Play 2 Ubuntu Upstart packager plugin

This plugin adds tasks to create a .deb package for an application. It is built on top of sbt-native-packager The generated package uses Upstart as process manager, as opposed to old-style init scripts with start-stop-daemon. A modern Ubuntu (12.04 or newer) is needed to use these packages. This package is heavily inspired by play2-native-packager-plugin. If you prefer more widely usable Debian packages, please use that project.

Installation

In your project/plugins.sbt file, add the following:

resolvers += Resolver.url("Lunatech SBT Plugins", new URL("http://artifactory.lunatech.com/artifactory/sbt-plugins-public"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns)

resolvers += Resolver.url("scalasbt", new URL("http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns)

addSbtPlugin("com.lunatech" % "play2-ubuntu-package" % "0.3")

Versions

• 0.3 is for Play 2.0.4
• 0.4 is for Play 2.1-RC3
• 0.5 is for Play 2.1.2

Usage

In project/Build.scala, import the following:

import com.lunatech.play.ubuntupackage.UbuntuPackagePlugin._

Then, add the ubuntuPackageSettings to your project:

settings(ubuntuPackageSettings:_*).settings( // your other settings

Now, there are various TaskKeys you can set from UbuntuPackageKeys. Only one is required, maintainer:

UbuntuPackageKeys.maintainer := "Erik Bakker <erik@lunatech.com>"

To build the package use the deb task.

Developing

If you want to work on this plugin, check it out somewhere and include it in the build of the project you're trying to build. This means, create in your app file project/project/Build.scala with the following contents:

import sbt._
object PluginDef extends Build {
  override lazy val projects = Seq(root)
  lazy val root = Project("plugins", file(".")) dependsOn(webPlugin)
  lazy val webPlugin = file("/Users/eamelink/projects/play2-ubuntu-package")
}