Re: [Hawkular-dev] Installer

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(a)redhat.com&gt; 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. > > _______________________________________________ > > hawkular-dev mailing list > > hawkular-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hawkular-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > hawkular-dev mailing list > hawkular-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hawkular-dev >