Chapter 3. Get Started

The Red Hat JBoss Data Grid images were automatically created during the installation of OpenShift along with the other default image streams and templates.

You can make changes to the JBoss Data Grid configuration in the image using either the S2I templates, or by using a modified JDG for OpenShift image.

3.1. Using the JDG for OpenShift image Source-to-Image (S2I) Process

The recommended method to run and configure the OpenShift JDG for OpenShift image is to use the OpenShift S2I process together with the application template parameters and environment variables.

The S2I process for the JDG for OpenShift image works as follows:

  1. If there is a pom.xml file in the source repository, a Maven build is triggered with the contents of $MAVEN_ARGS environment variable.
  2. By default the package goal is used with the openshift profile, including the system properties for skipping tests (-DskipTests) and enabling the Red Hat GA repository (-Dcom.redhat.xpaas.repo.redhatga).

  3. The results of a successful Maven build are copied to JDG_HOME/standalone/deployments. This includes all JAR, WAR, and EAR files from the directory within the source repository specified by $ARTIFACT_DIR environment variable. The default value of $ARTIFACT_DIR is the target directory.

    • Any JAR, WAR, and EAR in the deployments source repository directory are copied to the JDG_HOME/standalone/deployments directory.

    • All files in the configuration source repository directory are copied to JDG_HOME/standalone/configuration.

      Note

      If you want to use a custom JBoss Data Grid configuration file, it should be named clustered-openshift.xml.

  4. All files in the modules source repository directory are copied to JDG_HOME/modules.

Refer to the Artifact Repository Mirrors section for additional guidance on how to instruct the S2I process to utilize the custom Maven artifacts repository mirror.

3.1.1. Using a Different JDK Version in the JDG for OpenShift image

The JDG for OpenShift image may come with multiple versions of OpenJDK installed, but only one is the default. For example, the JDG for OpenShift image comes with OpenJDK 1.7 and 1.8 installed, but OpenJDK 1.8 is the default.

If you want the JDG for OpenShift image to use a different JDK version than the default, you must:

  • Ensure that your pom.xml specifies to build your code using the intended JDK version.

  • In the S2I application template, configure the image’s JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the intended JDK version. For example: 

    {
  "name": "JAVA_HOME",
  "value": "/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0"
}

3.2. Using a Modified JDG for OpenShift image

An alternative method is to make changes to the image, and then use that modified image in OpenShift.

The JBoss Data Grid configuration file that OpenShift uses inside the JDG for OpenShift image is JDG_HOME/standalone/configuration/clustered-openshift.xml, and the JBoss Data Grid startup script is JDG_HOME/bin/openshift-launch.sh.

You can run the JDG for OpenShift image in Docker, make the required configuration changes using the JBoss Data Grid Management CLI (JDG_HOME/bin/jboss-cli.sh), and then commit the changed container as a new image. You can then use that modified image in OpenShift.

Important

It is recommended that you do not replace the OpenShift placeholders in the JDG for OpenShift image configuration file, as they are used to automatically configure services (such as messaging, datastores, HTTPS) during a container’s deployment. These configuration values are intended to be set using environment variables.

Note

Ensure that you follow the guidelines for creating images.

3.3. Binary Builds

To deploy existing applications on OpenShift, you can use the binary source capability.

See Example Workflow: Deploying binary build of EAP 6.4 / EAP 7.0 Infinispan application together with JDG for OpenShift image for an end-to-end example of a binary build.