jar-deployer

Simple bash script used to deploy JAR packaged applications with restart capability

It was written for a really specific usage, therefore some drawbacks exist, the main one being:

• JAR file must be in the same directory as the script

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What IS supported

Restart

Restart option is also supported. It comes handy if you also want to restart JAR file once copied.

If enabled JAR file is executed with restart command:

my_jar_file.jar restart

One scenario where restart command si supported OOTB is if JAR file represents Spring Boot application that runs as a service. Read more.

Usage

Parameters

Parameter	Description
-n name	Name of JAR (including .jar extension)
-r restart	Restart jar once deployed
-t target	Set predefined target
-s SSH target	Set SSH target, -t is then used for path to directory, see examples below
-h help	Help

Examples

Copy + restart

Instructions:

• JAR named: my_jar_name.jar
• to host: my_host
• as user: usr
• to directory: /home/usr/path/to/dir
• and restart it

Execution:

./deploy_jar -n my_jar_name.jar -s usr@my_host -t /home/usr/path/to/dir -r

Copy to predefined target

Instructions:

• JAR named: my_jar_name.jar
• to predefined target target_1

Predefined target target_1 must be configured in script itself

Execution:

./deploy_jar -n my_jar_name.jar -t target_1