I had to quickly add some AD authentication to one of our applications and it was becoming cumbersome at best using the built in Java LDAP libraries. Most things had to have FQDNs, nested groups weren’t supported, the host name…
Alright, now for how we actually automate the installer build! Everything mentioned here lives in the ‘installer’ profile. This allows your developers to still run the package command without invoking a lengthy installer build. Required Properties There is a set…
The next step in creating an installer after assembling the application is generating the actual msi. There are a couple issues that need to be addressed when setting up the framework though. The installer may include jars that do not…
The Concept The first step in getting an installer built is to be able to construct what will roughly be the folder structure of your application. Out of trial and error, or maybe out of a Java convention I don’t know…
Recently, I worked towards automating the build of all our installers after we integrated Maven into our Java-based projects. We standardized all of our installers on WiX which has proven to be a great tool to reliably build installers. The…
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