Guide to Install Continuum on JBoss

Instructions for installing, deploying, configuring Continuum for the Jetty. Tested with JBoss 4.2.2.GA and 4.0.5.GA.

Sections:

Datasource Configuration

  • Copy derby-10.1.3.1.jar into $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/lib/
  • Create a jdbc deployment configuration file named derby-continuum-ds.xml in $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy with the following contents:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <datasources>
      <local-tx-datasource>
         <!-- The jndi name of the DataSource, it is prefixed with java:/ -->
         <!-- Datasources are not available outside the virtual machine -->
         <jndi-name>continuum</jndi-name>
         <!-- for in-process persistent db, saved when jboss stops. The
         org.jboss.jdbc.DerbyDatabase mbean is necessary for properly db shutdown -->
         <connection-url>jdbc:derby:../database/continuum;create=true</connection-url>
         <!-- The driver class -->
         <driver-class>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</driver-class>
         <!-- The login and password -->
         <user-name>sa</user-name>
         <password></password>
         <!-- The minimum connections in a pool/sub-pool. Pools are lazily constructed on first use -->
         <min-pool-size>5</min-pool-size>
         <!-- The maximum connections in a pool/sub-pool -->
         <max-pool-size>20</max-pool-size>
         <!-- The time before an unused connection is destroyed -->
         <idle-timeout-minutes>5</idle-timeout-minutes>
         <!-- Whether to check all statements are closed when the connection is returned to the pool,
              this is a debugging feature that should be turned off in production -->
         <track-statements/>
      </local-tx-datasource>
    </datasources>
    
  • Create a jdbc deployment configuration file named derby-users-ds.xml in $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy with the following contents:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <datasources>
      <local-tx-datasource>
         <!-- The jndi name of the DataSource, it is prefixed with java:/ -->
         <!-- Datasources are not available outside the virtual machine -->
         <jndi-name>users</jndi-name>
         <!-- for in-process persistent db, saved when jboss stops. The
         org.jboss.jdbc.DerbyDatabase mbean is necessary for properly db shutdown -->
         <connection-url>jdbc:derby:../database/users;create=true</connection-url>
         <!-- The driver class -->
         <driver-class>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</driver-class>
         <!-- The login and password -->
         <user-name>sa</user-name>
         <password></password>
         <!-- The minimum connections in a pool/sub-pool. Pools are lazily constructed on first use -->
         <min-pool-size>5</min-pool-size>
         <!-- The maximum connections in a pool/sub-pool -->
         <max-pool-size>20</max-pool-size>
         <!-- The time before an unused connection is destroyed -->
         <idle-timeout-minutes>5</idle-timeout-minutes>
         <!-- Whether to check all statements are closed when the connection is returned to the pool,
              this is a debugging feature that should be turned off in production -->
         <track-statements/>
      </local-tx-datasource>
    </datasources>
    

    With ../database used for the derby db path, databases will be created into $JBOSS_HOME

Mail Configuration

Edit $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/mail-service.xml

Install Continuum

To Install Continuum, you'll need the Continuum war.

Extract the Continuum war into $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/continuum.war

Start Jetty

To start Jetty, you'll need to use $JETTY_HOME/etc/jetty.xml and $JETTY_HOME/etc/jetty-plus.xml due to the datasources and mail configuration.

Continuum Configuration

By default, the 'working directory ' and the 'build output directory ' are stored under the WEB-INF directory. If you want to change them (necessary on Windows due to the path length limitation), you can configure them in the Configuration page .

By default, Continuum logs are stored into $appserver.base /logs/ . appserver.base is a system property. If you don't define it in the jboss startup script, it will be empty, so the Continuum logs directory will be at the root of your disk. If you want to use an other location, you should modify $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/continuum.war/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.xml