Create and deploy war file using hudson - hudson

Question

I want to create a war file using hudson. I did with following steps.
1.I have created the build.xml in my project.
2.In that ant file I am providing the targets to compile the application and create the war.
3.Then I have created the hudson job where I am providing the build option i.e invoke by ant .and In deploy option I am providing the the weContainer where I have to deploy the war.
4.Its creating the war and also deploy it on webcontainer.
But is it right way to do it?
Thanks,

Answer 1

You can use maven cargo plugin and copy artifact plugin to deploy war using hudson.
Provide your server admin. Add users in apache tomcat.
<!-- Configuration for the Maven build -->
<build>
<!-- The plugins tag as mandated by maven -->
<plugins>
<!-- Start's the plugin tag for Cargo! -->
<plugin>
<!-- Cargo Group Id -->
<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
<!-- Cargo's Artifact Id -->
<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
<!-- This the most important part of the setup -->
<configuration>
<!--
When Cargo starts the container, the following tag instructs it to
wait for you to kill the session with Crtl-C
-->
<wait>true</wait>
<!--
The following tag details the container you want to
deploy to.
-->
<container>
<!--
Specifying "tomcat6x" is very important! This one tripped me up
for quite a while. The issue is that instead of being an
identifier for you, "tomcat6x" is an identifier for Cargo that
you want to deploy your webapp in Tomcat 6.x. I had initially
thought otherwise and hence just dropped the 'x', making it
"tomcat6", but that never worked.
-->
<containerId>tomcat6x</containerId>
<!--
Type == Installed means that you want to deploy to a container
that's installed on your computer
-->
<type>installed</type>
<!-- The home folder for your local Tomcat -->
<home>${catalina.home}</home>
</container>
<configuration>
<!--
This is another one that confused me for long. Its not enough to
specify 'installed' in the container tag. You have to now specify
another configuration with type == existing and re-issue the home
path
-->
<type>existing</type>
<home>${catalina.home}</home>
</configuration>
<!--
Cargo has the notion of a 'deployer' in which you specify
'deployables'
-->
<deployer>
<!-- You have to again specify that the type for the deployer -->
<type>installed</type>
<deployables>
<!-- This deployable specifies the webapp you want to deploy -->
<deployable>
<groupId>com.dpillay.oworld</groupId>
<artifactId>oworld-webapp</artifactId>
<type>war</type>
</deployable>
</deployables>
</deployer>
</configuration>
<!--
Executions specify the targets that you want to run during build
-->
<executions>
<!--
Maven has the concept of a 'phase' which can be thought of a
collection of goals. Hence here we are specifying that during the
'install' phase first deploy the webapp to the container specific
folder and then start the container. Both 'deployer-deploy' and
'start' are cargo specific goals.
-->
<execution>
<id>verify-deploy</id>
<phase>install</phase>
<goals>
<goal>deployer-deploy</goal>
<goal>start</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<!--
Specifying that during the 'pre-clean' phase, Cargo should first
stop the container.
-->
<execution>
<id>clean-undeploy</id>
<phase>pre-clean</phase>
<goals>
<goal>stop</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>