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Re: archive deploy to V3 over http api

From: Hong Zhang <Hong.Zhang_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:37:22 -0400

>>
>>> I tried to deploy with CLI (old and new syntax) and I get
>>>
>>> com.sun.enterprise.cli.framework.CommandException: remote failure:
>>> Invalid chunk header
>>> Command deploy failed.
>>>
>>> So archive deploy is not working? Or I made a mistake, in which
>>> case this error message is not very helpful.
>>
>> Indeed that's a strange message.
>> I have an up-to-date workspace (as of last night at least) and for me
>>
>> asadmin deploy --upload=true ...
>>
>> works...both from the same system as the server and from a physically
>> separate one. I don't have a pure installation of a recent nightly or
>> promoted build installed on my system. Sorry if I missed it - did
>> you mention what build you are using?
>
> Client was B55 and B56. Server unknown, but probably B55.
>
>> Most of the server-side logic for the deployment processing and the
>> uploaded file handling has been unchanged for some time. The CLI has
>> gone through some recent work but I'm not seeing any problems.
>> Did your server.log contain anything interesting from the failed
>> deployment?
>
> I'll check...
>
>>
>> Issue 8408 https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8408
>> describes an intermittent failure like what you've seen. Does the
>> error persist if you retry the deployment? (The issue seems to
>> indicate a first-time problem -- occasionally.)
>
> The error happened always.

Is your archive pretty big? That message most times indicates a
deployment time out (yes, we do need to figure out a way to make that
error message more meaningful). If you try with a simple app, does it
make a difference?

- Hong

>
>>
>>
>> - Tim
>>
>>>
>>> -Peter
>>>
>>> Peter Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hong Zhang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Peter
>>>>> What kind of error did you get? Did this just stop working
>>>>> recently or it has never worked?
>>>>
>>>> I don't know. I've never tried it before.
>>>>
>>>> Can you comment on my interpretation of requirements? I guess I
>>>> can look at CLI client if this works there (I haven't tried that,
>>>> but I presume it does).
>>>>
>>>>> We don't have an upload option in the
>>>>> DeployCommandParameters in the server side (the upload option for
>>>>> admin cli case is handled by the client side).
>>>>
>>>> That's fine. Given that it can be inferred from the POST request
>>>> type, it would be redundant anyway.
>>>>
>>>> -Peter
>>>>
>>>>> This is probably why the url with the upload option does not work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> - Hong
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter Williams wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm working on remote (or just archive) deploy to V3 from
>>>>>> NetBeans and having trouble with the deploy command
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been given the impression that the format is as follows --
>>>>>> is correct?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> URL - no rules - I'm guessing at this point but I would have
>>>>>> thought something like
>>>>>> "http://$server:$port/__asadmin/deploy?name=$name&upload=true"
>>>>>> would have been sufficient. And since it's a POST request,
>>>>>> perhaps even upload is redundant.
>>>>>> Request type - POST
>>>>>> Content type - application/zip
>>>>>> Body - binary zip file containing the archive to be deployed (e.g
>>>>>> war file, ear file, etc).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I haven't been able to get this to work --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The CLI deploy command has a "upload" option documented, but
>>>>>> including this over the HTTP api causes an error.
>>>>>> The HTTP api is requiring a path parameter though what that could
>>>>>> possibly mean for remote deployment escapes me. If I refer to a
>>>>>> valid local (to the server) file, the server cheats but if I
>>>>>> refer to an invalid file, the command is failed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know if this works and/or what the requirements are?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Peter
>>>>>>
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