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Mephisto with GlassFish v3 Gem

Posted by arungupta on November 15, 2007 at 9:17 AM EST
In an Earlier Post, I described how Mephisto (a popular web publishing system based on Ruby on Rails) can be deployed on GlassFish V3. Both JRuby and GlassFish has matured since then and this post will provide the updated instructions to deploy Mephisto using GlassFish v3 Gem.

Here are the exact steps:

  1. Install and Configure JRuby 1.0.2. The GlassFish v3 Gem does not work on Windows (JRUBY-1549) with JRuby 1.0.2 and you need to use the JRuby trunk workaround.
    1. Download and Unzip JRuby1.0.2 (lets say JRUBY_HOME).
    2. Include 'JRUBY_HOME/bin' in your environment PATH.
    3. Install Rails (with all dependencies) in JRuby installation by giving the command:

      C:\workspaces\jruby-trunk>bin\jruby -S gem install rails --include-dependencies --no-ri --no-rdoc
      Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
      Successfully installed rails-1.2.5
      Successfully installed activesupport-1.4.4
      Successfully installed activerecord-1.15.5
      Successfully installed actionpack-1.13.5
      Successfully installed actionmailer-1.3.5
      Successfully installed actionwebservice-1.2.5
    4. Install ActiveRecord-JDBC as shown below:

      C:\workspaces\jruby-trunk>bin\jruby -S gem install activerecord-jdbc -y --no-rdoc --no-ri
      Need to update 1 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org
      .
      complete
      Successfully installed ActiveRecord-JDBC-0.5
  2. Download and Install GlassFish V3 Gem.
  3. Install and Configure Database
    1. Download and install MySQL Community Server 5.0 (lets say MYSQL_HOME).
    2. Start MySQL database by giving the command 'mysqld-nt --user root --console' in MYSQL_HOME/bin directory on Windows or './bin/mysqld_safe' from MYSQL_HOME directory on Unix flavors.
    3. In a different shell window, create a database and grant privileges by giving the following commands:
       
      C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin>mysqladmin --u root create mephisto_development

      C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin>mysql -u root
      Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
      Your MySQL connection id is 2
      Server version: 5.0.45-community-nt MySQL Community Edition (GPL)

      Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

      mysql> grant all on mephisto_development.* to arun@localhost identified by 'noway';
      Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

      mysql> flush privileges;
      Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

      mysql> quit;
      Bye
  4. Install and Configure Mephisto
    1. Download and Unzip Mephisto 0.7.3.
    2. Install Mephisto as described here. The two steps are summarized below for convenience:
      1. Copy 'MEPHISTO_HOME/config/database.example.yml' to 'MEPHISTO_HOME/config/database.yml'. There is no need to specify the JDBC adapter ActiveRecord 0.5 onwards and that allows to use the default database configuration file.
      2. Bootstrap the development database using the command:

        C:\testbed\mephisto-0.7.3>jruby -S rake db:bootstrap -J-DRAILS_ENV=development

        and that shows the following output in the console:

        (in C:/testbed/mephisto-0.7.3)
        mkdir -p C:/testbed/mephisto-0.7.3/config/../log
        -- create_table("assets", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.3330s
        -- create_table("assigned_sections", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.2000s
        -- create_table("cached_pages", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.2980s
        -- create_table("content_versions", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.2130s
        -- create_table("contents", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.2190s
        -- create_table("events", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.2680s
        -- create_table("memberships", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.1890s
        -- create_table("sections", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.1500s
        -- create_table("sessions", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.1200s
        -- add_index("sessions", ["session_id"], {:name=>"sessions_session_id_index"})
        -> 0.3220s
        -- create_table("sites", {:force=>true})
        -> 1.1240s
        -- add_index("sites", ["host"], {:name=>"index_sites_on_host"})
        -> 0.3490s
        -- create_table("taggings", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.1950s
        -- create_table("tags", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.1840s
        -- create_table("users", {:force=>true})
        -> 0.2750s
        -- initialize_schema_information()
        -> 0.2740s
        -- columns("schema_info")
        -> 0.0170s
        copied default theme to C:/testbed/mephisto-0.7.3/config/../themes/site-1...

        ================================================================================

        Thank you for trying out Mephisto 0.7.3: Noh-Varr Edition!

        Now you can start the application with script/server, visit
        http://mydomain.com/admin, and log in with admin / test.

        For help, visit the following:
        Official Mephisto Site - http://mephistoblog.com
        The Mephisto Community Wiki - http://mephisto.stikipad.com/
        The Mephisto Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/MephistoBlog
  5. Deploy Mephisto on GlassFish v3 Gem as shown below:

    C:\testbed>\workspaces\jruby-trunk\bin\jruby -S glassfish_rails mephisto-0.7.3

    And that shows the following output in the console:

    Nov 14, 2007 6:37:51 PM com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.GrizzlyAdapter postConstruct
    INFO: Listening on port 8080
    Nov 14, 2007 6:37:51 PM com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.DeploymentService postConstruct
    INFO: Supported containers : php,phobos,jruby,web
    Nov 14, 2007 6:37:52 PM com.sun.grizzly.standalone.StaticResourcesAdapter <init>
    INFO: New Servicing page from: C:\testbed\mephisto-0.7.3\public
    Nov 14, 2007 6:38:00 PM com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.AppServerStartup run
    INFO: Glassfish v3 started in 9054 ms
  6. Mephisto is now deployed at http://localhost:8080/mephisto-0.7.3



    and shows the following output in GlassFish console:

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:08 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO:

    Processing MephistoController#dispatch (for 127.0.0.1 at 2007-11-14 18:24:08) [GET]

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:08 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: Parameters: {"action"=>"dispatch", "controller"=>"mephisto", "path"=>[]}

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;36;1mSQL (0.001000)←[0m ←[0;1mSET SQL_AUTO_IS_NULL=0←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;35;1mSite Columns (0.046000)←[0m ←[0mSHOW FIELDS FROM sites←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;36;1mSite Load (0.010000)←[0m ←[0;1mSELECT * FROM sites WHERE (sites.`host` = 'localhost') LIMIT 1←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;35;1mSite Load (0.017000)←[0m ←[0mSELECT * FROM sites ORDER BY id LIMIT 1←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;36;1mSection Columns (0.010000)←[0m ←[0;1mSHOW FIELDS FROM sections←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;35;1mSection Load (0.005000)←[0m ←[0mSELECT * FROM sections WHERE (sections.site_id =1) AND (sections.`path` = '') LIMIT 1←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;36;1mArticle Columns (0.024000)←[0m ←[0;1mSHOW FIELDS FROM contents←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;35;1mUser Columns (0.013000)←[0m ←[0mSHOW FIELDS FROM users←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;36;1mArticle Load Including Associations (0.027000)←[0m ←[0;1mSELECT contents.`id` AS t0_r0, contents.`article_id` AS t0_r1, contents.`user_id` AS t0_r2, contents.`title` AS t0_r3, contents.`permalink` AS t0_r4, contents.`excerpt` AS t0_r5, contents.`body` AS t0_r6, contents.`excerpt_html` AS t0_r7, contents.`body_html` AS t0_r8, contents.`created_at` AS t0_r9, contents.`updated_at` AS t0_r10, contents.`published_at` AS t0_r11, contents.`type` AS t0_r12, contents.`author` AS t0_r13, contents.`author_url` AS t0_r14, contents.`author_email` AS t0_r15, contents.`author_ip` AS t0_r16, contents.`comments_count` AS t0_r17, contents.`updater_id` AS t0_r18, contents.`version` AS t0_r19, contents.`site_id` AS t0_r20, contents.`approved` AS t0_r21, contents.`comment_age` AS t0_r22, contents.`filter` AS t0_r23, contents.`user_agent` AS t0_r24, contents.`referrer` AS t0_r25, users.`id` AS t1_r0, users.`login` AS t1_r1, users.`email` AS t1_r2, users.`crypted_password` AS t1_r3, users.`salt` AS t1_r4, users.`activation_code` AS t1_r5, users.`activated_at` AS t1_r6, users.`created_at` AS t1_r7, users.`updated_at` AS t1_r8, users.`deleted_at` AS t1_r9, users.`token` AS t1_r10, users.`token_expires_at` AS t1_r11, users.`filter` AS t1_r12, users.`admin` AS t1_r13 FROM contents LEFT O
    UTER JOIN users ON users.id = contents.user_id INNER JOIN assigned_sections ON contents.id = assigned_sections.article_id WHERE ((assigned_sections.section_id = 1)) AND (contents.published_at <= '2007-11-15 02:24:09' AND contents.published_at IS NOT NULL) AND ( (contents.`type` = 'Article' ) ) ORDER BY contents.published_at desc LIMIT 15←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;35;1mSection Load (0.009000)←[0m ←[0mSELECT * FROM sections WHERE (sections.site_id =1) ORDER BY position←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:09 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: Completed in 1.12200 (0 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00100 (0%) | DB: 0.16200 (14%) | 200 OK [http://localhost/mephisto-0.7.3]

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:11 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO:

    Processing AssetsController#show (for 127.0.0.1 at 2007-11-14 18:24:11) [GET]

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:11 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: Parameters: {"ext"=>"css", "dir"=>"stylesheets", "action"=>"show", "controller"=>"assets", "path"=>"main"}

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:11 PM sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0
    INFO: ←[4;36;1mSite Columns (0.030000)←[0m ←[0;1mSHOW FIELDS FROM sites←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:11 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO: ←[4;35;1mSite Load (0.018000)←[0m ←[0mSELECT * FROM sites WHERE (sites.`host` = 'localhost') LIMIT 1←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:11 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO: ←[4;36;1mSite Load (0.011000)←[0m ←[0;1mSELECT * FROM sites ORDER BY id LIMIT 1←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:12 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO: Completed in 0.33500 (2 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00100 (0%) | DB: 0.05900 (17%) | 200 OK [http://localhost/mephisto-0.7.3/stylesheets/main.css]

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:14 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO:

    Processing AssetsController#show (for 127.0.0.1 at 2007-11-14 18:24:14) [GET]

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:14 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO: Parameters: {"ext"=>"png", "dir"=>"images", "action"=>"show", "controller"=>"assets", "path"=>"bg"}

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:14 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO: ←[4;35;1mSite Columns (0.009000)←[0m ←[0mSHOW FIELDS FROM sites←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:14 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO: ←[4;36;1mSite Load (0.017000)←[0m ←[0;1mSELECT * FROM sites WHERE (sites.`host` = 'localhost') LIMIT 1←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:14 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO: ←[4;35;1mSite Load (0.007000)←[0m ←[0mSELECT * FROM sites ORDER BY id LIMIT 1←[0m

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:14 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO: Sending data bg.png

    Nov 14, 2007 6:24:14 PM sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5 invoke
    INFO: Completed in 0.27900 (3 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00000 (0%) | DB: 0.03300 (11%) | 200 OK [http://localhost/mephisto-0.7.3/images/bg.png]
  7. The exact same application can be easily deployed on WEBrick as shown below:

    C:\testbed\mephisto-0.7.3>\testbed\ruby\jruby-1.0.2\bin\jruby script\server
    => Booting WEBrick...
    => Rails application started on http://0.0.0.0:3000
    => Ctrl-C to shutdown server; call with --help for options
    [2007-11-14 18:17:57] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1
    [2007-11-14 18:17:57] INFO ruby 1.8.5 (2007-11-01) [java]
    [2007-11-14 18:17:58] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=11245030 port=3000
    127.0.0.1 - - [14/Nov/2007:18:18:11 PST] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 1326

    In this case, Mephisto gets deployed at http://localhost:3000 and WEBrick console shows the following:

    - -> /
    127.0.0.1 - - [14/Nov/2007:18:18:14 PST] "GET /stylesheets/main.css HTTP/1.1" 200 3168
    http://localhost:3000/ -> /stylesheets/main.css
    127.0.0.1 - - [14/Nov/2007:18:18:17 PST] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 200 0
    - -> /favicon.ico
    127.0.0.1 - - [14/Nov/2007:18:18:16 PST] "GET /images/bg.png HTTP/1.1" 200 142
    http://localhost:3000/stylesheets/main.css -> /images/bg.png

This shows how a popular Ruby application can be deployed on WEBrick or GlassFish V3 Gem without any change.

Let us know if you have tried other Rails applications on GlassFish v3 by leaving a comment.

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