EndpointConfigurator is breaking my composites

Question

Hi,
I have run into a problem with Deploying my compisites via a deployment plan.
Due to our cluster setup we need to have diffrent server url's to deploy to then the composites need to refer to each other.
We need to deploy to devsoainternal.ad.ic.ac.uk:80
Composites need to refer to devsoa.imperial.ac.uk:443
We achieved on 11.1.1.2 this by putting the following into AIAInstallProperties:
<pips>
<IC_Global>
<version>11.1.1.5.0</version>
<server>
<soaserverhostname>devsoa.imperial.ac.uk</soaserverhostname>
<soaserverport>443</soaserverport>
</server>
</IC_Global>
<IC_Deploy>
<version>11.1.1.5.0</version>
<server>
<soaserverhostname>devsoainternal.ad.ic.ac.uk</soaserverhostname>
<soaserverport>80</soaserverport>
</server>
</IC_Deploy>
</pips>
This way we can have deployment plans of the form:
<DeploymentPlan component="TEST_FIRE_FORGET" version="3.0">
<PreInstallScript/>
<Configurations>
<EndpointConfigurator target-server="pips.IC_Global" dir="${AIA_HOME}/pips/ICPatches/wls000001"/>
</Configurations>
<Deployments>
<Composite compositeName="CreateInvoiceListEbizOSSReqABCSImpl" compositedir="${AIA_HOME}/pips/ICPatches/wls000001/CreateInvoiceListEbizOSSReqABCSImpl" revision="1.0" wlserver="pips.IC_Deploy" action="deploy"/>
</Deployments>
</DeploymentPlan>
This configured the endpoint to the IC_Global value (which is devsoa.imperial.ac.uk)
but when it deployed the composite it connected to IC_Deploy (which is devsoainternal.ad.ic.ac.uk)
This worked fine in 11.1.1.2
In 11.1.1.5 something has changed. Instead of configuring the endpoints in the composite to devsoa.imperial.ac.uk, the endpointconfigurator is using devsoainternal.ad.ic.ac.uk.
Of course when they execute they all break because the server address is wrong.
If I change the deployment to point to devsoa.imperial.ac.uk I can view the composite and see that the endpoints are now correct. The problem is the deployment process fails because it can't see devsoa.imperial.ac.uk.
Can anyone tell me why Endpointconfigurator is ignoring it's target-server tag in 11.1.1.5 and just using the deployment server?
Thanks
Robert

Answer 1

Hi,
The following may work for you (It works in 11.1.1.5). (This solution didn’t come from Oracle)
First a bit of history:
In 11.1.1.2 You had to explicitly call the endpoint Configurator in your deployment plans. This was flexible as you could deploy to one server but have end points configured to point to a different address.
In 11.1.1.5 They moved the call to endpoint Configurator into the deployment code. This meant that the endpoints were always configured to point to the same location that you deployed to.
My ‘fix’ was to remove this automatic call to endpoint Configurator and put it back in the deployment plan. This meant that:
1.     All your deployment plans need a call to endpoint Configurator
2.     You can now configure endpoint Configurator to point to a different server that you deploy to.
So the instructions of how to implement this are as follows:
Alter the file $AIA_HOME/Infrastructure/Install/AID/lib/AIDDeploymentLibraryTasks.xml at line 160 it calls the EndPointConfigurator and passes the server refered to by wlserver. Comment out this line
(The line to comment is the one with the RJM REMOVED text. I have included the bit before and after as it may be a different line number in 11.1.1.6)
<pre>
<!-- Check for no-action before validations -->
<if>
<equals arg1="@{action}" arg2="no-action" />
<then>
<echo message="No-action has been selected due to the condition specified in the policy file for the Composite: @{compositeName}"></echo>
</then>
<else>
<ValidateSOAServerDetails wlserver="@{wlserver}"/>
<!-- Perform deploy or undeploy depending on the value in action attribute -->
<!--RJM REMOVED THIS LINE <EndpointConfigurator target-server="@{wlserver}" dir="@{compositedir}" /> -->
<if>
<equals arg1="@{configplan}" arg2="null"/>
<then>
<if>
<available file="@{compositedir}/AIAConfigurationPlan.xml" type="file" />
<then>
<var name="configurationPlan" value="@{compositedir}/AIAConfigurationPlan.xml"/>
</then>
<elseif>
<available file="@{compositedir}/@{compositeName}_cfgplan.xml" type="file" />
<then>
<var name="configurationPlan" value="@{compositedir}/@{compositeName}_cfgplan.xml"/>
</then>
</pre>
Next you need to setup what end point Configurator will point to. Open the following file:
$AIA_HOME/aia_instances/$AIA_INSTANCE/config/AIAInstallProperties.xml
In this file in properties/pips you will see blocks of text like:
<pre>
<AIADemo>
<version>11.1.1.5.0</version>
<server>
<adminhostname>hostname.com</adminhostname>
<adminport>7001</adminport>
<domainname>soa_domain</domainname>
<username>weblogic</username>
<password>weblogic1</password>
<servertype>Cluster</servertype>
<soaserver>SOA_Cluster</soaserver>
<soaserverhostname>devsoainternal.ad.ic.ac.uk</soaserverhostname>
<soaserverport>80</soaserverport>
</server>
</AIADemo>
</pre>
Copy and paste this for each server you want to redeploy to and fill in the correct details.
Change the tag name from AIADemo to some string e.g. IC_Deploy
Not add a configuration section to your deployment plans so they are similar to the following:
<pre>
<DeploymentPlan component="ICIS-OSS-TCA-PIP-001" version="3.0">
<PreInstallScript/>
<Configurations>
<EndpointConfigurator target-server="pips.IC_Global" dir="${AIA_HOME}/pips/ICPatches/wls000013"/>
</Configurations>
<Deployments>
<Composite compositeName="COMPISITENAME" compositedir="${AIA_HOME}/pips/ICPatches/wls000013/COMPISITENAME" revision="1.0" wlserver="pips.IC_Deploy" action="deploy" overwrite="false"/>
</Deployments>
</DeploymentPlan>
</pre>
Here you can see that if have set endpoint Configurator to run in the directory ${AIA_HOME}/pips/ICPatches/wls000013 and to configure the endpoints to point to pips.IC_Global
This setup should work for you but it is not an official oracle solution.
Robert