[jboss-as7-dev] [Proposal] Create minimal distribution as generic service container

[Olaf Bergner]

Carlo, thanks for the pointers. I'll have a look at minimalistic build 
once my day job grants me sufficient time.

Am 04.09.12 10:24, schrieb Carlo de Wolf:
> Some time ago I introduced a build propery -Dminimalistic in the 
> build. This creates a stripped down AS which you talk about and it was 
> the base onto which Fedora JBoss AS was created.
>
> With a small patch it works again, see 
> https://github.com/wolfc/jboss-as/tree/minimalistic. Note that you 
> can't use ./build.sh as it add ts.smoke property by default, so run 
> mvn directly.
>
> jmx-remoting should be an optional module, but I have not looked too 
> deep.
>
> Carlo
>
> On 09/03/2012 10:04 PM, Olaf Bergner wrote:
>> Yes, that would be easy (I guess), and if I itended this to be a
>> solution just for ourselves, I would do that. My point is that this
>> proposed core/kernel distribution might be interesting as a product in
>> its own right. It's certainly not going to change the world or come
>> anywhere near JBoss AS 7's user base but there might be some
>> people/companies out there who could use it.
>>
>> Am 03.09.12 21:55, schrieb Ales Justin:
>>> What if you simply removed all sub-systems?
>>>
>>> On Sep 3, 2012, at 9:48 PM, Olaf Bergner <olaf.bergner at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> While I think that JBoss AS 7's architecture and implementation are
>>>> outstanding neither I nor the company I'm working for have a need 
>>>> for a
>>>> JEE container. What we *do* have a need for, though, is a robust,
>>>> performant, flexibel and manageable runtime for deploying our 
>>>> networked
>>>> services in. Having taken a look at JBoss AS 7's Modular Service
>>>> Container, its extension mechanism, its flexibel configuration 
>>>> model and
>>>> the fact that it's based on JBoss Modules I started to think that a
>>>> JBoss AS 7 distribution stripped down to its core just might fit 
>>>> the bill.
>>>>
>>>> Beyond creating that minimal distribution itself I think all it would
>>>> take is to add some documentation, especially on how to use the 
>>>> Modular
>>>> Service Container, something I couldn't find *any* documentation for.
>>>> Plus maybe a sample application or two. Provided someone in the know
>>>> volunteered to assist me I would be more than willing to provide 
>>>> those.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Olaf
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