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| author | James Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com> | 2012-01-06 17:21:13 -0500 |
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| committer | James Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com> | 2012-01-06 17:21:13 -0500 |
| commit | 679f2bd6e09afe117e9b30fedcf0d351fefaecd5 (patch) | |
| tree | 92ad436f36ab4820507ffd65359be4d7f7ef3b71 | |
| parent | e36d4de3a9dc55359f3b54dbf06adc8209d1028c (diff) | |
| download | gitblit-679f2bd6e09afe117e9b30fedcf0d351fefaecd5.tar.gz gitblit-679f2bd6e09afe117e9b30fedcf0d351fefaecd5.zip | |
Updated Express documentation
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/openshift.mkd | 27 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/openshift.mkd b/distrib/openshift.mkd index 5d144bd6..63b1b007 100644 --- a/distrib/openshift.mkd +++ b/distrib/openshift.mkd @@ -5,21 +5,26 @@ application repository. Gitblit Express is an exploded WAR file with all approp dependencies bundled.
You should delete the `pom.xml` file and the `src` folder from your application repository
-as this Gitblit Express is not a source distribution to be built with Maven on OpenShift.
+as Gitblit Express is not a source distribution to be built with Maven on OpenShift.
Gitblit automatically adjusts itself to running on OpenShift. Repositories, users,
-federation proposals, and setting overrides are stored in *OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR*.
+federation proposals, setting overrides, and Groovy push scripts are stored in *OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR*.
It is recommended to enable all RPC settings in the `web.xml` file to allow remote
administration and, more importantly, configuration of your Gitblit Express
installation using the Gitblit Manager.
+It is also recommended to set *web.forwardSlashCharacter* to ! because OpenShift
+runs on JBoss/Tomcat behind a proxy, neither of which are friendly to embedded
+forward-slashes.
+
Please do not change the following settings unless you know exactly what you are
doing:
- *git.repositoriesFolder*
+- *groovy.scriptsFolder*
- *federation.proposalsFolder*
-- *realm.userService* (for standard users.properties)
+- *realm.userService* (for standard users.conf)
Additionally, it is recommended to force your Gitblit installation to cleanup up
older versions on your OpenShift filesystem to maximize available space for your
@@ -29,6 +34,22 @@ Append the following command to your ./openshift/action_hooks/build file: rm -fr $OPENSHIFT_APP_DIR/jbossas-7.0/standalone/tmp/vfs/*
+Lastly, you may want to play with the heap and permgen settings of your Gitblit
+instance because the default heap for the JVM is 95 MB, which may be a little
+tight.
+
+To do that you will have to login to your account via ssh:
+
+ ssh hashcode@app-domain.rhcloud.com
+
+and then you will have to manipulate the -Xmx and -XX:MaxPermSize values.
+
+ vi $OPENSHIFT_APP_DIR/jbossas-7.0/bin/standalone.conf
+ ctl_app restart
+
+OpenShift currently allows 300MB of memory per application which includes ssh access, JVM, etc.
+The Gitblit demo hosted on OpenShift Express operates with -Xmx160m and -XX:MaxPermSize=90m.
+
For more detailed instructions on how to setup and deploy an OpenShift application
please see this excellent turorial:
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