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Automatically deploy dependency jars for custom Hyperic plugins (2033075)
Symptoms
A plugin developer has created a custom Hyperic plugin written in Java. This plugin has dependencies on external jars which may not exist on all target machines, which may result in plugin deployment errors.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, create a custom bundle to deploy the plugin, or bundle the dependency jars in the lib directory of the plugin jar.
Bundle the dependency jars in the plugin jar lib directory
Notes:
Many of the Hyperic plugins bundle dependency jars in the lib directory as it avoids polluting the parent agent classpath.
If there are many plugins that all have the same dependencies and disk space/size of the plugin is a concern, creating an agent bundle with the shared jars in the agent's lib directory is the preferable option.
To bundle the dependency jars, see the Plugin Classpath section on the Plugin XML Descriptor page of the Plugin Development Center.
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