[wildfly-dev] [wildfly-swarm-internal] Updating WildFly instance with the Provisioning Tool

[Alexey Loubyansky]

In the case of the provisioning tools, we don't generate module.xml files.
Modules are provided by the developers/build process. We provide the
mechanism to generate packages from the modules and then the feature-pack.
When a feature-pack is generated, we know which other feature-packs it
depends on. Then when we generate a package from a module we process the
module dependencies and figure out on which package(s) from which
feature-pack(s) the package we generate should depend on.

I am still not sure whether that answers your question since it's
formulated in the context of Swarm and I have a trouble translating it into
the context of the feature-pack-based provisioning. I am interested in
covering your requirements though. So if it makes sense to you let's
continue the discussion or schedule a call to clear things out.

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 7:23 PM, Scott Stark <sstark at redhat.com> wrote:

> Correct. Starting from a pom that contains the artifact dependencies, how
> to translate this into an appropriate module.xml for the output fraction is
> a trial and error process currently. Does the information exist so that one
> could go from GAV and/or package names dependencies to the module that
> provides said dependencies from amongst a set of wildfly feature pack?
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Bob McWhirter <bmcwhirt at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> I think the issue (at least as I’ve found it) is that we either:
>>
>> a) scrub around in existing feature-packs and modules/ directory to
>> determine if there’s a module.xml matching the thing and version we need or
>>
>> b) hand-author a module.xml based upon pom.xml, adding a chance to mess
>> things up.
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Alexey Loubyansky <
>> alexey.loubyansky at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's not exactly clear to me what issue you are describing. But I can
>>> provide some basic info on how feature-packs are authored for the wildfly
>>> releases (core, servlet, full). Perhaps then you could ask a more specific
>>> question.
>>>
>>> A feature-pack represents a specific release. So there will be a
>>> feature-pack for the core, another one for the servlet distribution and
>>> another one for the full one. In feature-packs, modules are organized into
>>> packages (which is an atomic unit of content possibly with dependencies on
>>> other packages from the same or another feature-pack).
>>> When a feature-pack is generated, the packages are generated from the
>>> modules. Each module becomes are package in a feature-pack. And module
>>> dependencies become package dependencies. Is it any close to the issue you
>>> described?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 1:51 AM, Scott Stark <sstark at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interesting.
>>>>
>>>> It brings up a discussion point I have been meaning to raise across the
>>>> Wildfly and Wildfly-Swarm teams regarding tools for the step before this
>>>> assembly step of feature-packs and fractions into a distributable archive.
>>>>
>>>> The issue I have seen is that when authoring a feature-pack or
>>>> fraction, it is difficult to know how to configure the module dependencies.
>>>> One is often starting with GAV dependencies from a spec, and it is
>>>> difficult to know how those map onto modules in existing feature-packs for
>>>> fractions. Do we have any tooling in this area to make this task not a
>>>> trial and error effort?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 7:34 AM, Emmanuel Hugonnet <ehugonne at redhat.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> For those who can take 7'26 of their time to look at what we can do
>>>>> with the new provisioning tool to build and share custom feature packs.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/84133sgsjef7pqs/feature_pack.mp4?dl=0
>>>>>
>>>>>
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