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In this release of JBoss EAP 6, the installer will no longer log all of IzPack's internal variables to the console. They are now only logged within the log file.
Description of problem: We should make the installer console less verbose. As a result BZ1016652, and BZ1019160 installer store all installation related information into InstallationLog.txt, but these information are also printed to console. This is causing the most of console installation output to be IzPack variables, which aren't really that important to user. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): EAP 6.2.0.CR3.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run the console installation. 2. Don't do anything special, just finish the installation using default values where possible. 3. Observer the installer output. Actual results (IzPack variables are stored into InstallationLog.txt and printed on console): ... [ Starting processing ] Starting process Logging installation information (1/4) standalone.h.ajp = 8009 ... lot of IzPack variables here ... domain.h.jgroups-tcp = 7600 IzPack variable state written to /home/pkremens/EAP-6.2.0/InstallationLog.txt Starting process Adding Post-Install User (2/4) Starting process Running Password Script (3/4) Successfully added administrative user account. Starting process Unpacking natives (4/4) Unpacking complete. Create shortcuts in the Start-Menu (y/n) [y]: ... Expected results (IzPack variables are stored into InstallationLog.txt): ... [ Starting processing ] Starting process Logging installation information (1/4) IzPack variable state written to /home/pkremens/EAP-6.2.0/InstallationLog.txt Starting process Adding Post-Install User (2/4) Starting process Running Password Script (3/4) Successfully added administrative user account. Starting process Unpacking natives (4/4) Unpacking complete. Create shortcuts in the Start-Menu (y/n) [y]: ... Additional info: - This enhancement request is related only to this specific part of installation (process Logging installation information). Printing other data into console (post-install actions, etc) is quite useful and I would like to retain it. - Do the same for gui installation. - Is this possible with IzPack?
The reason for this verbosity is because of the inflexibility of the jboss-cli API we are using. It only allows output to standard out.
EAP 6.3.0 installer is not so verbose as was the 6.2.0. Closing this.
Just making a note: The IzPack variables are still present in the log, so no information is lost, just the excessive printing to console (this was to workaround an issue with the jboss-cli, but due to other changes is no longer necessary. :) )