salt.states.jboss7

Manage JBoss 7 Application Server via CLI interface

New in version 2015.5.0.

This state uses jboss-cli.sh script from JBoss installation and parses its output to determine execution result.

In order to run each state, jboss_config dictionary with the following properties must be passed:

jboss:
   cli_path: '/opt/jboss/jboss-7.0/bin/jboss-cli.sh'
   controller: 10.11.12.13:9999
   cli_user: 'jbossadm'
   cli_password: 'jbossadm'

If controller doesn't require password, then passing cli_user and cli_password parameters is not obligatory.

Example of application deployment:

application_deployed:
 jboss7.deployed:
  - artifact:
      artifactory_url: http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory
      repository: 'ext-release-local'
      artifact_id: 'webcomponent'
      group_id: 'com.company.application'
      packaging: 'war'
      version: '0.1'
      target_dir: '/tmp'
   - jboss_config:
      cli_path: '/opt/jboss/jboss-7.0/bin/jboss-cli.sh'
      controller: 10.11.12.13:9999
      cli_user: 'jbossadm'
      cli_password: 'jbossadm'

Since same dictionary with configuration will be used in all the states, it is much more convenient to move jboss configuration and other properties to pillar. For example, configuration of jboss server, artifactory address and application version could be moved to pillars:

application_deployed:
 jboss7.deployed:
  - artifact:
      artifactory_url: {{ pillar['artifactory']['url'] }}
      repository: {{ pillar['artifactory']['repository'] }}
      artifact_id: 'webcomponent'
      group_id: 'com.company.application'
      packaging: 'war'
      version: {{ pillar['webcomponent-artifact']['version'] }}
      latest_snapshot: {{ pillar['webcomponent-artifact']['latest_snapshot'] }}
      repository: {{ pillar['webcomponent-artifact']['repository'] }}
  - jboss_config: {{ pillar['jboss'] }}

Configuration in pillars:

artifactory:
   url: 'http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory'
   repository: 'libs-snapshots-local'

webcomponent-artifact:
   repository: 'libs-snapshots-local'
   latest_snapshot: True
   version: -1 #If latest_snapshot then version is ignored

For the sake of brevity, examples for each state assume that jboss_config is moved to pillars.

salt.states.jboss7.bindings_exist(name, jboss_config, bindings)

Ensures that given JNDI binding are present on the server. If a binding doesn't exist on the server it will be created. If it already exists its value will be changed.

jboss_config:
Dict with connection properties (see state description)
bindings:
Dict with bindings to set.

Example:

jndi_entries_created:
  jboss7.bindings_exist:
   - bindings:
      'java:global/sampleapp/environment': 'DEV'
      'java:global/sampleapp/configurationFile': '/var/opt/sampleapp/config.properties'
   - jboss_config: {{ pillar['jboss'] }}
salt.states.jboss7.datasource_exists(name, jboss_config, datasource_properties, recreate=False)

Ensures that a datasource with given properties exist on the jboss instance. If datasource doesn't exist, it is created, otherwise only the properties that are different will be updated.

name
Datasource property name
jboss_config
Dict with connection properties (see state description)
datasource_properties
Dict with datasource properties
recreate : False
If set to True and datasource exists it will be removed and created again. However, if there are deployments that depend on the datasource, it will not me possible to remove it.

Example:

sampleDS:
  jboss7.datasource_exists:
   - recreate: False
   - datasource_properties:
       driver-name: mysql
       connection-url: 'jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sampleDatabase'
       jndi-name: 'java:jboss/datasources/sampleDS'
       user-name: sampleuser
       password: secret
       min-pool-size: 3
       use-java-context: True
   - jboss_config: {{ pillar['jboss'] }}
salt.states.jboss7.deployed(name, jboss_config, artifact=None, salt_source=None)

Ensures that the given application is deployed on server.

jboss_config:
Dict with connection properties (see state description)
artifact:
If set, the artifact will be fetched from artifactory. This is a Dict object with the following properties:
  • artifactory_url: Full url to artifactory instance, for example: http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory
  • repository: One of the repositories, for example: libs-snapshots, ext-release-local, etc..
  • artifact_id: Artifact ID of the artifact
  • group_id: Group ID of the artifact
  • packaging: war/jar/ear, etc...
  • version: Artifact version. If latest_snapshot is set to True, the value of this attribute will be ignored, and newest snapshot will be taken instead.
  • latest_snapshot: If set to True and repository is a snapshot repository it will automatically select the newest snapshot.
  • snapshot_version: Exact version of the snapshot (with timestamp). A snapshot version may have several builds and a way to differentiate is to provide a build timestamp.
  • target_dir: Temporary directory on minion where artifacts will be downloaded
salt_source:
If set, the artifact to be deployed will be fetched from salt master. This is a Dict object with the following properties:
  • source: File on salt master (eg. salt://application-web-0.39.war)
  • target_file: Temporary file on minion to save file to (eg. '/tmp/application-web-0.39.war')
  • undeploy: Regular expression to match against existing deployments. If any deployment matches the regular expression then it will be undeployed.

The deployment consists of the following steps:

  • Fetch artifact (salt filesystem, artifact or filesystem on minion)
  • Check if same artifact is not deployed yet (perhaps with different version)
  • Undeploy the artifact if it is already deployed
  • Deploy the new artifact

Examples:

Deployment of a file from Salt file system:

application_deployed:
  jboss7.deployed:
   - salt_source:
        source: salt://application-web-0.39.war
        target_file: '/tmp/application-web-0.39.war'
        undeploy: 'application-web-.*'
   - jboss_config: {{ pillar['jboss'] }}

Here, application-web-0.39.war file is downloaded from Salt file system to /tmp/application-web-0.39.war file on minion. Existing deployments are checked if any of them matches 'application-web-.*' regular expression, and if so then it is undeployed before deploying the application. This is useful to automate deployment of new application versions.

JBoss state is capable of deploying artifacts directly from Artifactory repository. Here are some examples of deployments:

  1. Deployment of released version of artifact from Artifactory.
application_deployed:
  jboss7.deployed:
   - artifact:
       artifactory_url: http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory
       repository: 'ext-release-local'
       artifact_id: 'webcomponent'
       group_id: 'com.company.application'
       packaging: 'war'
       version: '0.1'
       target_dir: '/tmp'
    - jboss_config: {{ pillar['jboss'] }}

This performs the following operations:

  • Download artifact from artifactory. In the example above the artifact will be fetched from: http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory/ext-release-local/com/company/application/webcomponent/0.1/webcomponent-0.1.war As a rule, for released versions the artifacts are downloaded from: artifactory_url/repository/group_id_with_slashed_instead_of_dots/artifact_id/version/artifact_id-version.packaging' This follows artifactory convention for artifact resolution. By default the artifact will be downloaded to /tmp directory on minion.
  • Connect to JBoss via controller (defined in jboss_config dict) and check if the artifact is not deployed already. In case of artifactory it will check if any deployment's name starts with artifact_id value. If deployment already exists it will be undeployed
  • Deploy the downloaded artifact to JBoss via cli interface.
  1. Deployment of last updated version of given SNAPSHOT version of artifact from Artifactory.
application_deployed:
  jboss7.deployed:
   - artifact:
       artifactory_url: http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory
       repository: 'ext-snapshot-local'
       artifact_id: 'webcomponent'
       group_id: 'com.company.application'
       packaging: 'war'
       version: '0.1-SNAPSHOT'
    - jboss_config: {{ pillar['jboss'] }}

Deploying snapshot version involves an additional step of resolving the exact version of the artifact (including the timestamp), which is not necessary when deploying a release. In the example above first a request will be made to retrieve the update timestamp from: http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory/ext-snapshot-local/com/company/application/webcomponent/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml Then the artifact will be fetched from http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory/ext-snapshot-local/com/company/application/webcomponent/0.1-SNAPSHOT/webcomponent-RESOLVED_SNAPSHOT_VERSION.war

Note

In order to perform a snapshot deployment you have to:

  • Set repository to a snapshot repository.
  • Choose a version that ends with "SNAPSHOT" string. Snapshot repositories have a different layout and provide some extra information that is needed for deployment of the last or a specific snapshot.
  1. Deployment of SNAPSHOT version (with exact timestamp) of artifact from Artifactory.

If you need to deploy an exact version of the snapshot you may provide snapshot_version parameter.

application_deployed:
  jboss7.deployed:
   - artifact:
       artifactory_url: http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory
       repository: 'ext-snapshot-local'
       artifact_id: 'webcomponent'
       group_id: 'com.company.application'
       packaging: 'war'
       version: '0.1-SNAPSHOT'
       snapshot_version: '0.1-20141023.131756-19'
    - jboss_config: {{ pillar['jboss'] }}

In this example the artifact will be retrieved from: http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory/ext-snapshot-local/com/company/application/webcomponent/0.1-SNAPSHOT/webcomponent-0.1-20141023.131756-19.war

  1. Deployment of latest snapshot of artifact from Artifactory.
application_deployed:
  jboss7.deployed:
   - artifact:
       artifactory_url: http://artifactory.intranet.company.com/artifactory
       repository: 'ext-snapshot-local'
       artifact_id: 'webcomponent'
       group_id: 'com.company.application'
       packaging: 'war'
       latest_snapshot: True
    - jboss_config: {{ pillar['jboss'] }}

Instead of providing an exact version of a snapshot it is sometimes more convenient to get the newest version. If artifact.latest_snapshot is set to True, then the newest snapshot will be downloaded from Artifactory. In this case it is not necessary to specify version. This is particulary useful when integrating with CI tools that will deploy the current snapshot to the Artifactory.

salt.states.jboss7.reloaded(name, jboss_config, timeout=60, interval=5)

Reloads configuration of jboss server.

jboss_config:
Dict with connection properties (see state description)
timeout:
Time to wait until jboss is back in running state. Default timeout is 60s.
interval:
Interval between state checks. Default interval is 5s. Decreasing the interval may slightly decrease waiting time but be aware that every status check is a call to jboss-cli which is a java process. If interval is smaller than process cleanup time it may easily lead to excessive resource consumption.

This step performs the following operations:

  • Ensures that server is in running or reload-required state (by reading server-state attribute)
  • Reloads configuration
  • Waits for server to reload and be in running state

Example:

configuration_reloaded:
   jboss7.reloaded:
    - jboss_config: {{ pillar['jboss'] }}