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Deployment

Packaging

The recommended way to deploy Pippo applications is as a normal executable application with an embedded web server.

In order to create a .zip file consisting of your application and its dependencies, complete the following steps:

  • Create a src/main/assembly/assembly.xml file with the following content:
<assembly>
    <id>app</id>
    <formats>
        <format>zip</format>
    </formats>
    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
    <dependencySets>
        <dependencySet>
            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
            <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
            <includes>
                <include>*:jar:*</include>
            </includes>
        </dependencySet>
    </dependencySets>
    <fileSets>
        <fileSet>
            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
            <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
            <includes>
                <include>*.jar</include>
            </includes>
            <excludes>
                <exclude>*-javadoc.jar</exclude>
                <exclude>*-sources.jar</exclude>
            </excludes>
        </fileSet>
    </fileSets>
</assembly>
  • Add the following to your pom.xml file:
<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.3</version>
            <configuration>
                <descriptors>
                    <descriptor>src/main/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor>
                </descriptors>
                <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>make-assembly</id>
                    <phase>package</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>attached</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.3.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <archive>
                    <manifest>
                        <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
                        <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
                        <mainClass>${main.class}</mainClass>
                    </manifest>
                </archive>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

  • Add <main.class>com.path.to.your.MainClass</main.class> to the properties element in your pom.xml, replacing the given path with one for the file containing your main method

  • Execute mvn clean package and view your packaged application at target/yourappname-#.#.#.zip

Deployment

  • Transfer the .zip file to your server
  • Unzip it
  • Execute java -jar yourappname-#.#.#.jar

Snapshot Workaround

If you are using a SNAPSHOT version of Pippo as described in the Maven section, a small workaround is necessary due to a Maven bug:

  • Add <outputFileNameMapping>${artifact.artifactId}-${artifact.baseVersion}${dashClassifier?}.${artifact.extension}</outputFileNameMapping> to the dependencySet element inside assembly.xml

  • Add <useUniqueVersions>false</useUniqueVersions> to the maven-jar-plugin’s manifest section inside pom.xml