbiz in another servlet container or
>>> application server would require a lot of work (configuration/coding???).
>>> In
>>> short, "let sleeping dogs lie".
>>>
>>> 3. I am assuming that Ofbiz provides support for running on Orion and
>>> Weblogic based on the presence of the following subdir. (I still don't
>>> know
>>> how they're supposed to be used though)
>>> .../ofbiz-root/framework/appserver/template/orion202
>>> .../ofbiz-root/framework/appserver/template/weblogic81
>>>
>>> If anyone has a comment about this, please let me know.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yin T wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> So far, I've been running ofbiz as acquired from svn containing the
>>>> source
>>>> and all.  How would I compile the ofbiz project into a deployable JAR
>>>> (or
>>>> WAR, EAR, etc) minus the source and other unnecessary files so that it
>>>> could be easily deployed on another computer.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>
>>
>