Adding extraData

Adding extraData into distributive.

CQtDeployer has support to work with extra data files.

For this you should use the -extraData and -extraDataOut options.

Examples:

Add custom file into root directory of the your distribution.

cqtdeployer -extraData path/to/my/customFile

Or in configFile.json

{
    ...
    "extraData": "./path/to/my/customFile"
    ...
}

This command support list of arguments.

cqtdeployer -extraData path/to/my/customFile,path/to/my/customFile2,path/to/my/customFile3

Or in configFile.json

{
    ...
    "extraData": [
        "./path/to/my/customFile",
        "./path/to/my/customFile2",
        "./path/to/my/customFile3"
    ]
    ...
}

Changing location of extra data files.

For change location you should use the extraDataOut options. This option change destination path based on the root of the distributive.

Example. Add custom scripts into scripts folder in the Distribution.

cqtdeployer -extraData /path/to/myScripts.sh,/another/path/to/myScripts.sh -extraDataOut scripts

Or in configFile.json

{
    ...
    "extraData": [
        "./path/to/myScripts.sh",
        "./another/path/to/myScripts.sh"
    ],
    "extraDataOut": "scripts"
    ...
}

Packages

extraData and extraDataOut options have support to work with packages. See the packaging page to get more information about packages.

Sometimes we need to create a multipackages application. For example create a installer for client-server application with the client and server applications. The client and server have a own default configuration files. We add config files using the extraData option.

For create a big distribution i recommend use the confFile.

Example multipacking application.

{
 
    "bin": [
        "myClientExecutable",
        "myServerExecutable"
    ],
 
    "targetPackage" : [
        ["Client", "myClientExecutable"],
        ["Server", "myServerExecutable"]
    ],
 
    "extraData": [
        ["Client", "./path/to/clientConfig.conf"],
        ["Server", "./path/to/serverConfig.conf"]
    ],
    "extraDataOut": [
        ["Client", "defaultConfigurations"],
        ["Server", "defaultConfigurations"]
    ]
}

This config create a distribution with two appications (client and server). Each application have a own configuration file in the defaultConfigurations folder.