Re: Has the Dust Settled in The Netbeans Glassfish V3 Gem Environment?

> Hi Paul,
>
> Paul Fraser wrote:
>> Netbeans JRuby Complete 200804011203  Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04
>> Installed Glassfish V3 plugin and Glassfish Version 3 Gem
>> Glassfish V3 does not appear in server list.
>
> Probably a bug, please file it against serverplugins/glassfish_v3 (it
> might get reassigned then to ruby/rails depending on where the root
> cause is).
>
>>
>> I am somewhat confused (again) as to the procedure for setting up a
>> system using glassfish v3 to serve JRuby Rails project developed in
>> Netbeans.
>> Goldspike, Warbler, Grizzly... how do they fit in. Then Tomcat,
>> Apache and what else !!
>>
>> Any assistance in this pursuit would be appreciated.
>> A simple listing of the procedure would be a delight...If in fact the
>> aim is achievable..at this time.
>
> I can understand the confusion, there is not that much info /
> documentation out there on these things yet. Arun Gupta has some very
> informative blog entries on deploying JRuby Rails applications to
> GlassFish, I'd recommend checking it out if you're not familiar with
> it yet:
>
> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/arungupta/ (you might want to search for
> Rails entries).
>
> This article is also a good read:
> http://developers.sun.com/appserver/reference/techart/rails_gf/
>
> Let me also try to summarize some of the above:
>
> If you want to deploy a JRuby Rails application to GlassFish, you have
> two options: 1) WAR-based mode and 2) directory based mode. If using
> the former mode, you need either GoldSpike or Warbler for creating a
> war file from your Rails application. If the former, you don't need
> either, you just point the server to the application directory.
>
> As for how this all works in NetBeans:
>
> For GlassFish V2, you need to create a war file and then deploy it
> manually. NetBeans bundles the GoldSpike plugin for creating the war
> file, deploying it means copying it to the autodeploy directory on the
> server.
>
> For V3, after installing the V3 plugin the server should be available
> in the list of servers and then using it is similar to using WEBrick /
> Mongrel. It will use the directory based mode, so there is no need to
> create a war file and no additional deployment step. If you're having
> troubles with this scenario, please do file issues so that we can
> resolve them. You can also deploy to V3 using the WAR based mode
> similarly as with V2 if you like.
>
> Apache and/or Tomcat don't need to be involved in any of this in any
> way - you can deploy WAR files to Tomcat too, and you can always front
> your server with Apache, but it is by no means necessary when using
> GlassFish.
>
> HTH,
> Erno