play2-native-packager-plugin

Play Framework Plugin for producing native system distribution packages

You can utilize this plugin to create standalone deb, rpm, homebrew and msi packages for your play! applications.

It basically assists in the configuration of the SBT Native packager

At the momment we have only worked on generating debian (.deb) packages

This readme knows that version 0.2 is available in Maven Central.

Play versions support

For Play 2.0.X you may continue to use version 0.2.
For Play 2.1.X go ahead and try out version 0.4.1.

Usage

Include the plugin in your plugins.sbt file:

//Typesafe Repo
resolvers += "Typesafe repository" at "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases/"

//sbt-native-packager repo
resolvers += Resolver.url("scalasbt", new URL("http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns)

//play2-native-packager-plugin snapshot repo
resolvers += "OSS Snapshots" at "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"

addSbtPlugin("net.kindleit" %% "play2-native-packager-plugin" % "0.4.1")

In your Build.scala file, after you import

import net.kindleit.play2.natpackplugin.NatPackPlugin._
import NatPackKeys._

you can fill out your project as:

val main = PlayProject(appName, appVersion, appDependencies, mainLang = SCALA).settings(natPackSettings ++ Seq(
  maintainer := "John Doe <[email protected]>",
  packageSummary := "My custom package summary",
  packageDescription := "My longer package description"
  userName := "www-data",
  groupName := "www-data"
):_*)

To fill out the appropriate packaging metadata.

Debian Support

The play command:

play deb

Genrates a debian package. The final .deb package will depend on the daemon and java2-runtime packages, creating a user account and a SystemV service for your play! application.

e.g. sudo /etc/init.d/myapp start and sudo /etc/init.d/myapp stop

will be availabe and work for you.

If you choose to pass custom arguments to the play app, you are encouraged to create and update /etc/default/myapp to contain your own environment variables and any direct options passed to the play app via the PLAY_ARGS variable