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Version 126.1 by David Avendasora on 2010/11/29 19:45
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3 === Introduction ===
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5 WebObject's wotaskd and JavaMonitor deployment tools were open sourced in WebObjects 5.4. The source was then quickly modified and included in Project Wonder. Substantial improvements in both functionality and look-and-feel have been made over the years since their release as open source. These improved versions of **wotaskd.woa** and **JavaMonitor.woa** are available as full Wonder applications.
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7 [[image:WonderJavaMonitor.png||border="1"]]
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9 === Where to get them ===
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11 You can either download them pre-built from [[Wonder's Hudson build server>>http://webobjects.mdimension.com/hudson/job/Wonder54/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/dist/]] or build them from the source code.
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13 To build them from the [[Wonder source code>>WONDER:Download Wonder Source, Build, Install and Upgrade]], simply run the following command from the Wonder directory at the root of the Wonder source.
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15 {{code}}
16 ant frameworks deployment.tools -Dwonder.patch=54 -Ddeployment.standalone=true
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19 {{info title="What this command does:"}}
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21 * *ant*: calls Apache Ant. It is assumed that you have this already installed.
22 * *frameworks*: tells Ant to build the "frameworks" target. This may not be needed if you already have Wonder built and installed in a location Ant can find automatically.
23 * *deployment.tools*: tells Ant to build the "deployment.tools" target. This is the target that builds both wotaskd.woa and JavaMonitor.woa. You absolutely need this one.
24 * *\-Dwonder.patch=54*: tells Wonder to build for WebObjects version 5.4. You need this if you are building against Wonder Trunk. Some branches don't need it, but it doesn't hurt either.
25 * *\-Ddeployment.standalone=true*: argument will embed the required Wonder and WebObjects frameworks in built applications. You need this to ensure that the required frameworks are embedded in the built applications.
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29 {{/info}}
30
31 === Statistics ===
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33 If you call [[http://monitorhost:port/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/wa/statistics]], the answer send you back statistics, in JSON format, about instances, per application. Sample :
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35 {{code}}
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37 (
38 {
39 "configuredInstances" = "2";
40 "maxSessions" = "0";
41 "maxAvgIdleTime" = "2.078";
42 "avgTransactions" = "44.0000";
43 "sumSessions" = "0";
44 "avgAvgTransactionTime" = "0.0985000";
45 "refusingInstances" = "0";
46 "avgSessions" = "0.0000";
47 "maxTransactions" = "88";
48 "applicationName" = "AjaxExample";
49 "avgAvgIdleTime" = "1.0390000";
50 "maxAvgTransactionTime" = "0.197";
51 "runningInstances" = "2";
52 "sumTransactions" = "88";
53 },
54 {
55 "configuredInstances" = "2";
56 "maxSessions" = "0";
57 "maxAvgIdleTime" = "325.443";
58 "avgTransactions" = "0.5000";
59 "sumSessions" = "0";
60 "avgAvgTransactionTime" = "0.00000";
61 "refusingInstances" = "0";
62 "avgSessions" = "0.0000";
63 "maxTransactions" = "1";
64 "applicationName" = "AjaxExample2";
65 "avgAvgIdleTime" = "162.7215000";
66 "maxAvgTransactionTime" = "0.0";
67 "runningInstances" = "2";
68 "sumTransactions" = "1";
69 }
70 )
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72 {{/code}}
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74 If JavaMonitor is configured with a password, and I hope you do, pass //pw=monitorpassword// as a argument to the query :
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76 [[http://monitorhost:port/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/wa/statistics?pw=monitorpassword]]
77
78 === Direct Actions to many tasks ===
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80 You can do most of the standard tasks you do in Monitor by calling direct actions. They are in a different query handler, ///admin//. They follow the same format and use the same query parameters. Those DA can be useful if you need to restart instances or other tasks within ant or other build/deployment systems.
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82 //?type=all// : return details about all applications and instances
83 //?type=app&name=AppName// : return details about all instances of a specific application
84 //?type=ins&name=AppName-InstanceNo// : return details about one specific instance
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86 For example, if you want to get details about all instances and applications, you call :
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88 [[http://hostname:56789/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/admin/info?type=all]]
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90 To get details about the //AjaxExample// application :
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92 [[http://hostname:56789/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/admin/info?type=app&name=AjaxExample]]
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94 And for a specific instance :
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96 [[http://hostname:56789/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/admin/info?type=ins&name=AjaxExample-1]]
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98 The response for the direct actions will either send a JSON array or YES/NO. For example, the query //info// for all instances will return :
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100 {{code}}
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102 [Hudson Build Server for Wonder|http://webobjects.mdimension.com/hudson/job/Wonder54/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/dist/]
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104 {{/code}}
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106 List of available direct actions :
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108 ///info// : return details (number of deaths, state, etc.; see above), in JSON, about an instance.
109 ///running// : return YES if the instance is running, NO if not.
110 ///stopped// : return NO if the instance is running, YES if not.
111 ///bounce//: more on it later.
112 ///clearDeaths// : clear the number of deaths (same action as clicking the "Clear deaths" in JavaMonitor)
113 ///turnScheduledOn// : turn scheduling on for an application or instance. Call ///turnScheduledOff// to do the opposite.
114 ///turnRefuseNewSessionsOn// : turn "Refuse new sessions" on, call //turnRefuseNewSessionsOff// to do the opposite.
115 ///turnAutoRecoverOn// : guess what? It activate "Auto recover" And guess again? ///turnAutoRecoverOff// do the opposite
116 ///forceQuit// : force quit an application, might be useful to call it from a monitoring system.
117 ///stop// : stop an application/instance the normal way.
118 ///start// : start an application/instance the normal way.
119
120 === Automatic archive of SiteConfig.xml ===
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122 On every change you do to the configuration, a backup of SiteConfig.xml will be done in, by default, /Library/WebObjects/Configuration.
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124 === Bounce feature ===
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126 In the "list instances" page, you get a "Bounce" action link. This action only work if you have at least one active instance and one inactive. What it does is :
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128 * Find the inactive (eg : not started) instance and start it
129 * Find the active instances (minus the one started the step below) and enable "Refuse New Session"
130 * Bounce the active instances when the minimum session count is reached
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132 This feature, from my understanding, allow you to upload new versions of your app, start up the new version and refuse sessions for the instances running on the older version. I don't know how this will work if your new version use migrations to change your schema (eg : old instances might raise exceptions because of database schema changes), so try it out on a test server before and put your results here.
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134 === REST routes ===
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136 On September 28th 2010, REST routes were added in JavaMonitor. Those routes + the direct actions explained in this document allow you to control almost everything remotely (make sure that your JavaMonitor installation is secure). As the direct actions, append //?pw=XXXX// to the URLs if JavaMonitor is password protected.
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138 Examples of REST calls :
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140 Fetching the details of all applications :
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142 {{code}}
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144 curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:56789/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/ra/mApplications.json
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146 {{/code}}
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148 Adding a new application :
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150 {{code}}
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152 curl -X POST -d "{id: 'AjaxExample',type: 'MApplication', name: 'AjaxExample',unixOutputPath: '/opt/Local/Library/WebObjects/Logs', unixPath: '/opt/Local/Library/WebObjects/Applications/AjaxExample.woa/AjaxExample'}" http://127.0.0.1:56789/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/ra/mApplications.json
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154 {{/code}}
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156 Adding a new instance :
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158 {{code}}
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160 curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:56789/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/ra/mApplications/AjaxExample/addInstance&host=localhost
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162 {{/code}}
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164 Delete an application :
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166 {{code}}
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168 curl -X DELETE http://127.0.0.1:56789/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/ra/mApplications/AjaxExample.json
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170 {{/code}}
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172 Delete an instance :
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174 {{code}}
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176 curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:56789/cgi-bin/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/ra/mApplications/AjaxExample/deleteInstance?id=1
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178 {{/code}}
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180 Adding a new host :
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182 {{code}}
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184 curl -X POST -d "{id: 'otherserver.com',type: 'MHost', osType: 'MACOSX',address: '192.168.20.5', name: 'otherserver.com'}" http://127.0.0.1:56789/apps/WebObjects/JavaMonitor.woa/ra/mHosts.json
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186 {{/code}}