OpenShift Online (https://www.openshift.com) is an application hosting platform by Red Hat (http://www.redhat.com/) that makes it easy to run container-based web applications in the cloud.
. As an open source platform to easily build enterprise web apps for cloud and mobile, Joget Workflow (www.joget.org) is a good complement for OpenShift.
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OpenShift Online has a free monthly plan that allows you to host up to 3 web applications in the cloud for free. As such, you can run a basic Joget Workflow deployment without any cost! |
This article describes the steps required to deploy Joget Workflow on OpenShift Online using an Ubuntu Linux installationclient. Just execute follow the commands steps below and you can get a running Joget Workflow installation very quickly. You can also manage OpenShift using other OS platforms (e.g. Windows, OSX, etc) by adapting the commands accordingly.
Step 1: Signup for OpenShift
Sign up for free at https://www.openshift.com/app/account/new and follow the instructions
Step 2: Install Prerequisites i.e. Git, Ruby and OpenShift Client Tools
Run the following commands in your Ubuntu client to install the prerequisite tools to manage OpenShift applications:
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Step 3: Create OpenShift App and Deploy Joget Workflow
Run the following scripts script in your Ubuntu client to create an OpenShift application and install Joget Workflow v5 Enterprise Edition:
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export JOGET_VERSION=5.0.1
export APP_NAME=joget5
echo === Create OpenShift Tomcat MySQL App ===
rhc app-create $APP_NAME tomcat7 mysql-5.5 phpmyadmin
echo === Configure Java VM and Environment Variables ===
export OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR=$(rhc ssh $APP_NAME 'echo $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR');\
rhc env-set JAVA_OPTS_EXT="-Djava.awt.headless=true -Dwflow.home=${OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR}wflow/" --app $APP_NAME;\
export OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_HOST=$(rhc ssh $APP_NAME 'echo $OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_HOST');\
export OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_USERNAME=$(rhc ssh $APP_NAME 'echo $OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_USERNAME');\
export OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_PASSWORD=$(rhc ssh $APP_NAME 'echo $OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_PASSWORD');\
export OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR=$(rhc ssh $APP_NAME 'echo $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR')
echo === Restart OpenShift App ===
rhc app restart $APP_NAME
echo === Deploy Joget Workflow $JOGET_VERSION ===
rhc ssh $APP_NAME "cd ~/app-root/data;\
echo '--- Download Bundle ---';\
wget http://dev.joget.org/downloads/enterprise/joget-enterprise-linux-$JOGET_VERSION.tar.gz;\
echo '--- Extract Bundle ---';\
tar xvfz joget-enterprise-linux-$JOGET_VERSION.tar.gz;\
cd joget-enterprise-linux-$JOGET_VERSION;\
echo '--- Setup Datasource ---';\
apache-ant-1.7.1/bin/ant setup -Dprofile.name=default -Ddb.name=jwdb -Ddb.host=$OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_HOST -Ddb.port=3306 -Ddb.user=$OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_USERNAME -Ddb.password=$OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_PASSWORD;\
cp -rf wflow/ $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/;\
echo '--- Setup WARs ---';\
mv apache-tomcat-8.0.20/webapps/jw* ~/jbossews/webapps/;\
echo '--- Clean Bundle ---';\
cd ..;\
rm -r joget-enterprise-linux-*" |
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Once the deployment is complete, browse to your Joget Workflow installation at at http://joget5-{Your_OpenShift_Account}.rhcloud.com/jw