I need to create an Installer for my company's product. Can anyone please suggest some tools to start with.
Requirements are:
Support for copying/editing/extracting etc
Support for Ant based targets
Support for adding custom Java code in the workflow
If JRE can be bundled along.
Need to bundle following application server: JBoss, Weblogic, Websphere
Cross platform support (Win/Linux/Solaris)
Support 32-bit and 64-bit platforms
Cloud support - To check for upgrades, download and install. Check for available patches etc.
Customizable by customers for adding their custom changes
Suggestions please.
Regards,
I have used Opsware (now HP)before, but it's not free. It will basically kick off RPMs or batch scripts to do the job. But you can simply create those without the product.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opsware
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I am working with WSO2 Integration Studio 6.5.0 and encountered mysterious behavior when trying to configure proxy. On one of the computers everything works fine, permitting to add new mediators to the canvas.
The same version in Integration Studio, configured with the same version of JDK (10.0), used on another computer does not permit to add mediators to the canvas.
I have verified the identity of the Eclipse, Java and system configuration to the possible extent and could not find any differences.
I will need to make the development environment available for a wider group of developers, so being able to port it to other computers is important.
I shall appreciate any hypotheses and recommendations.
Resolved - just add option:
-Dswt.autoScale=100
to IntegratioStudio.ini.
My current task in the company is to implement IVY dependency management.
Now I hit the following libraries that I couldn't find in usual Maven repositories, such as http://mvnrepository.com:
com.ibm.mq.jar
com.ibm.mq.pcf.jar
...
and so forth (they are all with the prefix: com.ibm.mq).
I could found them on a separated website: http://www.java2s.com/
But it's not Maven compatible.
So, where could I found those? What's the best solution to overcome this?
I'm thinking, uploading them manually to the team nexus. But is this the usual procedure in such cases?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Best place to find those is directly from IBM. Please see this answer for the different versions of the WMQ Java/JMS client available.
As for the best way to package these, please be aware that if you want IBM to support them you need to install the client code rather than just bundling in the jar files. The reason IBM is reluctant to support non-standard installs should concern you as well if the app is to be installed in Production. The full client includes considerable additional functionality such as diagnostics, trace functions, crypto libs, JSSE, etc. In addition, it is the only install against which you can apply IBM's maintenance.
If you install the jars from a 3rd party site such as the one linked above, do you even know what version they are? Has any of the maintenance been applied? Have the latest patches been applied? Since IBM only distributes the full client, and OEMs are not authorized to distribute the jar files except as part of their application, any site offering the WMQ jar files is by definition pirating them.
I realize that requiring you to do the full client install is considered burdensome when you are used to being able to just grab some jars and go. On the other hand, if you don't need support then you might install the WMQ Client on a VM somewhere, keep it up to date and grab the jar files from there. That way you have a known-good set of files that are all in sync and to which you can apply maintenance.
If you'd like to suggest to IBM that they need a lighter-weight Java solution, feel free to raise the requirement (or vote on it if it already exists) at the IBM Request For Enhancement (RFE) Community.
I'm developing a project in C# using VS2010. I'm using svn 1.7 for my version control. What I want is a (FREE) tool that runs on the build server and checks for fresh commits. If the commit breaks the trunk then I want email notifications sent (I have a sendmail openbsd server on the network I can use). I also want this tool (or another tool) to run all my MSTest tests periodically and send emails if there is a failed test.
Any suggestions? I already built my own crude windows service to check for failed builds. But this was before I heard that tools for this sort of thing already exist. I could easily have this thing run all my tests with mstest.exe and then parse the xml results files, but I'm wondering if my time would be better spent just installing and configuring a proper tool for all of this.
There will be at most 4 developers.
Thanks in advance for the help!
I have some experience with TeamCity and Hudson/Jenkins.
I found TeamCity fairly easy to setup and it seems to meet your needs of:
MSTest integration out of the box
Email notifications
TeamCity is free for up to 20 build configurations and has an easy to use Web/GUI interface.
Have a look at CruiseControl.Net
built in support for Subversion
no limits on number of build configurations
email notifications using the 'Email Publisher'
web interface and desktop build notifications via CCTray
i am interested in creating a setup tool for our business application which is based on a Windows Service and some WF4 workflows, currently hosted in IIS/AppFabric.
As long as i want to provide the best possible installing experience to our customers, I want to include IIS and Appfabric Setup Prerequirements as well as a WindowsService application into one Application-Setup Project.
Is there a proper way of doing this? Can someone give me some Links and/or Tips?
best regards,
Chris
The standard approach is to build a Deployment Package and import that into IIS. Is uses Web Deploy, see http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9278654 for more details.
For client deployment using a setup project, I've been a fan of using WIX and an automated build script (MSBuild or Nant) in the past. It allows me the flexibility to script the build of the setup.exe, allowing me to make the changes I need (connection strings) in advance of deploying; leaving the entire process (regardless of environment [dev, prod, QC]) scriptable and automated.
For deploying the workflow components, its as simple as xcopy deployment which, like the above, is easily scriptable and automatable.
I would like to create installer for Eclipse RCP application. What is the best way to do this?
It is possible?
Eclipse Platform Version: 3.6.1
In a plug-in project, create a product configuration.
Configure it. On the Dependencies tab, the "Add required plug-ins" button is your friend.
Build the product -- e.g., through the "Exporting" section on the Overview tab.
Once it's built, you can build an installer with a third-party install tool compatible with the target operating system/s.
More detail is provided in the Eclipse FAQ under "How do I create an Eclipse product?"
There are two solutions that I know should make the job of creating an installer easy:
EclipseNSIS - which is windows-only
Use Pulse OneInstall - which seems to be cross-platform.
I have not used either of the above, but have been researching them as well. Both should have wizards that guide your through the above.