Packr – Packages Java apps for distribution on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X

Re:Packr – Packages Java apps for distribution on Windows, L... by eranation on Monday May 05, 2014 @12:02AM (#7696886)

I completely agree, and I think if someone is looking for startup ideas, than Java EE one click distribution to WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss clusters will be really worth the while. There is a huge enterprise market that is not ready yet to fully go to the cloud, or has their own "local" clouds (banking, insurance).

The only solution I found till now that is remotely in the direction for Java EE is Cargo (http://cargo.codehaus.org/) but it seems to be more directed toward integration testing automation than deployment automation.

Puppet was my hope but it is not even trying to be Java / JEE friendly from what I've seen.

Oracle need to define a very opinionated, standard method of deploying, starting and stopping Java EE servers (JMX doesn't cut it yet) and IBM, and other vendors should comply, because eventually banks will ditch WebSphere / WebLogic toward things like Akka, Spary, DropWizard, TomEE etc. and IBM and Oracle will have nothing left to sell.

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Re:Packr – Packages Java apps for distribution on Windows, L... by emmelaich on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @09:26AM (#7704257)

I wonder if you've tried http://www.smartfrog.org/ ?

I haven't; but it's been around for a while and seems to be fairly well used judging by the mailing list archives.

"SmartFrog is a powerful and flexible Java-based software framework for configuring, deploying and managing distributed software systems."

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