ci.ant

Collection of Ant tasks for managing WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile and applications.

• Build
• Configuration
• Tasks

Build

Use Maven 2.x or 3.x to build the Ant tasks.

• mvn install : builds the Ant tasks.
• mvn install -DwlpInstallDir=<liberty_install_directory> : builds the Ant tasks and runs the integration tests.
  • Liberty Profile installation is required to run the integration tests.

Configuration

To use the Liberty Ant tasks in your build scripts you need to:

1. Declare the antlib namespace in your build.xml file:

    <project xmlns:wlp="antlib:net.wasdev.wlp.ant">
    </project>
   

2. Make Liberty Ant tasks available in your build script by:

• Copying wlp-anttasks.jar into $ANT_HOME/lib directory, or

• Using the typedef task to load the Liberty tasks, for example:

       <typedef resource="net/wasdev/wlp/ant/antlib.xml" 
                uri="antlib:net.wasdev.wlp.ant" 
                classpath="target/wlp-anttasks.jar"/>
  

  The latest build of wlp-anttasks.jar can be obtained from the Sonatype OSS Maven snapshot repository.

Tasks

install-liberty task

---

The install-liberty task is used to download and install Liberty profile server. The task can download the Liberty runtime archive from a specified location (via runtimeUrl) or automatically resolve it from the Liberty repository based on a version.

The Liberty license code must always be set in order to install the runtime. If you are installing Liberty from the Liberty repository, you can obtain the license code by reading the current license and looking for the D/N: <license code> line. Otherwise, download the runtime archive and execute java -jar wlp*runtime.jar --viewLicenseInfo command and look for the D/N: <license code> line.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
licenseCode	Liberty profile license code. See above.	Yes
version	Exact or wildcard version of the Liberty profile server to install. Available versions are listed in the index.yml file. Only used if runtimeUrl is not set. The default value is 8.5.+.	No
runtimeUrl	URL to the Liberty profile's wlp*runtime.jar. If not set, the Liberty repository will be used to find the Liberty runtime archive.	No
baseDir	The base installation directory. The actual installation directory of Liberty profile will be ${baseDir}/wlp. The default value is . (current working directory).	No
cacheDir	The directory used for caching downloaded files such as the license or .jar files. The default value is ${java.io.tmpdir}/wlp-cache.	No
username	Username needed for basic authentication.	No
password	Password needed for basic authentication.	No
maxDownloadTime	Maximum time in seconds the download can take. The default value is 0 (no maximum time).	No

Examples

<!-- Install using Liberty repository -->
<wlp:install-server licenseCode="<license code>" />

<!-- Install from a specific location -->
<wlp:install-server licenseCode="<license code>" runtimeUrl="<url to runtime.jar>"/>

server task

---

The server task supports the following operations:

• create - creates a named server instance.
• start - starts the named server instance in background. If the server instance does not exist, this option creates one by default.
• run - start the named service instance in foreground. If the server instance does not exist, this option creates one by default.
• stop - stops the named server.
• status - checks the server status.
• package - packages the named server and its deployed applications.
• dump - dump diagnostic information from the named server into an archive.
• javadump - dump diagnostic information from the named server JVM.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
installDir	Location of the Liberty profile server installation.	Yes
serverName	Name of the Liberty profile server instance. The default value is defaultServer.	No
userDir	Value of the ${wlp_user_dir} variable. The default value is ${installDir}/usr/.	No
outputDir	Value of the ${wlp_output_dir} variable. The default value is ${installDir}/usr/servers/${serverName}.	No
operation	Server operations available as options: create, start, stop, status, package, dump, and javadump.	Yes
clean	Clean all cached information on server start up. The default value is false. Only used with the start operation.	No
timeout	Waiting time before the server starts. The default value is 30 seconds. The unit is milliseconds. Only used with the start operation.	No
include	A comma-delimited list of values. The valid values vary depending on the operation. For the package operation the valid values are all, usr, and minify. For the dump operation the valid values are heap, system, and thread. For the javadump operation the valid values are heap and system.	No.
archive	Location of the target archive file. Only used with the package or dump operations.	No
template	Name of the template to use when creating a new server. Only used with the create operation.	No
resultProperty	Name of a property in which the server status will be stored. By default the server status will be stored under wlp.<serverName>.status property. Only used with the status operation.	No
ref	Reference to an existing server task definition to reuse its server configuration. The value can be null when other required attributes are set.	No

Examples

<wlp:server id="wlp.ant.test" installDir="${wlp_install_dir}" operation="start" 
        serverName="${serverName}" userDir="${wlp_usr}" outputDir="${wlp_output}" />

<wlp:server ref="wlp.ant.test" operation="status"/>

deploy task

---

The deploy task supports deployment of one or more applications to the Liberty Profile server.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
installDir	Location of the Liberty profile server installation.	Yes
serverName	Name of the Liberty profile server instance. The default value is defaultServer.	No
userDir	Value of the ${wlp_user_dir} variable. The default value is ${installDir}/usr/servers/${serverName}.	No
outputDir	Value of the ${wlp_output_dir} variable. The default value is ${installDir}/usr/servers/${serverName}.	No
file	Location of a single application to be deployed. See file attribute in Apache Ant. The application type can be war, ear, rar, eba, zip , or jar.	Yes, only when the fileset attribute is not specified.
fileset	Location of multiple applications to be deployed. See fileset attribute in Apache Ant.	Yes, only when the file attribute is not specified.
timeout	Waiting time before the deployment completes successfully. The default value is 30 seconds. The unit is milliseconds.	No
ref	Reference to an existing server task definition to reuse its server configuration. The value can be null when other required attributes are set.	No

Examples

<wlp:deploy ref="wlp.ant.test" >
   <fileset dir="${basedir}/resources/">
         <include name="**/*.war"/>                
   </fileset>
</wlp:deploy>

<wlp:deploy ref="wlp.ant.test" file="${basedir}/resources/SimpleOSGiApp.eba"  timeout="40000"/>

undeploy task

---

The undeploy task supports undeployment of a single application from the Liberty Profile server.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
installDir	Location of the Liberty profile server installation.	Yes
serverName	Name of the Liberty profile server instance. The default value is defaultServer.	No
userDir	Value of the ${wlp_user_dir} variable. The default value is ${installDir}/usr/servers/${serverName}.	No
outputDir	Value of the ${wlp_output_dir} variable. The default value is ${installDir}/usr/servers/${serverName}.	No
timeout	Waiting time before the undeployment completes successfully. The default value is 30 seconds. The unit is milliseconds.	No
ref	Reference to an existing server task definition to reuse its server configuration. The value can be null when other required attributes are set.	No

Examples

<wlp:undeploy ref="wlp.ant.test" file="SimpleOSGiApp.eba" timeout="60000" />

install-feature task

---

The install-feature task installs a feature packaged as a Subsystem Archive (ESA file) to the Liberty runtime.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
installDir	Location of the Liberty profile server installation.	Yes
serverName	Name of the Liberty profile server instance. The default value is defaultServer.	No
userDir	Value of the ${wlp_user_dir} variable. The default value is ${installDir}/usr/servers/${serverName}.	No
outputDir	Value of the ${wlp_output_dir} variable. The default value is ${installDir}/usr/servers/${serverName}.	No
acceptLicense	Accept feature license terms and conditions. The default value is false.	No
whenFileExits	Specifies the action to take if a file to be installed already exits. Use fail to abort the installation, ignore to continue the installation and ignore the file that exists, and replace to overwrite the existing file.	No
to	Specifies feature installation location. Set to usr to install as a user feature. Otherwise, set it to any configured product extension location. The default value is usr.	No
name	Specifies the name of the Subsystem Archive (ESA file) to be installed. The name can a feature name, a file name or a URL.	Yes

Examples

<wlp:install-feature installDir="${wlp_install_dir}" name="mongodb-2.0" whenFileExists="ignore" acceptLicense="true"/>