Plugins Group

A plugins group is basically a set of plugins for users to easily understand and consume them. Customizing server assemblies will be more easy and a plugins group can be installed as a regular plugin by using deploy command. There are 8 groups for different distribution with Web Contaniner such as Tomcat and Jetty. We take Tomcat as an example here and introduce each plugins group and what plugins are included:

1. Geronimo Plugin Group :: Framework
   • description: This plugin group provides the framework functionality. It is required to build a working server.
   • Plugin included:

     plugin	description
     org.apache.geronimo.assemblies/geronimo-boilerplate//car	Provides boilerplate files for all Geronimo Server assemblies.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/gshell-framework//car	Provides the GShell Framework used by the Geronimo Server.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/gshell-geronimo//car	Provides the GShell commands to opperate on the Geronimo Server.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/gshell-remote//car	Provides the GShell commands to opperate on a remote Geronimo Server.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-system//car	Provides base geronimo server that sets up the kernel.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/client-system//car
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/rmi-naming//car	Provides fundamental geronimo services including the plugin installer.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/plugin//car
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-security//car	Provides basic Geronimo server security infrastructure.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/server-security-config//car	Provides sample security configuration for a demo geronimo server. Not suitable for production use.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/shutdown//car	Provides stop server functionality.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/jsr88-cli//car	Provides command line implementation of JSR-88 specification.

     
     
2. Geronimo Plugin Group :: WADI Clustering Tomcat
   • description: This plugin group provides WADI Clustering functionality for Tomcat.
   • Plugins included:

     plugin	description
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/farming//car	Provides basic farming support.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/wadi-clustering//car	Provides Geronimo WADI integration.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/openejb-clustering-builder-wadi//car
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/tomcat6-clustering-builder-wadi//car	Provides deployment for WADI clustering on Tomcat 6.

     
     
3. Geronimo Plugin Group :: ejb
   • description: This plugin group provides EJB functionality.
   • Plugins included:

     plugin	description
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/openejb-corba-deployer//car	Provides the Geronimo deployer for corba security configurations for openejb.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/j2ee-corba-yoko//car	Provides Yoko Orb server setup with naming service, protected orb, and unprotected orb.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/mejb//car	MEJB plugin.

     
     
4. Geronimo Plugin Group :: client
   • description: This plugin group provides Client functionality.
   • Plugins included:

     plugin	description
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/client-corba-yoko//car	Provides Geronimo deployer for corba security configurations for openejb.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/client-deployer//car
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/jsr88-jar-configurer//car

     
     

1. Geronimo Plugin Group :: Persistence
   • description: This plugin group provides Persistence functionality.
   • Plugins included:

     plugin	description
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/persistence-jpa10-deployer//car	Provides Geronimo Persistence Unit deployer.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/openjpa//car	Provides OpenJPA plugin.

     
     
2. Geronimo Plugin Group :: Web Little-G Tomcat
   • description: This plugin group provides the little-G Tomcat functionality.
   • Plugins included:

     plugin	description
     org.apache.geronimo.assemblies/geronimo-boilerplate//car	Provides boilerplate files for all Geronimo Server assemblies.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/upgrade-cli//car
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/offline-deployer//car	Provides offline deployer.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/hot-deployer//car	Provides a substitute for using explicit deploy commands from maven, the command line, or the console.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/jsr88-ear-configurer//car	Provides ear implementation of JSR-88 specification.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/jsr88-rar-configurer//car	Provides rar implementation of JSR-88 specification.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/jsr88-war-configurer//car	Provides war implementation of JSR-88 specification.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/remote-deploy-tomcat//car	Provides a Geronimo remote deploy upload servlet (Tomcat).
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/gshell-geronimo//car	Provides the GShell commands to opperate on the Geronimo Server.
     org.apache.geronimo.framework/gshell-remote//car	Provides the GShell commands to opperate on a remote Geronimo Server.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/tomcat6-deployer//car	Provides the Geronimo deployer for Tomcat web container.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/jasper-deployer//car	Provides the deployer for Jasper jsps. Installs injection support components.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/sharedlib//car	Shared Library GBean.

     
     
3. Geronimo Plugin Group :: Web Services Axis2
   • description: This plugin group provides Web Services Axis2 functionality.
   • Plugins included:

     plugin	description
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/axis-deployer//car	Provides the web Services Deployer for Geronimo Axis 1 integration.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/axis2-deployer//car	Provides the web Services Deployer for Geronimo Axis 2 integration.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/axis2-ejb-deployer//car	Provides the Geronimo JAX-WS EJB deployer for Apache Axis2.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/jaxws-tools//car	Provides JAX-WS command line tools.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/cxf-tools//car	Provides CXF JAX-WS command line tools.

     
     
4. Geronimo Plugin Group :: Web Services CXF
   • description: This plugin group provides Web Services CXF functionality.
   • Plugins included:

     plugin	description
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/axis-deployer//car	Provides web Services Deployer for Geronimo Axis 1 integration.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/cxf-deployer//car	Provides Geronimo JAX-WS deployer for Apache CXF.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/cxf-ejb-deployer//car	Provides Geronimo JAX-WS EJB deployer for Apache CXF.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/jaxws-tools//car	Provides JAX-WS command line tools.
     org.apache.geronimo.configs/cxf-tools//car	Provides CXF JAX-WS command line tools.