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Re: DHIS2 Apps - namespace & reload

 

Hi Adrian,
Great! I'll test, at least your experience give me some direction to look
at that may explain that problem.
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience there.

Martin


On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 8:10 PM, Adrian Quintana <adrianquintana@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Martin,
> We had some similar issues in the past. The apps deployed in your DHIS2
> instance are not stored in the DB but read from the apps folder (typically
> $DHIS2_HOME/apps) when the server starts. If I am not wrong on DHIS2 boot a
> list of the deployed apps is created and used until the server shutdowns.
> When you uninstalling an app the app folder is deleted and the app is
> removed from this list. However, sometimes the uninstalled fails and it
> cannot delete the folder (sometimes it manages to delete the folder content
> but cannot delete the container folder). Next time you reboot your server
> DHIS2 will consider the app as installed in your system. The solution we
> found is to delete the folder manually on the server and reboot the DHIS2
> instance so this 'deployed app list' gets populated properly.
>
> Not sure if this exactly what it is happening to you but I hope at least
> it sheds some light...
> Best,
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 8:41 AM, Martin Van Aken <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi DHIS2 devs!
>> We are starting to deploy more and more DHIS2 apps for various needs.
>> This is working really nicely, but we have two problems we can't figure out:
>>
>>    - When deploying apps, even a new version of an existing one, we
>>    frequently get a *"namespace in use" error.* Even deleting the app &
>>    reinstalling does not solve it. Any ideas/tips on that?
>>    - When we do deploy a new version, we often have to *"force the
>>    reload" *in the browser (CTRL+F5) - any tips on forcing the browser
>>    to reload when a new version is uploaded?
>>
>> Any good practice or advice on those topics would be most appreciated!
>>
>> Martin
>>
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