My setting is the following:
/standalone/deployments
jboss-deployment-structure.xml
of my deployment in /standalone/deployments
looks the following:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jboss-deployment-structure>
<deployment>
<dependencies>
[...]
<module name="org.postgresql"/>
</dependencies>
</deployment>
</jboss-deployment-structure>
To drop the jboss-deployment-structure.xml
completely (because it must not be used if there are no classloading issues), doesn't work. I use more dependencies (keycloak) beside the driver, which can't be found then.
My module.xml
in my module org/postgresql/main
looks like this (like described in https://www.keycloak.org/docs/4.8/server_installation/index.html#package-the-jdbc-driver)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<module name="org.postgresql" xmlns="urn:jboss:module:1.5">
<resources>
<resource-root path="postgresql-42.2.5.jar"/>
</resources>
<dependencies>
<module name="javax.api"/>
<module name="javax.transaction.api"/>
</dependencies>
</module>
First option:
I can change my jboss-deployment-structure.xml
to
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jboss-deployment-structure>
<deployment>
<dependencies>
[...]
<module name="org.postgresql" optional="TRUE"/>
<module name="com.oracle.ojdbc6" optional="TRUE"/>
[...]
</dependencies>
</deployment>
</jboss-deployment-structure>
(added the optional-parameter)
Then I have to allow all drivers explicitly. Seems to be not the best way.
The idea comes from the standard documentation.
Second option:
I change my module-path to driver/jdbc/main
(instead of org/postgres/main
) and the module.xml
to
<module name="driver.jdbc" xmlns="urn:jboss:module:1.5">
[...]
</module>
(changed name of module)
and go with the module-reference in my jboss-deployment-structure.xml
like
<jboss-deployment-structure>
[...]
<module name="driver.jdbc"/>
[...]
</jboss-deployment-structure>
Now I force my customers to name the driver-module like I proposed. They can't name the module like mentioned in every standard-documentation.
The idea comes from this question.
I am doing this in context of a keycloak installation with a self-implemented User-federation to access a separate (legacy) user-database. Therefore dropping the jboss-deployment-structure.xml
is no option as mentioned above.
Whats the correct way to achieve my goal of being flexible with the jdbc-driver?
EDIT: mentioned, dropping jboss-deployment-structure.xml
is not working.
At least I went with a hybrid solution of my two above mentioned approaches for the jboss-deployment-structure.xml
like as follows
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jboss-deployment-structure>
<deployment>
<dependencies>
<module name="org.postgresql" optional="TRUE"/>
<module name="com.oracle.ojdbc6" optional="TRUE"/>
[...]
<module name="driver.jdbc" optional="TRUE"/>
</dependencies>
</deployment>
</jboss-deployment-structure>
I listed all the relevant database divers as optional modules and listed another one with flexible naming if a driver is desired, which is not mentioned in the list above.