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Revision: 7098 http://smartfrog.svn.sourceforge.net/smartfrog/?rev=7098&view=rev Author: steve_l Date: 2008-10-02 16:07:50 +0000 (Thu, 02 Oct 2008) Log Message: ----------- SFOS-976 Added Paths: ----------- trunk/core/release/doc/announcements/release_3.12.044.html trunk/core/release/doc/announcements/release_3.12.044.txt Added: trunk/core/release/doc/announcements/release_3.12.044.html =================================================================== --- trunk/core/release/doc/announcements/release_3.12.044.html (rev 0) +++ trunk/core/release/doc/announcements/release_3.12.044.html 2008-10-02 16:07:50 UTC (rev 7098) @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ +<html> +<head> + <title>SmartFrog 3.12.044</title> +</head> +<body> +<h1>SmartFrog 3.12.044</h1> + +<p> + This is a new release of SmartFrog, the Java-based, LPGL-licensed distributed + deployment framework developed by HP Laboratories. SmartFrog enables + applications to be deployed across multiple machines, configuring different + aspects of the system so that they are all consistently configured, and managing + the life-cycle of the application as a whole. The project's home page is + <a href="http://smartfrog.org/">http://smartfrog.org/</a> +</p> + +<p> + The release artifacts are available at + <a + href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87384&package_id=176308"> + http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87384&package_id=176308</a> +</p> + +<p> + This release is 3.12.044; built from revision 7097 + of the SVN repository. This release has an extended language + with the ability to tag attributes, and includes the following items: +</p> +<ul> + + <li> Core smartfrog daemon, including services to manage files, start and stop + Java and native programs. + </li> + <li> Example components and applications. + </li> + <li> Ant support: ant tasks to deploy and terminate applications from a build. + </li> + <li> Ant components: the ability to execute ant tasks in a deployment. + </li> + <li> Anubis: a partition aware tuple-space that can be used to implement fault + tolerant systems. + </li> + <li> Database: components to issue database commands, and deploy HSLDB and MySQL. + </li> + <li> JMX: the ability to configure and manage JMX components, and to manage + SmartFrog components over JMX. + </li> + <li> Logging: integration with Apache commons-logging and Log4J + </li> + <li> Networking: email, FTP, SSH, DNS support. + </li> + <li> Quartz: scheduled operations using Quartz libraries. + </li> + <li> Scripting: support for BSF-hosted scripting languages + </li> + <li> Testing: Distributed JUnit and component testing with SFUnit. + </li> + <li> + Velocity: generation/transformation of text files during deployment + </li> + <li> WWW: deployment of WAR and EAR files to application servers. deploy-by-copy + is provided for all application servers that support, and a tomcat-specific + component can communicate with Apache Tomcat. The Jetty component can + configure and deploy individual servlets, eliminating much of the need for WAR + files themselves. + </li> + <li> XML: XML support with XOM. + </li> + <li> XMPP: Presence and messaging over Jabber. + </li> +</ul> + +<h3>Packaging</h3> + +<p> + This release is available as: +</p> +<ol> + <li> + RPM files inside a .tar.gz file. + </li> + <li> + A JAR installer. + </li> + <li> + A .tar.gz file containing everything needed to create a private set of RPM files + containing JAR files signed by a private Certification Authority. + </li> + <li> + The original smartfrog distribution as .zip and .tar.gz (deprecated) + </li> +</ol> + +<p> + The RPM installation is for RPM-based Linux systems. It comprises the following RPMs: +</p> + +<table> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog</code></td> + <td>The core SmartFrog distribution.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-daemon</code></td> + <td>The shell scripts to add the smartfrog distribution to the + path, and to run the daemon on start-up. + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-javadoc</code></td> + <td>javadocs for the project</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-ant</code></td> + <td>Ant task and build file execution</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-anubis</code></td> + <td>Distributed partition-aware tuple space</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-csvfiles</code></td> + <td>CSV file support</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-database</code></td> + <td>Database access</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-jmx</code></td> + <td>JMX integration though MX4J</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-junit</code></td> + <td>Junit 3.8.2 test execution</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-logging</code></td> + <td>Logging through Log4J and commons-logging</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-networking</code></td> + <td>SSH, SCP, FTP and email</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-quartz</code></td> + <td>Scheduled operations</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-scripting</code></td> + <td>Scripted components</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-velocity</code></td> + <td>Velocity template processing</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-www</code></td> + <td>Web support: Deployment and liveness pages</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-xml</code></td> + <td>XML Support</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-xmpp</code></td> + <td>XMPP/Jabber communications</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><code>smartfrog-xunit</code></td> + <td>Distributed testing and reporting</td> + </tr> +</table> +<p> + All the JAR files are also published to a repository that is compatible with + Apache Maven and Ivy. Add + <a + href="http://smartfrog.sourceforge.net/repository">http://smartfrog.sourceforge.net/repository</a> + to your repository list to pull SmartFrog artifacts into your Ivy- or Maven- based build. +</p> + +<p> + There are also SmartFrog components to retrieve artifacts from such a repository + (the Library components under /org/smartfrog/services/os/java/library.sf ), + which can be used for dynamic download of SmartFrog and other artifacts. +</p> + +<h3>Security warning</h3> + +<p> + Unless SmartFrog is configured with security, a running daemon + will listen on its configured port for incoming deployment requests, and deploy + the applications with the rights of the user running the daemon. When the + smartfrog-daemon RPM is installed, that means that a process running as root + will be listening on an open port for incoming deployment requests. + Do not deploy SmartFrog this way on any untrusted + network, not without turning security on. +</p> +<p> + There is a special distribution .tar.gz file that can be used to generate + a private set of secure RPM files. +</p> + +<h3>Building SmartFrog</h3> + +<p> + SmartFrog requires Java 1.5 and Ant 1.7 to build. +</p> + +<p> + + The distribution does not include a source tree adequate to build the entire + system. Please follow the instructions at + <a href="http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=87384">http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=87384 + </a> + and check out smartfrog/trunk/core from our repository. +</p> + +<p> + + This release was built with revision 7097 of the repository, which + is available under the SVN branch + <a href="https://smartfrog.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/smartfrog/tags/release3.12.044">https://smartfrog.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/smartfrog/tags/release3.12.044</a> +</p> + +<p> + We strongly encourage anyone interested in building or extending smartfrog to + get involved in the smartfrog developer mailing list, which can be found from + the sourceforge project page + <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartfrog/"> + http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartfrog/</a> +</p> + + +<h3>Reporting Bugs</h3> + +<p> + Please file all bug reports at <a + href="http://jira.smartfrog.org/">http://jira.smartfrog.org/</a> +</p> + +<p> + The SmartFrog Team +</p> + + +<h3>Changes since last release</h3> + +</body> +</html> + Added: trunk/core/release/doc/announcements/release_3.12.044.txt =================================================================== --- trunk/core/release/doc/announcements/release_3.12.044.txt (rev 0) +++ trunk/core/release/doc/announcements/release_3.12.044.txt 2008-10-02 16:07:50 UTC (rev 7098) @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +SmartFrog 3.12.044 +====================== + +This is a new release of SmartFrog, the Java-based, LPGL-licensed +distributed deployment framework developed by HP Laboratories. SmartFrog +enables applications to be deployed across multiple machines, +configuring different aspects of the system so that they are all +consistently configured, and managing the life-cycle of the application +as a whole. The project's home page is http://smartfrog.org/ + +The release artifacts are available at + +http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87384&package_id=176308 + +This release is 3.12.044; built from revision 7097 +of the SVN repository. This release has an extended language +with the ability to tag attributes, and includes the following items: + +* The core SmartFrog daemon, including services to manage files, start and stop + Java and native programs. +* Example components and applications. +* Ant support: ant tasks to deploy and terminate applications from a build. +* Ant components: the ability to execute ant tasks in a deployment. +* Anubis: a partition aware tuple-space that can be used to implement fault + tolerant systems. +* Database: components to issue database commands, and deploy HSLDB and MySQL. +* JMX: the ability to configure and manage JMX components, and to manage + SmartFrog components over JMX. +* Logging: integration with Apache commons-logging and Log4J +* Networking: email, FTP, SSH, DNS support. +* Quartz: scheduled operations using Quartz libraries. +* Scripting: support for BSF-hosted scripting languages +* Testing: Distributed JUnit and component testing with SFUnit. +* Velocity: generation/transformation of text files during deployment +* WWW: deployment of WAR and EAR files to application servers. deploy-by-copy + is provided for all application servers that support it, and sample templates + are provided to start and stop Tomcat and JBoss. The Jetty component can + configure and deploy individual servlets, eliminating much of the need for WAR + files and application servers. +* XML: XML support with XOM. +* XMPP: Presence and messaging over Jabber. + + +Packaging +========= + +This release is available as: + +* RPM files inside a .tar.gz file. +* A JAR installer. +* The original core smartfrog distribution as .zip and .tar.gz (deprecated). +* A .tar.gz file containing everything needed to create a private set of RPM files + containing JAR files signed by a private Certification Authority. + + +The RPM installation is for RPM-based Linux systems. The archive contains the +following RPM files: + +smartfrog: The core SmartFrog distribution. +smartfrog-daemon: The shell scripts to add the smartfrog distribution to the + path, and to run the daemon on start-up. +smartfrog-demo: Example code and documentation. +smartfrog-javadocs: Javadocs for the project +smartfrog-ant: Ant task and build file execution +smartfrog-anubis: Distributed partition-aware tuple space +smartfrog-csvfiles: Support for reading/writing CSV Files. +smartfrog-database: Database access +smartfrog-jmx: JMX integration though MX4J +smartfrog-junit: Junit 3.8.2 test execution +smartfrog-logging: Logging through Log4J and commons-logging +smartfrog-networking: SSH, SCP, FTP and email +smartfrog-quartz: Scheduled operations +smartfrog-scripting: Scripted components +smartfrog-velocity: Velocity template processing +smartfrog-www: Web support: Deployment and liveness pages +smartfrog-xml: XML Support +smartfrog-xmpp: XMPP/Jabber communications +smartfrog-xunit: Distributed testing and reporting + +All the JAR files are also published to a repository that is compatible with +Apache Maven and Ivy. Add http://smartfrog.sourceforge.net/repository/ +to your repository list to pull SmartFrog artifacts into your Ivy- or +Maven- based build. + +There are also SmartFrog components to retrieve artifacts from such a repository +(the Library components under /org/smartfrog/services/os/java/library.sf ), +which can be used for dynamic download of SmartFrog and other artifacts. + + +Security warning +================ + +Unless SmartFrog is configured with security, a running daemon will +listen on its configured port for incoming deployment requests, and +deploy the applications with the rights of the user running the daemon. +When the smartfrog-daemon RPM is installed, that means that a process +running as root will be listening on an open port for incoming +deployment requests. Do not deploy SmartFrog this way on any untrusted +network, not without turning security on. + +There is a special distribution .tar.gz file that can be used to generate +a private set of secure RPM files. + +Building SmartFrog +================== + +SmartFrog requires Java 1.5 and Ant 1.7 to build. The izpack and source .zip and +.tar.gz distributions include a source tree adequate to build the +entire system. To build a later release, please follow the instructions at + http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=87384 +to check out smartfrog/trunk/core from our repository. + +This release was built with revision 7097 of the repository, which +is available under the SVN branch +https://smartfrog.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/smartfrog/tags/release3.12.044 + +We strongly encourage anyone interested in building or extending +SmartFrog to get involved in the SmartFrog developer mailing list, which +can be found from the sourceforge project page +http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartfrog/ + +Reporting Bugs +============== + +Please file all bug reports at http://jira.smartfrog.org/ + +Thank you! + +The SmartFrog Team http://smartfrog.org/ + +Changes since last release +========================== + + + + This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. |