Building itracker from Sources

If you want to check-out the itracker sources yourself, eg. to patch, configure or run/deploy directly from maven, you will find some essential information on how-to make the build work.

It is not recommended to change files under /src in the local workspace, since you have to merge them when updating from the repo.
Consider configuring your local customizations in maven settings.xml, using profiles and repositories according to your demands.

There are some relevant build properties available, depending on your needs, you find more details in the pom.xml:

Cargo Plugin

Tomcat run with profile itracker.tomcat:

  • main.dataSource.jdbcUrl and main.dataSource.driverClass to run in tomcat against a different database
    this is applied to /src/main/tomcat/context.xml for runtime.
  • mail.smtp.host (and other mail settings) to use a custom mail-server
    this is applied to /src/main/tomcat/context.xml for runtime.
  • application.port to run on an http-port other than 8888.
  • cargo plugin reference

start the build, eg:
mvn package cargo:run -Dcargo.container=tomcat6x -Pitracker.tomcat
mvn package cargo:run -Dcargo.container=tomcat7x -Dapplication.port=8080 -Pitracker.tomcat
mvn package cargo:run -Dcargo.container=tomcat8x -Dapplication.port=8080 -Pitracker.tomcat
mvn package cargo:run -Dcargo.container=tomcat9x -Dapplication.port=8080 -Pitracker.tomcat

Tomcat deploy using the Cargo Plugin

  • cargo.remote.username remote manager username
  • cargo.remote.password remote manager password
  • cargo.remote.uri the tomcat-manager URI
Tomcat 6.x:

eg:
mvn package cargo:deploy -Dcargo.remote.uri=http://itracker-host:8080/manager -Dcargo.remote.username=manager -Dcargo.remote.password=admin

Tomcat 7.x/8.x/9.x:

eg:
mvn package cargo:deploy -Dcargo.remote.uri=http://itracker-host:8080/manager/text -Dcargo.remote.username=manager -Dcargo.remote.password=admin

Jetty Plugin

  • Running Jetty using a in-memory database, eg:
    mvn package jetty:run -Dapplication.port:9000 -Dmain.dataSource.jdbcUrl=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:/tmp/itrackerdev-jetty -Pitracker.jetty
  • Using an external jetty-xml path to load jetty.xml and jettyEnv.xml files:
    mvn package jetty:run -Djetty.configSrc=/var/itracker/jetty

Testing

Separate tests for itracker are available for execution when building with maven. They must all pass before checking in code changes, and will be checked later on a build server to work consistently in the trunk.

  • Unit Tests are executed unless skipped, they don't need a database to be executed.
    mvn clean package
  • Integration Tests can be executed with the verify phase, they run against an in-memory database unless configured differently.
    mvn clean verify -Dit.test=ITrackerResourcesIT
  • Frontend Tests with Selenium running against an in-memory database in a Jenkins deployed itracker-application.
    mvn clean verify -Dselenium -Dselenium.test=ForgotPasswordTest (against random 'free' ports on the build system)\

    Run selenium tests, eg:
    mvn clean verify -Pselenium -Dselenium.browser=firefox

    Run tests in slow-motion:
    mvn clean verify -Pselenium

    If you cancel the build running Selenium Tests, some processes might be left and blocking some ports, you must find and kill them manually.

Site

The site target takes more memory due to intensive reporting, it can be assigned by calling
export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xms512m -Xmx1224m"
on the command line.

mvn site

Building for Sonar

Assuming your Sonar Server runs at http://localhost:9000 and default h2-DB; otherwise provide the sonar.host.url property and DB connection.

Usually use the two commands:

  mvn clean install -DskipTests=true
  mvn sonar:sonar

Or with one single command:

mvn clean install sonar:sonar -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true

Release a final Version

Follow the release instructions.

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