Chapter 4. Updating Feature packs to your JBoss EAP installation using the jboss-eap-installation-manager

Procedure

1. Stop the JBoss EAP server.
2. Open the terminal emulator and navigate to the directory containing the downloaded jboss-eap-installation-manager.

3. Update the feature packs on the server:

   $ ./jboss-eap-installation-manager.sh update perform --dir jboss-eap8

Procedure

1. Stop the JBoss EAP server.
2. Open the terminal emulator and navigate to the directory containing the downloaded jboss-eap-installation-manager.

3. Update the feature packs on the server:

   $ ./jboss-eap-installation-manager.sh update perform --dir jboss-eap8 --repositories <EAP8_OFFLINE_REPO_PATH>,<FEATURE_PACK_OFFLINE_REPO>

Procedure

1. Open the terminal emulator and navigate to the directory containing jboss-eap-installation-manager.

2. Update the subscribed custom channels in the manifest.yaml file with the new version of myfaces artifacts:

   schemaVersion: 1.0.0
   name: MyFaces manifest file
   streams:
     - groupId: org.apache.myfaces.core
       artifactId: myfaces-impl
       version: 4.0.1
     - groupId: org.apache.myfaces.core
       artifactId: myfaces-api
       version: 4.0.1

3. Deploy the newly updated manifest:

   mvn deploy:deploy-file -Dfile=manifest.yaml \
     -DgroupId=com.example.channels -DartifactId=myfaces \
     -Dclassifier=manifest -Dpackaging=yaml -Dversion=1.0.1 \
     -Durl=file:/path/to/local/repository

4. Stop the JBoss EAP server.

5. Update the artifacts:

   $ ./jboss-eap-installation-manager.sh update perform --dir jboss-eap8
   Updating server: /tmp/jboss/jboss-eap-8.0
   
   Updates found:
     org.apache.myfaces.core:myfaces-api                   4.0.0                ==>  4.0.1
     org.apache.myfaces.core:myfaces-impl                  4.0.0                ==>  4.0.1
   
   Continue with update [y/N]: y
   Building updates
   
   Feature-packs resolved.
   Packages installed.
   Downloaded artifacts.
   JBoss modules installed.
   Configurations generated.
   JBoss examples installed.
   
   Build update complete!
   Applying updates
   Update complete!
   Operation completed in 21.48 seconds.