2.2.4.9. Link Deployment

This plugin is used to create predefined Symlinks into the system.

To use the plugin in the component configuration, you must use the following target-component:


<target-component>org.exoplatform.services.deployment.WCMContentInitializerService</target-component>

The configuration is applied mainly in samples/acme-website/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/acme-portal/wcm/deployment/acme-deployment-configuration.xml.

Sample configuration:


<external-component-plugins>

    <target-component>org.exoplatform.services.deployment.WCMContentInitializerService</target-component>

    <component-plugin>

        <name>Content Initializer Service</name>

        <set-method>addPlugin</set-method>

        <type>org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentPlugin</type>

        <description>Link Deployment Plugin</description>

        <init-params>

            <object-param>

                <name>link01</name>

                <description>Deployment Descriptor</description>

                <object type="org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentDescriptor">

                    <field name="sourcePath">

                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites/acme/web contents/News/News1</string>

                    </field>

                    <field name="targetPath">

                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites/acme/categories/powers</string>

                    </field>

                </object>

            </object-param>

            <object-param>

                <name>link02</name>

                <description>Deployment Descriptor</description>

                <object type="org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentDescriptor">

                    <field name="sourcePath">

                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites/acme/web contents/News/News2</string>

                    </field>

                    <field name="targetPath">

                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites/acme/categories/powers</string>

                    </field>

                </object>

            </object-param>

            <object-param>

                <name>link03</name>

                <description>Deployment Descriptor</description>

                <object type="org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentDescriptor">

                    <field name="sourcePath">

                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites/acme/web contents/News/News3</string>

                    </field>

                    <field name="targetPath">

                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites/acme/categories/powers</string>

                    </field>

                </object>

            </object-param>

        </init-params>

    </component-plugin>

</external-component-plugins>

In which:

Name: Content Initializer Service
Set-method: addPlugin
Type: org.exoplatform.services.wcm.webcontent.InitialWebContentPlugin

Object type: org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentDescriptor

Field	Type	Value	Description
sourcePath	`string`	`repository:collaboration:/sites/acme/web contents/News/News1`	The path to the source where this plugin will get data.
targetPath	`string`	`repository:collaboration:/sites/acme/categories/powers`	The path to the target where this plugin will deploy.