Apache Archiva BOSH Release

This is a BOSH Release to deploy Apache Archiva.

Status

Works! Minor configuration capabilities, as most configuration seems to be in the user interface.

Deployment

git clone https://github.com/a2geek/apache-archiva-bosh-release.git
cd apache-archiva-bosh-release
bosh -d archiva deploy manifest.yml

Configuration options

Operations File	Description
`operations/set-base-url.yml`	Used when Archiva is behind something like a HAProxy. If the URL or port does not match, Archiva assumes this is an attack and does not respond.
`operations/set-disk-size.yml`	Used to set a different disk size from the arbitratily chosen size of 10GiB.

Configuration variables

Structured variables will be similar to this:

archiva:
  disk_size: ...
  base_url: http(s)://...

Post-deployment

Note that post deployment, the guest user needs to be enabled as a repository observer. Otherwise Archiva will require authentication.

To do this, log into Archiva > Manage (Users) > Click the edit button for guest > Click "Edit Roles" > Check Repository Observer > Click Update button.

Maven configuration

Just a sample; search if you need more details!

$ cat ~/.m2/settings.xml
<settings>
  <mirrors>
    <mirror>
      <id>archiva.default</id>
      <url>http://<archiva-server>/repository/internal/</url>
      <mirrorOf>external:*</mirrorOf>
    </mirror>
  </mirrors>
</settings>

Development

For those used to make the delete/deploy sequences are just:

make rmdev dev

Otherwise, the usual mechanisms:

cd apache-archiva-bosh-release
bosh create-release --force
bosh upload-release
bosh -d archiva deploy manifest.yml -o operations/use-latest-dev.yml