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Chapter 7. Building mod_cluster's Java components from source

7.1. Build products

Building from source the components used in JBoss AS/JBossWeb/Tomcat requires Maven 2.0.x.

Steps to build:

  1. Download the mod_cluster sources

    svn co http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/mod_cluster/trunk/ mod_cluster

  2. Use maven "dist" profile to build:

    cd mod_cluster; mvn -P dist package

Note: Some maven tests are using UDP port 23365 make sure you are local firewall allows the port.

7.1. Build products

The build produces the following output in the target directory:

  1. mod-cluster.sar

    Exploded format sar to copy to the deploy dir in your JBoss AS install

  2. JBossWeb-Tomcat/lib directory

    Jar files to copy to the lib directory in your JBossWeb or Tomcat install to support use of mod_cluster

  3. demo directory

    The load balancing demo application

  4. mod-cluster-XXX.tar.gz

    The full distribution tarball; includes the above elements