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@spyrkob that's beyond the scope of this article but it would be great to be able to use prospero without having to build it from source. Could we add an executable binary whenever a new release of Prospero is created at https://github.com/wildfly-extras/prospero/releases? |
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@jmesnil thanks for the review, I updated the article and added a prospero release that the binary can be downloaded from |
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@jmesnil when you have a moment could you re-review this blog post please? |
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| title: "Installing additional feature packs in WildFly" | ||
| date: 2023-09-13 |
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| == Introduction | ||
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| In a previous article https://www.wildfly.org/news/2023/04/05/prospero/, you learnt how to install |
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| == Additional feature packs for WildFly | ||
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| Galleon feature packs provide a mechanism to extend WildFly server capabilities. An example of feature packs offered by the WildFly community are |
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| == Prerequisites | ||
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| 1. Download WildFly 29.0.1.Final and unzip it in `/tmp` folder: |
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should we update to WildFly 30?
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| - groupId: org.wildfly | ||
| artifactId: wildfly-datasources-galleon-pack | ||
| version: 5.0.0.Final |
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6.0.0.Final has been released last week
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| == Updating mariadb driver version | ||
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| Steps above installed a default version of MariaDB driver, but using prospero and wildfly channels we are able to udate that. |
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| Steps above installed a default version of MariaDB driver, but using prospero and wildfly channels we are able to udate that. | ||
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| First, let's add desired version of the driver to the datasources manifest: |
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| The detailed description of available configuration options can be found in the datasource feature pack documentation, | ||
| eg. https://github.com/wildfly-extras/wildfly-datasources-galleon-pack/blob/main/doc/mariadb/README.md#required-configuration[MariaDB configuration]. | ||
| Managing WildFly system properties is described in the https://docs.wildfly.org/16/Admin_Guide.html#properties-2[WildFly Admin Guide] |
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let's link to https://docs.wildfly.org/30/Admin_Guide.html instead :)
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| export MARIADB_USER=test |
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it might be worth noting that we did nothing about the host as localhost:3306 is the default
| In this article, we learned how to use Prospero to extend WildFly server with additional capabilities using feature packs. | ||
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| In particular we used https://github.com/wildfly-extras/wildfly-datasources-galleon-pack[wildfly-datasources-galleon-pack] to install | ||
| and update a MariaDB datasource, but the same technique can be used to install other feature packs provided by the community. |
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@jmesnil sorry, I should have updated the versions earlier. Renamed the blog file, and updated the versions to work with wildfly 30.0.0.Final/wildfly-datasources-galleon-pack 6.0.0.Final |
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@spyrkob thanks! |
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