We have made our first release of the JumpBox for Tomcat. It is for subscribers only but can be tested using our trial system (for one hour) or longer at your expense in EC2 using JumpBox Cloud Gear.
We have tried to make this as usable as possible with the primary usage scenario being the deployment of an existing application. Of course this would be similar to the case where you are developing your own application.
Most of the documentation is currently on the JumpBox for Tomcat Wiki Page.
All feedback would be appreciated and we will do what we can to incorporate your ideas.
The one question I had while helping build this JumpBox was whether to include phpmyadmin. I decided against it for a few reasons:
- Most instructions for deploying Java apps I encountered included fairly details mysql command line instructions.
- It would have required the inclusion of PHP in the JumpBox which it currently does not have, though can be trivially added.
- I personally find it far easier to provide instructions for the command line tools than using the web interface.
If you have any comments on this or anything else, please feel free to chime in below.
Adding myphpadmin
While I like the command line. I plan on using this for my customers and they demand gui's. I think myphpadmin adds a lot of quick fixing and lessens the need for remote access to the database.
I'll vote to put it in there. Or at the very least a knowledge base article on how to install it.