[gatein-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (GTNPORTAL-2449) Can not start server when run script outside "bin" directory on JBoss 7

[Marko Strukelj (JIRA)]

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Marko Strukelj commented on GTNPORTAL-2449:
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This is actually a hack:

-Dexo.conf.dir=$PWD/../standalone/configuration/gatein -Dgatein.conf.dir=\\\${jboss.server.config.dir}/gatein

Both of these values refer to the same location on disk. Both have to be specified as system properties, none of them initializes itself to the value of the other as a fallback.
Also the code that uses exo.conf.dir doesn't resolve ${X} systax, while the code that used gatein.conf.dir does.

The gatein.conf.dir syntax is better as you remove a dependency on system variables.

The issue with the proposed patch is that now everyone using GateIn would have to set JBOSS_HOME environment property if I read this correctly, whereas until now this was not necessary.

In terms of ergonomics it's a step back ...

I think the proper way to fix this is to address the issues I described in the beginning, by:
- allowing using ${X} syntax to specify exo.conf.dir, or
- completely doing away with exo.conf.dir and only using gatein.conf.dir

In that case you don't need $PWD, nor $JBOSS_HOME any more.
I suspect there's enough mess around ConfigurationManager and exo.kernel.container code that fixing this is not completely trivial.

Short of that, $PWD should be automatically used if $JBOSS_HOME is not explicitly set.


                
> Can not start server when run script outside "bin" directory on JBoss 7
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: GTNPORTAL-2449
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/GTNPORTAL-2449
>             Project: GateIn Portal
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>            Reporter: Hai Nguyen
>         Attachments: GTNPORTAL-2449.patch
>
>
> In file bin/standalone.conf, I see the property "exo.conf.dir" which declared by $PWD/../standalone/configuration/gatein. So we can not start server if we stay where outside "bin" directory

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