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Definition

Re-use an existing container installation

Explanations

An existing configuration plugs itself onto an existing container installation that exists on your hard disk. This is by opposition to the Standalone Local Configuration which creates a new container installation from scratch in a directory of your choice. Existing configurations require that the user creates a valid configuration directory and points Cargo to it.

Support Matrix

Java Ant Maven1 Maven2 IntelliJ IDEA Netbeans

Java API

There are different ways of using an existing configuration:

  • By directly instantiating the configuration matching your container. For example:
[...]
Configuration configuration = new ResinExistingLocalConfiguration("target/resin3x");
[...]
  • By using the DefaultConfigurationFactory which automatically maps the right implementation for the container you're using. For example:
[...]
ConfigurationFactory factory = new DefaultConfigurationFactory();
Configuration configuration = factory.createConfiguration("resin3x", 
    ContainerType.INSTALLED, ConfigurationFactory.EXISTING, "c:/apps/resin-3.0.9");
[...]

Ant Task

Example:

<cargo containerId="resin3x" [...]>
  <configuration type="existing" home="c:/apps/resin-3.0.9"/>
  [...]
</cargo>

Maven2 Plugin

[...]
<container>
  <containerId>resin3x</containerId>
  [...]
</container>
<configuration>
  <type>existing</type>
  <home>c:/apps/resin-3.0.9</home>
</configuration>
[...]