Cloudbees RUN#cloud System Path - cloudbees

I'm deploying a NodeJS application that's using ImageMagick (via node-gm) to Cloudbees. My build script is compiling it and loading the binaries into a special directory in my deployment zip:
-main.js
-path_utilities
-imagemagick
- bins...
The binaries are accessed via spawn() within gm, so path_utilities/imagemagick needs to be on the path. How do you modify the system PATH variable on a RUN#cloud instance?
Thanks!
Chris

Derp - you can change the path while in the app:
process.env.PATH = process.env.PATH + ":./path_utilities/imagemagick"
EDIT:
Editing the path like this works, but is crappy. The better way is to fork the clickstack you're based off of and edit the path in the application loader.

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Get path of nw archive in node webkit application

I am building multiple applications with nwjs(node webkit).
My applications will use the same nw runtime, installing multiple instances of nw on the same machine is not productive and useless.
At the moment, I am launching my apps with a shell script pointing to nw executable and passing as argument the path to my .nw archive.
The apps are located in different folders, not in the same folder as nw executable.
So far no issues, but one of the client requests is autoupdates. In order to do that I need to download a new nw archive containing the app source and replace the old one with the new one.
The problem I'm facing is not being able to find the archive path within the running app.
Following commands fails:
process.cwd() - pointing to unpacked archive in a temp folder.
process.execPath - pointing to nw executable
All other attempts (ie window.location etc) fails, since all points to the unpacked files from where the app runs.
Is there a way to get the path of the original archive(nw file)?
I recommend to install nw.js as local module: npm install nw --save for each your project. Then you can run your project with npm start command, assuming you have "start": "./node_modules/.bin/nw" script in the package.json.
Pros:
you can choose nw.js version and build type (SDK/Normal) for each project
you can update nw.js whenever you like
you can pack the whole project into Windows/OSX/Linux installer
Cons:
more files on disk
Bonus: If you would like to programmatically retrieve the path to the nw.js binary use:
var findpath = require('nw').findpath;
var nwpath = findpath();

IBM worklight deploy to external server

we are developing an application on IBM WL Enterprise ver 6.2.0.1.
We have four environments which are (Dev/QA/UAT and PROD).
Each Env has its own URL (For example Dev env has " https://mobile-dev.company.com").
When we do the code build, we need to target the env URL by defining the External server path + the context for the app.
Then we do the build which generates the ".adapter/.wlapp" files.
I need to know where does the Env URL get reflected in these files (.adapters/.wlapp)?
If I changed for example (ProjectName-common.wlapp) to .zip and extracted it, where will I find the Env URL value inside it? (Same question for Adapters files)
Thank you
You will not.
The .wlapp contains only the metadata of the application and the web resources.
The URL is stored in the generated project.
For iOS, that would be the worklight.plist file in the Xcode project.
For Android, the wlclient.properties in the assets folder of the Android project.
For WP8, it will also be wlclient.properties.
The adapter is unrelated; in its XML file you will see the URL that the request will be directed at.

How to change the path that jar files use in java Web Applications

I have written a java Servlet web application, using NetBeans 7.2.1. The program have some jar file libraries that I have attached to the project. The application runs fine using NetBeans and Apache Tomcat 7.0.27.
My problem is that some of the jar file libraries that I am using in the project, need to access to some folders and files. I put these folder and files on the same directory as the whole NetBeans project is. but I got this exception:
Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.FileNotFoundException
So I used these codes to find out where should I put them:
out.println("current directory: " + new File(".").getAbsolutePath());
out.println("current directory: " + System.getProperty("user.dir"));
out.println("current directory: " + getServletContext().getRealPath(("/")));
So I figured out that the current working directory is:
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache Tomcat 7.0.27\bin
My question is that how can I set different directory address for each web application? I have many web applications and some of them use the same resource file names. I can't just put all of them in one directory.
Please note that I don't have access to the source code of jar files to change the. I just need a way to set the absolute path that the jar files use.
I have the same problem when I put the WAR file on the unix server. The extracted WAR file is in this location on the server:
/data02/tools/Apache/Tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.37/webapps/BANNEROnline
But I figure I should put the resource folders and files in this path (moosavi3 is my username!):
/home/moosavi3
How can I change the path?
The working directory is the directory from which java.[exe,bin] is started. I assume the bin directory is where the tomcat start-up script is? If the jars are all using this working directory I don't believe there is a way to make different web-apps have different working directory, they're all loaded on the same jvm (java.exe) from the same working directory.
A working directory is the directory from which a binary is started, it is not some arbitrary value that you can change.
I suspect these jar files where meant to be run as standalone applications and expected the filesystem resources they are trying to access to be in the same location as themselves.
Any filesystem resources would have to be moved to the location of your java.exe so that the correct file path resolution can result from your jars.
Standard Servlet project requires external libraries to be placed in the 'WEB-INF/lib' directory under project root. You can search google for 'servlet directory structure' and do your own research for more information. Shared libraries between web applications can be placed in the 'lib' directory under tomcat root, they should be picked up by tomcat jvm. My recommendation would be to keep the dependencies project specific, because you may need different versions in different projects in the future.
Update:
Read this page on the tomcat documentation, it will explain exactly how the project should be structured, and how to add a library that will be shared across all web applications:
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/appdev/deployment.html
Update 2:
The following Stackoverflow link explains several options how to add a static file to your web application, that will available at runtime.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/2161583/940754
Update 3:
Add a path to the classpath using the project's manifest:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/downman.html

SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-beta3-windows Command not working

I have installed SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-beta3-windows on my windows Xp 32-bit.
following is the command I am running on command prompt.
C:\Program Files\SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-beta3>sencha app create MyApp c:\xampp\htdocs\sencha\myapp\
Giving following error
[ERROR] the current workind directory (C:\Program
Files\SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-beta3>) is not valid SDK directory. Please
'cd' in to a SDK directory before executing this command.
environment variable has been set following way.
Variable name : Path
Value : C:\Program Files\SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-beta3
can anyone figure out what exactly wrong in this process ?
*****Sencha Touch setup Guide steps(in Window)******
Download Sencha Touch SDK Tool. (http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/download/ -->SDK Tools Beta for Developers). Run .exe file. It will install tool to default path. (i.e. C:\Program Files\SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-beta3)
Download Sencha Touch SDK. (Download openSource version file licensed under GPL.).
Extract SDK you just download in step 2.
Open Command line terminal (start->Run->type cmd). Change directory path to SDK path as you just extracted in step3.
Verify that Sencha Command is working properly on your machine. So Type Sencha.
E.g. sdkPath>sencha
you will see "Sencha Command v2.0.2" message with other sencha command detail.
Create app in your web directory by typing following.
E.g. sdkpath> sencha app create firstSenchaApp "path/ to/ www"
(If you have tomcat 7 installed in your computer, give path to \apache-tomcat-7.0.30-windows-x86\apache-tomcat-7.0.30\webapps)
Note: There must not be space in directory path name. _(underscore),- (desk) are allowed.
If app is not generated in step 6. There might be an error. There are as follow:
If error message appear is "sencha' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.”, follow these steps to troubleshoot:
The path to SDK Tools directory is prepended to your system's PATH environment variable.
From the terminal, run
echo $PATH or echo %PATH% .
The SDK Tools directory should be displayed in part of the output. If this is not the case, add it to your PATH manually.
The environment variable SENCHA_SDK_TOOLS_{version} is set, with the value being the absolute path to the installation directory mentioned above.
For example: If the installed version is '2.0.0-beta2', a SENCHA_SDK_TOOLS_2_0_0_BETA2 must be set.
From the terminal, run
echo $SENCHA_SDK_TOOLS_2_0_0_BETA2 or echo %SENCHA_SDK_TOOLS_2_0_0_BETA2% on Windows.
If the output is empty, set the environment variable manually.
Wrong Current Working Directory
A common mistake is not running Sencha Command within either a valid SDK directory or an application directory. If the current directory is not a SDK or application directory, "sencha" command will fallback to backwards-compatible mode. As of SDK Tools release "2.0.0-beta2", you should see a clear warning in such case:
"The current working directory (...) is not a recognized Sencha SDK or application folder. Running in backwards compatible mode." So in this case follow proper step as mentioned above.
Reference:
http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?192169-Important-SDK-Tools-Sencha-Command-Update
There is an invisible file that you need to copy, called .senchasdk. Make sure it is in the folder.
I think you're having the same problem I had; I had attempted to run 'sencha app create...' from the folder containing sencha.bat. Instead, you need to run 'sencha app create...' from the sencha-touch-2.0.1.1 folder (which contains the .senchasdk file).
See this previous SO question!
Save my days.
By the way, if you can't extract the sencha-cmd to sdk tools, try to extract on other location and copy the folder [3.0.0.250] to your sdk tools > [bin] folder.
hope this helps.

No 'server' JVM at '...'

I'm running a java application that we distribute as a server-side system. I'm trying to write a launcher ("write" is somewhat of an overstatement here, I'm basically just copying the Java.exe file so that we can get the desired name in the process explorer of windows). This exe is in our bin/ directory of our application file tree.
Now, we also have a jre/ directory in our file tree, which is where Java.exe actually resides (we ship our product with the Java environment). When I use Java.exe as the launcher, which is located in \jre\jre1.6.0_21\bin, or if I place the copy (call this exectuable 'Orange.exe') I made in this directory, it works just fine. But, if I put my 'Orange.exe' in the bin\ directory, then I get the following error:
Error: no 'server' JVM at 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\server\jvm.dll'
I think I understand what is happening here - I want to use the server version of the jvm.dll file, which is in our jre directory. The problem is, I don't understand WHY it doesn't look in the jre\jre1.6.0_21 directory in my application path. I've set my JAVA_HOME environment variable to this location. It seems like it's defaulting to another, system-wide expected location.
Does anyone know how I can change this, so that it looks in my application-provided java environment directory? Ideally, this will be an environment variable, as I need to call this application with parameters using a batch file.
There is a little trick to get the server JVM up and running:
Copy "server" folder from the JDK's JRE's bin folder example: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\jre\bin\server
Paste the "server" folder to JRE's bin folder example: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin
Done
See official readme for details.
I've just been struggling with this same problem in Eclipse and I noted that as suggested by the answer above the JBoss site has a thread on this issue saying the same as the answer above to copy files from the jdk to the jre folder.
I noticed that you can avoid having to do this if you define the runtime to be the jdk when you create the server. I didn't find how to edit an existing server though.
AFAIK, the JRE usually doesn't ship with a server VM (only the client VM). If you really need the server VM, you have to use the JDK installation.
See Oracle Java for Developers Download page for JRE's with Server VM.
I had the same problem here but, in my case, I just had not properly update the JAVA_HOME and my PATH for my recently installed JDK.
I just updated it to my new JDK location and the server started just fine.
Windows looks for DLLs in LIBPATH environment variable.
And make sure your 1.6.0_21 is somewhere first in PATH.
I solved the same problem by setting the JAVA_HOME path to C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_131\bin
The easiest fix is simply to copy the contents of client folder inside bin and put in a newly created folder 'server' inside bin.
Copy from C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_261\bin\client
Paste in C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_261\bin\server
*server is the new folder
Make sure that server/jvm.dll file must be there when we are trying to run servers like servicemix.
Copy "server" folder from the JDK's JRE's bin folder example: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\jre\bin\server
Paste the "server" folder to JRE's bin folder example: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin
I paced problem, I went through above..That's working fine.
Thanks!