Question

I would like to specify file paths using the JBoss provided substitutions, e.g. ${jboss.server.log.dir}.

I see that there are entries in standalone.xml such as

<file relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir" path="server.log"/>

but I don’t think I can use that everywhere I need a relative path. For example, I want to point to a keystore in …/standalone/ssl so I would like to just put

<ssl certificate-key-file="${jboss.server.base.dir}/ssl/cert"/>

as I would in JBoss 6 and earlier but when JBoss starts it cannot find the file ${jboss.server.base.dir}/ssl/cert and I have to fill in the absolute path to the file.

Is there something that I need to turn on in standalone.xml to make this work or is this no longer possible?

Answer 1

As of JBoss AS 7.1.0.Final, some SSL configuration can now be done using system property expressions. Using the following, should now work:

<ssl certificate-key-file="${jboss.server.base.dir}/ssl/cert"/>

• JBoss AS 7 ticket AS7-3506 (https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-3506)