[Hawkular-dev] Installer

[John Doyle]

EAP 7/WildFly 10 CLI can now modify the configuration w/o running the
server at all. Maybe that fits the bill.

~jd

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Thomas Segismont <tsegismo at redhat.com>
wrote:

> Totally agree with Mazz (with respect to the rabbit hole).
>
> Simple scripts for common install tasks (add-user/etc...) should be
> enough. And they should not require the server to be half-started but
> simply operate on files.
>
> Le 26/01/2016 22:47, John Mazzitelli a écrit :
> > After seeing the work involved in prior products' installers, it is my
> recommendation we do everything in our power to avoid writing a custom
> installer and to not worry about covering all customization/configuration
> possibilities.
> >
> > Perhaps we write a simple bash script that takes a few parameters and
> does a bunch of simple file manipulations to change standalone.xml, push
> files from here to there, that kind of thing. But unless we want to devote
> alot of time and resources to do it "right" let's try avoid writing an
> installer. That is a rabbit hole I don't think we should commit to going
> down right now.
> >
> > Just my $0.02 based on past experience.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> On 26 Jan 2016, at 14:25, John Doyle wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is ansible a viable technology for this?
> >>
> >> I am sure that we can supply playbooks for
> >> users that already use Ansible.
> >> I am not sure though that "requiring" Ansible
> >> to get a decent install / start experience is
> >> the way forward.
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