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This page introduces how to customize a server with plugins from the existing one to meet requirements of your application. There are 3 different approaches as followed:

Assembling a server

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via Console

Just as with installing plugins, this can be done from the admin console, gshell, and the Geronimo Eclipse Plugin. In the admin console you specify the groupId and artifactId of the server you want, the version, the target path and the archive type and then select the plugins you want installed. The server will be assembled in var/temp by default.

Assembling a server via command line

Similarly you can use the gshell deploy/assemble command specifying the same information on the command line interactively.

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# assembles a server containing roller-jetty from the geronimo-framework server.
# run using ./bin/gsh < roller-jetty-commands
deploy/list-plugins -u system -w manager -r file:/Users/david/.m2/repository/\
 org.apache.geronimo.plugins/roller-jetty/0.0.2-SNAPSHOT/car\
 org.apache.geronimo.plugins/roller-themes/0.0.2-SNAPSHOT/car

deploy/assemble -g org.apache.geronimo.assemblies -a geronimo-roller-jetty -v 1.0-SNAPSHOT\
 org.apache.geronimo.assemblies/geronimo-boilerplate-minimal/2.1-SNAPSHOT/jar\
 org.apache.geronimo.plugins/roller-jetty/0.0.2-SNAPSHOT/car\
 org.apache.geronimo.plugins/roller-themes/0.0.2-SNAPSHOT/car

Assembling a server via GEP

The use of the GEP to assemble a custom server is very similar to the other methods. While the Geronimo server is running, use the server's popup menu to launch the Custom Server Assembly dialog. Specify the artifact name, group, version, archive type, path (relative to the running server), and plugins that you want installed. Once again, remember that the framework plugin group must be included to get a working server.