I would think so. See
From: "Jim McGuinness" <dador92(a)gmail.com>
To: "Farah Juma" <fjuma(a)redhat.com>
Cc: "WildFly Dev" <wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:50:01 AM
Subject: Re: [wildfly-dev] WildFly 8.1.0.CR1 on OpenShift
Is this the sort of thing that geard will address going forward?
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Farah Juma <fjuma(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > From: "Jim McGuinness" <dador92(a)gmail.com>
> > To: "Farah Juma" <fjuma(a)redhat.com>,
wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:10:02 AM
> > Subject: Re: [wildfly-dev] WildFly 8.1.0.CR1 on OpenShift
> >
> > Farah,
> >
> > I've been looking at this some more, and the marker for Java just toggles
> > back and forth between Java 6 and Java 7. If the Java 7 marker is not
> > present, then a cartridge just defaults back to Java 6.
> >
> > But you still have to have the version of Java installed on the gear in
> > order to toggle back and forth.
> >
> > Here are the contents of the /usr/lib/jvm directory on the gear where
> > OpenShift online installed my Wildfly 8.1
> > cartridge ...
> >
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Apr 22 13:19 java ->
> > /etc/alternatives/java_sdk
> > drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4.0K Feb 18 2013 java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 32 Apr 22 13:19 java-1.6.0 ->
> > /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_1.6.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Apr 22 13:19 java-1.6.0-openjdk ->
> > java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0
> > drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4.0K Apr 11 06:57 java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 32 Apr 22 13:18 java-1.7.0 ->
> > /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_1.7.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Apr 22 13:18 java-1.7.0-openjdk ->
> > java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.55
> > drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4.0K Feb 3 17:06 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.45
> > drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4.0K Apr 22 13:19 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.51
> > drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4.0K Apr 22 13:18 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.55
> > drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4.0K May 1 2013 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 34 Apr 22 13:19 java-openjdk ->
> > /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_openjdk
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 21 Apr 22 13:19 jre -> /etc/alternatives/jre
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Feb 18 2013 jre-1.5.0 ->
> > /etc/alternatives/jre_1.5.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Feb 18 2013 jre-1.5.0-gcj ->
> > java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Apr 22 13:19 jre-1.6.0 ->
> > /etc/alternatives/jre_1.6.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 30 Apr 22 13:19 jre-1.6.0-openjdk ->
> > java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/jre
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Apr 22 13:18 jre-1.7.0 ->
> > /etc/alternatives/jre_1.7.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 31 Apr 22 13:18 jre-1.7.0-openjdk ->
> > java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.55/jre
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Feb 18 2013 jre-gcj ->
> > /etc/alternatives/jre_gcj
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 29 Apr 22 13:19 jre-openjdk ->
> > /etc/alternatives/jre_openjdk
> >
> > I truly think the answer is that the gear needs to add Java 8 SE in order
> > for the Wildfly cartridge to be able to use it. And the Wildfly cartridge
> > will then need to be updated to respond to a Java 8 marker..
>
> That's correct. Since OpenShift hasn't yet made JDK 8 available though,
> the idea is to update the WildFly cartridge so that it installs JDK 8 on
> the gear.
>
> Farah
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Jim McGuinness <dador92(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Doesn't the marker just indicate the JDK version(s) used/usable by
the
> app
> > > (in this case wildfly)? The gear still has to have a JDK 8 installed
> > > doesn't it?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Farah Juma <fjuma(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> > From: "Jim McGuinness" <dador92(a)gmail.com>
> > >> > To: "Farah Juma" <fjuma(a)redhat.com>
> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 5:57:07 PM
> > >> > Subject: Re: [wildfly-dev] WildFly 8.1.0.CR1 on OpenShift
> > >> >
> > >> > Would it be better to create a JDK 8 cartridge which could be
> deployed
> > >> in
> > >> > the same gear as the Wildfly 8.1 cartridge? Ideally you'll
want to
> use
> > >> the
> > >> > JDK 8 for more than just Wildfly.
> > >>
> > >> Support for different JDK versions is added using marker files (e.g.,
> > >> this post describes how JDK7 support was added:
> > >>
>
https://www.openshift.com/blogs/new-openshift-release-aug-8-2012-java-7-c...
> > >> ).
> > >>
> > >> > Is the gear's lack of a JDK 8 caused by the requirements of
SELinux?
> > >>
> > >> It just hasn't been added by OpenShift yet.
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Farah Juma
<fjuma(a)redhat.com>
> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > OpenShift hasn't added support for JDK8 yet but it
should be
> possible
> > >> for
> > >> > > us to add it into the WildFly cartridge. I'll look into
this.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Farah
> > >> > >
> > >> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >> > > > From: "Tomaž Cerar"
<tomaz.cerar(a)gmail.com>
> > >> > > > To: "Farah Juma" <fjuma(a)redhat.com>
> > >> > > > Cc: "WildFly Dev"
<wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org>
> > >> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 3:22:45 PM
> > >> > > > Subject: Re: [wildfly-dev] WildFly 8.1.0.CR1 on
OpenShift
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Great news!
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Btw, did you manage to add support for JDK8 yet?
> > >> > > > Not sure how far is openshift in this area but it would
be
> great if
> > >> we
> > >> > > > would have JDK8 with WildFly on OpenShift.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > --
> > >> > > > tomaz
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Farah Juma
<fjuma(a)redhat.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > > Since WildFly 8.1.0.CR1 was released last week,
the OpenShift
> > >> WildFly
> > >> > > > > cartridge has been updated as well.
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > See
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > >
> > >>
>
https://community.jboss.org/people/fjuma/blog/2014/04/22/wildfly-810cr1-o...
> > >> > > > > more details on how to get started. Please try it
out and
> provide
> > >> > > > > feedback.
> > >> > > > >
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