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Reference Guide

These are the various XML configuration elements that you can use to configure the Cargo Maven 3 plugin. Make sure you also check the Maven 3 Archetypes which contain practical examples on how to use some of them.

Top level configuration elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<configuration>`	Definition of a Configuration	👎	Defaults to a standalone configuration if the container is of type local and a runtime one if it's of type remote
`<container>`	Definition of a Container	👎	Defaults to a Jetty 9.x installed local container if not specified
`<deployer>`	Definition of a Deployer	👎	Defaults to a deployer matching the container's type if none is specified (installed local deployer for an installed container, remote deployer for a remote container and embedded local deployer for an embedded container)
`<deployables>`	A list of deployables that are going to be deployed in the container when it is started or when `cargo:deploy` / `cargo:undeploy` is called.	👎	If the project's packaging is `war`, `ear` or `ejb`, the generated artifact is added automatically to the list of deployables to deploy. If you wish the generated artifact not to be added to the deployables list, just add an empty `<deployer/>` element.
`<daemon>`	Additional configuration that is used when deploying with the Cargo Daemon.	👎	For more information, please read: Cargo Daemon.
`<skip>`	Set this to `true` to bypass the executions of the Codehaus Cargo Maven 3 plugin.	👎	Defaults to `false`, you can also steer it using the system property `cargo.maven.skip`
`<ignoreFailures>`	Set this to `true` to make the mojo ignore failures, so that Maven 3 can still progress through on integration tests with more than one container domain started.	👎	Defaults to `false`, you can also steer it using the system property `cargo.ignore.failures`
`<useLogCategoryPrefix>`	Set this to `true` to display the log message category prefixes, which could help diagnosing issues. Since Codehaus Cargo Maven 3 Plugin version 1.10.11 onwards.	👎	Defaults to `false`, you can also steer it using the system property `cargo.maven.useLogCategoryPrefix`

`<configuration>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<configfiles>`	List of Configuration files that are to be added to a local container's configuration. Each file is specified using a `<configfile>` element. Cargo token replacement is applied to the files and any existing file is overwritten.	👎	No default
`<files>`	List of files that are to be added to a local container's configuration. Each file is specified using a `<file>` element.	👎	No default
`<home>`	For standalone configuration this is the location where Cargo will create the configuration and for existing configuration this is where it is located.	👎	`${project.build.directory}/cargo/configurations/${containerId`}
`<implementation>`	Full classname of a custom configuration implementation to use. In that case the custom configuration is registered with the `<containerId>` and `<type>` specified.	👎	Defaults to the Cargo-provided implementation if not specified
`<properties>`	Values to use for various Configuration properties. You can also use the `<propertiesFile>` element to load configuration properties from a file.	👎	Default configuration properties Note that these configuration properties can also be overriden using Java properties; for example: mvn -Dcargo.servlet.port=8082 cargo:start In addition to this, properties can also be set using the Maven 3 `settings.xml` file. See the setting configuration options via the Maven settings.xml section for details.
`<xmlReplacements>`	Values to use for various XML replacements.	👎	No default
`<type>`	Configuration's type. Valid values are `standalone`, `existing` and `runtime`.	👎	`standalone`
`<users>`	List of users to be created in container configuration.	👎	No default
`<datasources>`	List of datasources to be created in container configuration.	👎	No default

`<container>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<append>`	If `true`, then the file specified by `<output>` will not be erased across different runs.	👎	`false`
`<containerId>`	Id of the container to use. Valid values can be found in the description page for each container.	👎	`jetty9x`
`<contextKey>`	Container context key, which can be used for two purposes: Start, stop, configure or deploy to the same Cargo container (together with its configuration) from different Maven artifacts. Inject configuration properties via the Maven `settings.xml` file, as explained in the setting configuration options via the Maven 3 settings.xml section.	👎	No reusable default The Cargo Maven 3 plugin will actually generate a unique context key for each container based on the container and configuration's type and home - Which is not meant to be reused by end users.
`<dependencies>`	List of extra dependencies or shared dependencies that will be added to the container or applications execution classpath.	👎	No default
`<home>`	Location where the container is installed. If specified in conjunction with the `<zipUrlInstaller>` or `<artifactInstaller>` element, it will override the home directory defined by the installer.	👎	No default If the user has not defined any `home`, `<zipUrlInstaller>` nor `<artifactInstaller>` element then the plugin will automatically attempt to download the container using the URL used by its tests (see the Tested On section of each container).
`<implementation>`	Full classname of a custom container implementation to use. In that case, the custom container is registered with the `<containerId>` and `<type>` specified.	👎	Defaults to the Cargo-provided implementation if not specified
`<log>`	Path to a file where Cargo logs are saved.	👎	Logs to the Maven 3 console if no log file is specified
`<output>`	Path to a file where container logs are saved.	👎	Logs to the file specified by the `<log>` element or to the Maven 3 console if no such file has been specified
`<systemProperties>`	List of `<key>value</key>` pairs to be passed as System properties to the container when it is started. You can also use the `<systemPropertiesFile>` element to load system properties from a file.	👎	No default
`<timeout>`	The timeout after which Cargo reports an error if the container is not started or stopped.	👎	`120000` ms (2 minutes)
`<type>`	The container's type. Valid values are `installed`, `embedded` and `remote`.	👎	Default value is `installed` unless the `<containerId>` has not been specified, in which case the default is to use the Jetty 9.x installed local container.
`<zipUrlInstaller>`	Defines the location of a container distribution zip that will be downloaded and installed.	👎	No default If the user has not defined any `home`, `<zipUrlInstaller>` nor `<artifactInstaller>` element then the plugin will automatically attempt to download the container using the URL used by its tests (see the Tested On section of each container).
`<artifactInstaller>`	Defines the location of a container Maven 3 artifact that will be downloaded and installed.	👎	No default If the user has not defined any `home`, `<zipUrlInstaller>` nor `<artifactInstaller>` element then the plugin will automatically attempt to download the container using the URL used by its tests (see the Tested On section of each container).

`<deployer>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<implementation>`	Deployer implementation class. Usage of this option is not recommended, please prefer `type` instead.	👎	No default
`<type>`	The deployer's type.	👎	Defaults to a deployer matching the container's type if none is specified (installed local deployer for an installed container, remote deployer for a remote container and embedded local deployer for an embedded container)

`<configfile>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<file>`	The configuration file or directory containing configuration files.	👍	No default
`<todir>`	The target directory, relative to configuration home, where the file should be copied.	👎	If not specified, the file will be copied to the configuration's home directory
`<tofile>`	The target file name to use.	👎	The original file name

`<file>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<file>`	The file, or directory, to add	👍	No default
`<todir>`	The target directory, relative to configuration home, where the file should be copied	👎	If not specified, the file will be copied to the configuration's home directory
`<tofile>`	The target file name to use	👎	The original file name
`<configfile>`	Indicates if Cargo token replacement should be applied (`true`) when copying. Do not use this option on a non-ascii file as it will corrupt it!	👎	`false`
`<overwrite>`	If any existing file should be overwritten or not	👎	`true`

`<deployable>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<artifactId>`	Maven 3 artifact id for the module. This artifact id must match either the project's artifact id if your project generates a J2EE artifact (WAR, EAR, EJB and RAR) or it must match a specified `<project>/<dependencies>/<dependency>` artifact id	👎	Defaults to the project's artifact id
`<groupId>`	Maven 3 group id for the module. This group id must match either the project's group id if your project generates a J2EE artifact (WAR, EAR, EJB and RAR) or it must match a specified `<project>/<dependencies>/<dependency>` group id	👎	Defaults to the project's group id
`<implementation>`	Deployable implementation class. Usage of this option is not recommended, please prefer `type` instead.	👎	No default
`<location>`	Path location where the module can be found	👎	Default's to the project's generated artifact location or to the specified `<project>/<dependencies>/<dependency>` location
`<pingURL>`	URL on which to ping the deployed or undeployed application (to check if deployment or undeployment is successful), that should return an HTTP OK response only after the deployment is complete. If not set, the deployed or undeployed application will not be pinged, hence the deployment considered as complete as soon as the target server's method returns successfully.	👎	No default
`<pingUrlPath>`	URL path used to ping the deployed or undeployed application. It has similar functionality as `<pingURL>`, but in this case there is omitted protocol, server and port informations - they are retrieved from container configuration. For example for the URL `http://localhost:8080/cargo` its URL path is just `/cargo`.	👎	No default
`<pingTimeout>`	If `<pingURL>` is set, the number of milliseconds after which the ping fails the build if still not successful.	👎	`20000` (i.e., `20` seconds)
`<properties>`	User-defined properties of a deployable.	👎	No default
`<type>`	Maven 3 type for the module. This type must match either the project's packaging if your project generates a J2EE artifact (WAR, EAR, EJB and RAR) or it must match a specified `<project>/<dependencies>/<dependency>` type	👎	Defaults to the project's packaging

`<properties>` elements	Deployable Type	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<context>`	WAR	The context name to use when deploying the web application.	👎	Default's to the artifact's `${artifactId}`
`<war>`	WAR	The path of the WAR being deployed.	👎	Default's to the project's generated artifact location
`<ear>`	EAR	The path of the EAR being deployed.	👎	Default's to the project's generated artifact location
`<name>`	EAR	The name of EAR deployable (it can be anything, there's no special rule).	👎	Default's to the artifact's `${artifactId}`
`<ejb>`	EJB	The path of the EJB being deployed.	👎	Default's to the project's generated artifact location

About WAR contexts

Many containers have their specific files for redefining context roots (Tomcat has context.xml, JBoss has jboss-web.xml, etc.). If your WAR has such a file, the server will most probably use the context root defined in that file instead of the one you specify using the CARGO deployer.

`<dependency>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<artifactId>`	Maven 3 artifact id of the dependency. This artifact id must match a specified `<project>/<dependencies>/<dependency>` artifact id	👎	Defaults to the project's artifact id
`<groupId>`	Maven 3 group id of the dependency. This group id must match a specified `<project>/<dependencies>/<dependency>` group id	👎	Defaults to the project's group id
`<type>`	Maven 3 artifact type of the dependency. This type must match a specified `<project>/<dependencies>/<dependency>` type	👎	Defaults to the project's packaging
`<classpath>`	Target classpath, either `extra` (default) or `shared`. Shared application classpath deployment is only available for local containers which support shared Application Classpaths.	👎	`extra` (container classpath)
`<location>`	The path of a folder or a jar file you wish to add to deployable classpath. This element can be used to explicitly add entries to the classpath. For example: <dependency> <location>src/main/resources/conf</location> </dependency>	👎	If the groupId and artifactId match those of the project then the deployable is the artifact generated by the project. Otherwise the location is the location of the dependency in your local repository.

`<zipUrlInstaller>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<url>`	URL from which to download the container's ZIP or TAR.GZ file.	👍	No default
`<downloadDir>`	Directory in which the `zipUrlInstaller` should download the container's ZIP or TAR.GZ file.	👎	`${java.io.tmpdir}/cargo/installs`
`<extractDir>`	Directory in which the `zipUrlInstaller` should extract the container's ZIP or TAR.GZ file.	👎	`${project.build.directory}/cargo/installs`
`<proxy>`	Proxy server settings, if required.	👎	No default

Automatic proxy settings

Note that Codehaus Cargo will by default reuse existing Maven 3 proxy configuration, so you won't need to type the proxy settings for the zipUrlInstaller element.

`<proxy>` elements (under the `zipUrlInstaller` element)	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<cargo.proxy.host>`	Proxy host name or IP address.	👍	No default
`<cargo.proxy.port>`	Proxy port.	👎	Very probably `80`
`<cargo.proxy.user>`	User name to connect to the proxy server.	👎	No default
`<cargo.proxy.password>`	Password to connect to the proxy server.	👎	No default

`<artifactInstaller>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<groupId>`	Group id.	👍	No default
`<artifactId>`	Artifact id.	👍	No default
`<version>`	Version.	👍	No default
`<type>`	Artifact type.	👎	`zip`
`<classifier>`	Classifier.	👎	No default
`<extractDir>`	Directory in which the `artifactInstaller` should extract the container's ZIP or TAR.GZ file.	👎	`${project.build.directory}/cargo/installs`

`<user>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<name>`	User name.	👍	No default
`<password>`	User password.	👎	No default
`<roles>`	List of roles which should be assigned to user. Example of roles configuration: <roles> <role>cargo</role> </roles>	👎	No default

`<datasource>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<jndiName>`	JNDI name where to find this DataSource.	👍	No default
`<connectionType>`	Type of this DataSource, for example "javax.sql.XADataSource"	👎	No default
`<transactionSupport>`	Transaction support of the datasource, for example "XA_TRANSACTION"	👎	No default
`<driverClass>`	The class name of the Driver, for example "org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"	👎	No default
`<url>`	DataSource connection URL.	👎	No default
`<username>`	DataSource username.	👎	No default
`<password>`	DataSource password.	👎	Empty string
`<id>`	Id used in configuration files.	👎	No default
`<connectionProperties>`	Extra properties passed to the DataSource.	👎	No default

Daemon configuration

The Cargo Daemon is a Web-based application that uses the Cargo API to configure, start and stop containers on a remote machine. The daemon is meant to be listening 24/7, to allow users to deploy new containers and web applications at their command. For more information, please read: Cargo Daemon.

Container configuration for the Daemon

For the Maven plugin, the "daemonized server" is actually a local container with a hostname that points to a remote machine. This implies that:

You should not set the container type to a remote container nor add any remote deployers to the configuration; but instead define the container as a local container (with either a standalone or existing configuration)
When you define the home paths for the container and the configuration, remember these paths are for the machine where the Daemon is running (and, preferably, use absolute paths)

When you call cargo:daemon-start, the Maven 3 plugin will do the following:

If an installer is defined:
- Download the archive locally
- Send the archive over to the machine running the Daemon
- Instruct the Daemon to extract the archive
If a standalone local configuration is defined, instruct the Daemon to create it
In all cases:
- Send the configuration files and deployables to the machine running the Daemon
- Instruct the Daemon to deploy them
Finally, instruct the Daemon to start the container

`<daemon>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<classpaths>`	A list of `<classpath>myclasspath</classpath>` items, that will be added by the JVM launcher when starting a container.	👎	No default
`<properties>`	A list of properties used to configure the Cargo Daemon.	👍	No default

`<properties>` elements	Description	Mandatory?	Default value
`<cargo.daemon.url>`	URL to connect with the daemon.	👍	No default
`<cargo.daemon.handleid>`	The handle id to register this container with.	👍	No default
`<cargo.daemon.autostart>`	When set to `true`, the dameon will automatically restart the container if the daemon notices it is stopped.	👎	`false`
`<cargo.daemon.username>`	Username used when authenticating against the daemon host	👎	`admin`
`<cargo.daemon.password>`	Password used when authenticating against the daemon host	👎	`""` (empty String)

Setting configuration options via the Maven 3 settings.xml

The Cargo Maven 3 plugin also allows you to define container configuration properties using the settings.xml file. This way, you can for example store properties like usernames and passwords in a centralized location (as opposed to pom.xml files).

First, add the configuration properties you would like in your settings.xml file's <servers> section:

<servers>
  <server>
    <id>jonas1</id>
    <configuration>
      <cargo.remote.uri>jmx://jonas1</cargo.remote.uri>
      <cargo.jonas.domain.name>jonas</cargo.jonas.domain.name>
      <cargo.remote.username>jonas</cargo.remote.username>
      <cargo.remote.password>jonas</cargo.remote.password>
    </configuration>
  </server>
<servers>

Then, in the Cargo plugin's configuration, do either of the following in order to inject the configuration properties that you have previously defined in the settings.xml file:

Define a container <contextKey> attribute
... or
Use the cargo.server.settings property in the container configuration

Here comes an example with the second technique:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
  <artifactId>cargo-maven3-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    [...]
    <configuration>
      <properties>
        <cargo.server.settings>jonas1</cargo.server.settings>
      </properties>
    </configuration>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

In this case, the plugin will internally "expand" the configuration into:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
  <artifactId>cargo-maven3-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    [...]
    <configuration>
      <properties>
        <cargo.remote.uri>jmx://jonas1</cargo.remote.uri>
        <cargo.jonas.domain.name>jonas</cargo.jonas.domain.name>
        <cargo.remote.username>jonas</cargo.remote.username>
        <cargo.remote.password>jonas</cargo.remote.password>
      </properties>
    </configuration>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

Careful with properties set in the POM

Priority for property values are as follows:

First and highest priority (i.e., will always override all below): Properties set using environment variables
Second priority: Properties set in the <configuration> of the Maven 3 plugin (following Maven's own override rules for configurations set across parents, executions, etc.)
Third priority: Properties loaded from a file
Fourth priority: Properties set in the POM
Fifth priority: Properties that should be loaded using the cargo.server.settings option
Sixth priority: Properties that should be loaded using <contextKey> option
Seventh and lowest priority: Default properties set by the container itself

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