[wildfly-dev] WildFly 8.1.0.CR1 on OpenShift

Wed Apr 23 11:13:24 EDT 2014

I would think so. See https://www.openshift.com/content/support-for-jdk-8.

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim McGuinness" <dador92 at gmail.com>
> To: "Farah Juma" <fjuma at redhat.com>
> Cc: "WildFly Dev" <wildfly-dev at 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 at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > > From: "Jim McGuinness" <dador92 at gmail.com>
> > > To: "Farah Juma" <fjuma at redhat.com>, wildfly-dev at 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 at 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 at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> > From: "Jim McGuinness" <dador92 at gmail.com>
> > > >> > To: "Farah Juma" <fjuma at 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-cakephp-origin-updates-and-more
> > > >> ).
> > > >>
> > > >> > 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 at 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 at gmail.com>
> > > >> > > > To: "Farah Juma" <fjuma at redhat.com>
> > > >> > > > Cc: "WildFly Dev" <wildfly-dev at 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 at 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-on-openshiftfor
> > > >> > > > > more details on how to get started. Please try it out and
> > provide
> > > >> > > > > feedback.
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > >> > > > > wildfly-dev mailing list
> > > >> > > > > wildfly-dev at lists.jboss.org
> > > >> > > > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/wildfly-dev
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > _______________________________________________
> > > >> > > wildfly-dev mailing list
> > > >> > > wildfly-dev at lists.jboss.org
> > > >> > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/wildfly-dev
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>