[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-13208) Allow custom 'standalone' mode directory in AS7 server plugin

why not make all the various system properties base, configuration etc. part of the API instead of just adding it for base dir

Allow custom 'standalone' mode directory in AS7 server plugin ------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBIDE-13208 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-13208 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Feature Request Components: server Environment: Mac OS-X 10.8.2, Java 6, Java 7, JBoss AS 7.x, JBoss EAP 6, JBDS 5.0.1 Reporter: Duncan Doyle Assignee: Rob Stryker Labels: f2f2012, new_and_noteworthy Fix For: 4.2.0.Alpha1 As with JBoss EAP5.x, I have the habit of working in a copy of a 'profile' directory. With JBoss AS7/EAP6 I therefore work in copies of 'standalone' and 'domain' (depending on the operational mode). When I start AS/EAP, I reference the correct server directory with the 'jboss.server.base.dir' or 'jboss.domain.base.dir' system property. This allows me, among other things, to run multiple AS/EAP instances from a single JBoss AS/EAP installation. It seems that the JBDS AS7 plugin only allows me to reference the default 'standalone' directory. I'm not able to select a different directory in the 'JBoss Runtime' configuration screen. I would propose to add the possibility to start a JBoss AS7/EAP6 instance from a different directory than 'standalone'.