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Last modified by Pascal Robert on 2009/02/18 10:53
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edited by Pascal Robert
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1 -You can do many things with Ant, one of them is the ability to use tools like //[[tar>>url:http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/tar.html||shape="rect"]]//, //[[gzip>>url:http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/pack.html||shape="rect"]]//, //[[FTP>>url:http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html||shape="rect"]]// and //[[scp>>url:http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/scp.html||shape="rect"]]// for remote deployment. At work, we use a shell script on our servers to deploy our apps, and we are using //rsync// to send the applications to the server before calling the shell script. Would be great to actually do this in one step ? It's quite easy!.
1 +You can do many things with Ant, one of them is the ability to use tools like //[[tar>>http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/tar.html]]//, //[[gzip>>http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/pack.html]]//, //[[FTP>>http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html]]// and //[[scp>>http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/scp.html]]// for remote deployment. At work, we use a shell script on our servers to deploy our apps, and we are using //rsync// to send the applications to the server before calling the shell script. Would be great to actually do this in one step ? It's quite easy!.
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3 -First, you need to install [[JSch>>url:http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsch/||shape="rect"]]. We use the //jsch-0.1.29// release, we didn't try a later release. Copy the JAR into ///Developer/Java/Ant/lib/// (Mac OS X 10.4) or ///usr/share/ant/lib/// (Mac OS X 10.5).
3 +First, you need to install [[JSch>>http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsch/]]. We use the //jsch-0.1.29// release, we didn't try a later release. Copy the JAR into ///Developer/Java/Ant/lib/// (Mac OS X 10.4) or ///usr/share/ant/lib/// (Mac OS X 10.5).
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5 -Next, you need to add this JAR to the Ant lib list inside Eclipse. Open Eclipse's preferences (Eclipse->Preferences), open the //Tab// triangle and click on //Runtime//. Select //Ant Home Entries// and click on //Add External JARs...// Browse up to ///Developer/Java/Ant/lib/// and select //jsch-0.X.XX.jar//. The JAR should now be part of the list of JARs available for Ant.
5 +Next, you need to add this JAR to the Ant lib list inside Eclipse. Open Eclipse's preferences (Eclipse->Preferences), open the //Tab// triangle and click on //Runtime//. Select //Ant Home Entries// and click on //Add External JARs...// Browse up to ///Developer/Java/Ant/lib/// and select //jsch-0.X.XX.jar//. The JAR should now be part of the list of JARs available for Ant.
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7 7  {{warning}}
8 -If you use multiple workspaces, you have to add the JAR to each of your workspaces to the //Ant Home Entries// list.
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9 +If you use multiple workspaces, you have to add the JAR to each of your workspaces to the _Ant Home Entries_ list.
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9 9  {{/warning}}
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11 -Ok, now it's time to actually create a Ant task for deployment. You can add a property like this to //build.properties//:
13 +Ok, now it's time to actually create a Ant task for deployment. You can add a property like this to //build.properties//:
12 12  
13 13  {{code}}
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34 34  {{/code}}
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36 -Wait a minute... Maybe //Ant// will complain because it can't send the password to the remote server. How to fix this ? By creating a SSH public key if you don't already have one.
38 +Wait a minute... Maybe //Ant// will complain because it can't send the password to the remote server. How to fix this ? By creating a SSH public key if you don't already have one.
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38 38  First, check if you already have a public key on your computer:
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44 44  
45 45  {{/code}}
46 46  
47 -No //id_rsa.pub// file ? Create one:
49 +No //id//rsa.pub// file ? Create one~://
48 48  
49 49  {{code}}
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60 60  
61 61  {{/code}}
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63 -and put your public key in the //authorized_keys// file:
65 +and put your public key in the //authorized//keys// file~://
64 64  
65 65  {{code}}
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68 68  
69 69  {{/code}}
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71 -Now, next time that you login by SSH from your computer to the server, it will stop asking for a password and the Ant task will stop complaining. For added security, when you create your key, use a passphrase. Don't forget to put the passphrase into the //sshexec// task. Don't use the passphrase if you put the //build.xml// file in CVS or SVN, because your co-workers will see your passphrase and also they won't be able to use the sshexec task unless they use the same passphrase as you.
73 +Now, next time that you login by SSH from your computer to the server, it will stop asking for a password and the Ant task will stop complaining. For added security, when you create your key, use a passphrase. Don't forget to put the passphrase into the //sshexec// task. Don't use the passphrase if you put the //build.xml// file in CVS or SVN, because your co-workers will see your passphrase and also they won't be able to use the sshexec task unless they use the same passphrase as you.