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RE: clustering basics

From: Martin Gainty <mgainty_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:04:40 -0400

Mr Mueller

to establish a cluster can the operator opt for F5 or any other Hardware based Application Delivery Controller

Thanks for quashing the bug
Martin Gainty
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> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:21:00 -0700
> From: tom.mueller_at_oracle.com
> To: users_at_glassfish.java.net
> CC: gholmer_at_weycogroup.com
> Subject: Re: clustering basics
>
> The asadmin not being found is expected, as the software has not yet
> been installed on the remote host. Before copying the file over, there
> is a check to see if the software is already there.
>
> The NPE is coming from a 15 line section of the code that scans through
> a list of files, removing those that should not be copied.
> If the command got through that section, you would see a message saying
> "Final number of files to be copied..."
>
> Based on a review of the code, I see a bug that could be what you are
> seeing. If you have a plain file (not a directory) in the install root
> for the server, then you would get the behavior you are seeing. For
> example, I did the following to produce the behavior you are seeing.
>
> mkdir $HOME/test
> cd $HOME/test
> unzip -q $HOME/glassfish.zip
> touch glassfish3/x
> glassfish3/bin/asadmin install-node ...
>
> Removing the file "x" from the glassfish3 directory allows the command
> to proceed. If there is any plain file in the glassfish3 directory (or
> in your case, the /usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2 directory), then the
> command gets the NPE.
>
> I filed the following issue for this problem:
> http://java.net/jira/browse/GLASSFISH-18645
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 4/18/2012 2:22 PM, Glenn Holmer wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-04-18 at 14:02 -0700, Tom Mueller wrote:
> >> You are running the right command. Generally, the order is:
> >> - install DAS
> >> - setup-ssh (or do it manually as you have done)
> >> - install-node
> >> - create-node
> >> - create-cluster
> >> - create-instance --node ... -cluster ... instance-name
> >>
> >> The NullPointerException on the install-node should not be happening.
> >> Does the server.log file (by default in glassfish/domains/domain1/logs)
> >> have the stack trace from the exception?
> >>
> >> Also, you can try setting AS_DEBUG=true before running the command, i.e.,
> >>
> >> AS_DEBUG=true asadmin install-node --installdir
> >> /usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2 clustertest-node1
> >>
> >> to get more output.
> > Yes, the NPE is what was bothering me. Here's what I get with AS_DEBUG:
> >
> > glassfish_at_clustertest:~$ AS_DEBUG=true asadmin install-node --installdir /usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2 clustertest-node1
> > CLASSPATH= /usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2/glassfish/bin/../modules/admin-cli.jar
> > Commands: [install-node, --installdir, /usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2, clustertest-node1]
> > asadmin extension directory: /usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2/glassfish/lib/asadmin
> > Prepare
> > Process program options
> > Parsing program options
> > Parse command options
> > params: {installdir: [/usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2]
> > }
> > operands: [clustertest-node1]
> > Prevalidate command options
> > Inject command options
> > Validate command options
> > Domain XML file = /usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2/glassfish/domains/clustertest/config/domain.xml
> > asadmin --host localhost --port 4848 --interactive=true --echo=false --terse=false install-node --sshuser ${user.name} --sshport 22 --installdir /usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2 --create=false --save=false --force=false clustertest-node1
> > Execute command
> > SSH info is host=clustertest-node1 port=22 user=glassfish password=null keyFile=/home/glassfish/.ssh/id_rsa keyPassPhrase=null authType=null knownHostFile=/home/glassfish/.ssh/known_hosts
> > Checking connection...
> > Successfully connected to glassfish_at_clustertest-node1 using keyfile /home/glassfish/.ssh/id_rsa
> > Specified key file is /home/glassfish/.ssh/id_rsa
> > Specified key file exists at /home/glassfish/.ssh/id_rsa
> > Running command '/usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2/glassfish/bin/asadmin' version --local --terse on host: clustertest-node1
> > Specified key file is /home/glassfish/.ssh/id_rsa
> > Specified key file exists at /home/glassfish/.ssh/id_rsa
> > clustertest-node1:''/usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2/glassfish/bin/asadmin' version --local --terse' failed [bash: /usr/share/glassfish-3.1.2/glassfish/bin/asadmin: No such file or directory
> > ]
> > Number of files to be zipped = 5017
> > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > Command install-node failed.
> > glassfish_at_clustertest:~$
> >
> > And this is what's left behind:
> >
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 glassfish glassfish 0 2012-04-18 16:11 glassfish3065169330278597855.zip
> >
> > What does it mean towards the end when he says he can't find asadmin, is
> > he looking for it on the node?
> >