Custom Workflow to detect changes in Properties Files

This is just a recommendation and you should try this in your environment to see if it works correctly.

Approach

  • WebLogic resource properties file will be copied to <Endpoint Working Directory>/wlresources/<Project Id> at the end of successful deployment. This means that at the end of deployment we are trying remember artifact state of last deployment.

  • At start of Deployment, we will compare project version artifacts folder files with previously deployed files and will deploy only changed files.

You can achieve this by using following workflow. Create new Deploy Workflow and copy following Source in that workflow. You can also modify existing Workflow with source.

Deploy WebLogic Resource (with Change Detection)
name: Deploy Resources description: Performs change detection of properties files. inputs: [] variables: - code: ChangesDetected dataType: String returnAsOutput: false constant: false encrypted: false scope: LOCAL steps: - id: '1' name: Prepare Files for Deployment type: INVOKE_PLUGIN data: pluginName: FlexagonShellPlugin pluginOperation: execute endpointInstanceOverride: isExpression: false consumesArtifacts: true producesArtifacts: false endpointSelection: choice: All endpointExecution: choice: Any stopOnError: false inputs: - name: FDSHELL_INP_CODE_SNIPPET value: value: "cd $FD_TEMP_DIR\ncd ../..\nPROJECT_ID=`pwd | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}'`\n\ STATE_FOLDER=`echo $FD_TEMP_DIR/../../../../wlresources/$PROJECT_ID`\nmkdir\ \ -p $STATE_FOLDER\nDEPLOY_FOLDER=$FD_TEMP_DIR/resources\nmkdir -p $DEPLOY_FOLDER\n\ \ \nchangesdetected=no\n \ncd $FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR\nfiles=`ls *.properties`\n\ for file in $files\ndo\n echo $file - see if it needs to be deployed\n\ \ mainfilechanged=yes\n envfilechanged=no\n \n diff $file $STATE_FOLDER/$file\ \ 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null\n if [[ \"$?\" == \"0\" ]]\n then\n \ \ mainfilechanged=no\n echo ---- $file NOT changed since last\ \ deployment.\n else\n echo ++++ $file changed since last deployment.\n\ \ fi\n \n if [[ -f $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file ]]\n then\n \ \ diff $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file $STATE_FOLDER/$FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file\ \ 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null\n if [[ \"$?\" != \"0\" ]]\n then\n\ \ envfilechanged=yes\n echo ++++ $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file\ \ changed since last deployment.\n else\n echo ---- $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file\ \ NOT changed since last deployment.\n fi\n fi\n \n if\ \ [[ $mainfilechanged == \"yes\" || $envfilechanged == \"yes\" ]]\n then\n\ \ echo $file - wll be deployed\n changesdetected=yes\n \ \ cp $file $DEPLOY_FOLDER/$file\n if [[ -f $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file\ \ ]]\n then\n cp $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file $DEPLOY_FOLDER/$FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file\n\ \ fi\n else\n echo $file - wll NOT be deployed\n fi\n\ \ \ndone\n \nsetOutput CHANGES_DETECTED $changesdetected" isExpression: false isEncrypted: false - name: FDSHELL_INP_STOP_ON_ERROR value: value: 'false' isExpression: false isEncrypted: false - name: FDSHELL_INP_DISABLE_ECHO value: value: 'true' isExpression: false isEncrypted: false - name: FDSHELL_INP_RESTRICT_ENVIRONMENT value: value: FD_INSTANCE_CODE isExpression: true isEncrypted: false - name: FDSHELL_INP_NO_SECURE_VARIABLES value: value: 'true' isExpression: false isEncrypted: false outputs: [] userInputs: [] userOutputs: - output: CHANGES_DETECTED variable: ChangesDetected - id: '2' name: Changes Detected type: IF data: condition: '"yes".equals(ChangesDetected)' elseIfBlock: [] steps: - id: '2.1' name: Create or Update WebLogic Configurations type: INVOKE_PLUGIN data: pluginName: FlexagonWeblogicPlugin pluginOperation: createOrUpdateWeblogicConfig endpointInstanceOverride: isExpression: false consumesArtifacts: true producesArtifacts: false endpointSelection: choice: All endpointExecution: choice: Any stopOnError: false inputs: - name: FILE_PATH_TO_PROPERTIES value: value: FD_TEMP_DIR + "/resources" isExpression: true isEncrypted: false outputs: - output: FDWLS_OUT_IS_RESTART_REQUIRED - output: DATASOURCES_CREATED - output: EIS_ENTRIES_CREATED - output: JMS_OBJECTS_CREATED - output: WORK_MANAGERS_CREATED userInputs: [] userOutputs: [] - id: '2.2' name: Copy Files to State Folder type: INVOKE_PLUGIN data: pluginName: FlexagonShellPlugin pluginOperation: execute endpointInstanceOverride: isExpression: false consumesArtifacts: false producesArtifacts: false endpointSelection: choice: All endpointExecution: choice: Any stopOnError: false inputs: - name: FDSHELL_INP_CODE_SNIPPET value: value: |- cd $FD_TEMP_DIR cd ../.. PROJECT_ID=`pwd | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}'` STATE_FOLDER=`echo $FD_TEMP_DIR/../../../../wlresources/$PROJECT_ID` echo 'Clear $STATE_FOLDER and refresh with new artifacts for next deployment' rm -rf $STATE_FOLDER mkdir -p $STATE_FOLDER cd $FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR cp -R * $STATE_FOLDER isExpression: false isEncrypted: false - name: FDSHELL_INP_STOP_ON_ERROR value: value: 'true' isExpression: false isEncrypted: false - name: FDSHELL_INP_DISABLE_ECHO value: value: 'false' isExpression: false isEncrypted: false - name: FDSHELL_INP_RESTRICT_ENVIRONMENT value: value: FD_INSTANCE_CODE isExpression: true isEncrypted: false - name: FDSHELL_INP_NO_SECURE_VARIABLES value: value: 'true' isExpression: false isEncrypted: false outputs: [] userInputs: [] userOutputs: []

Now you can use this workflow on your WebLogic resources project. Here is what workflow design looks like.

WebLogic plugin createOrUpdateWeblogicConfig operation is used to perform deployment. But there are two shell plugin operations used, 1) Find changed files 2) update state folder with latest files that were deployed.

Here is code for two shell plugin operations for your quick reference, code for Shell plugin is also part of Workflow XML provided above in this page.

Prepare Files for Deployment
cd $FD_TEMP_DIR cd ../.. PROJECT_ID=`pwd | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}'` STATE_FOLDER=`echo $FD_TEMP_DIR/../../../../wlresources/$PROJECT_ID` mkdir -p $STATE_FOLDER DEPLOY_FOLDER=$FD_TEMP_DIR/resources mkdir -p $DEPLOY_FOLDER changesdetected=no cd $FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR files=`ls *.properties` for file in $files do echo $file - see if it needs to be deployed mainfilechanged=yes envfilechanged=no diff $file $STATE_FOLDER/$file 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null if [[ "$?" == "0" ]] then mainfilechanged=no echo ---- $file NOT changed since last deployment. else echo ++++ $file changed since last deployment. fi if [[ -f $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file ]] then diff $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file $STATE_FOLDER/$FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null if [[ "$?" != "0" ]] then envfilechanged=yes echo ++++ $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file changed since last deployment. else echo ---- $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file NOT changed since last deployment. fi fi if [[ $mainfilechanged == "yes" || $envfilechanged == "yes" ]] then echo $file - wll be deployed changesdetected=yes cp $file $DEPLOY_FOLDER/$file if [[ -f $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file ]] then cp $FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file $DEPLOY_FOLDER/$FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE/$file fi else echo $file - wll NOT be deployed fi done setOutput CHANGES_DETECTED $changesdetected



Copy Files to State Folder
cd $FD_TEMP_DIR cd ../.. PROJECT_ID=`pwd | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}'` STATE_FOLDER=`echo $FD_TEMP_DIR/../../../../wlresources/$PROJECT_ID` echo 'Clear $STATE_FOLDER and refresh with new artifacts for next deployment' rm -rf $STATE_FOLDER mkdir -p $STATE_FOLDER cd $FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR cp -R * $STATE_FOLDER





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