Mission
Cargo is a thin wrapper that allows you to manipulate Java EE containers in a standard way.
Tools
Cargo provides the following Tools and APIs:
- A Java API to start/stop/configure Java Containers and deploy modules into them.
- A Java API to parse/create/merge Java EE Modules
- Ant tasks, Maven 1, Maven 2 plugins.
- Intellij IDEA and Netbeans plugins are in the sandbox.
Usage
Cargo is often used to deploy applications to containers from ant or maven builds. Cargo can install the container and dependencies needed for your deployment as well. Click here for a Maven 2 quick start!
For more use cases, please check the utilisation page.
Development Status
Current Versions
click in the status column to get release notes:
| Version | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Core 1.0 |  |
Released on 26/03/09 |
All released versions are available here.
Container Support
List of supported containers and the extensions that are implemented for each container (Java API, Ant tasks and Maven plugins). The specified version is the version of the associated Cargo module where the feature was first made available (for example 0.2 for the Maven2 plugin means version 0.2 of the Cargo Maven 2 extension release). Click on a container's name to see a detailed list of features it supports.
| Container | Java API(version) | Ant tasks(version) | Maven 1 plugin(version) | Maven 2 plugin(version) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geronimo 1.x | 0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
| JBoss 3.x | 0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
| JBoss 4.x | 0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
| JBoss 4.2.x | 1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Jetty 4.x | 0.1 |
 ??? |
??? |
0.2 |
| Jetty 5.x | 0.8 |
??? |
??? |
0.2 |
| Jetty 6.x | 0.8 |
??? |
??? |
0.2 |
| jo! 1.x | 0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
| JOnAS 4.x | 1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| JOnAS 5.x | 1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| JRun 4.x | 1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Oc4J 9.x | 0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
| Oc4j 10.x | 1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Resin 2.x | 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
| Resin 3.x | 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
| Tomcat 4.x | 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
| Tomcat 5.x | 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
| Tomcat 6.x | 1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| WebLogic 8.x | 0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
| Weblogic 9.x | 1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| WebLogic 10.x | 1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| WebLogic 10.3x | 1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
We also encourage you to report success and failures on different versions of those containers in the Tested on section.
News
Cargo 1.0 Released!
The Cargo community is pleased to announce the release of Cargo 1.0!
Homepage: http://cargo.codehaus.org/
Download: http://cargo.codehaus.org/Downloads
This is a major release of Cargo, including the following major improvements:
New Features
- Multiple DataSource and Resource support via Maven/Ant/Java properties (CARGO-608)
- Including support for Tomcat, WebLogic, OC4J, Resin
- Transactional DataSource configuration support (CARGO-644)
- Including support for WebLogic and OC4J
- JBoss Clustering Support for Deploying to farm directory (CARGO-535)
- Support for Servlet 2.4 web.xml files (CARGO-534)
- Add configuration option to allow JVM to be specified (CARGO-480)
New Containers
- Tomcat 6.x (CARGO-563)
- Jetty 6.x (CARGO-32)
- JBoss 4.2x (CARGO-562)
- WebLogic 8.1-10.3x (CARGO-636)
- JOnAs 4-5.x (CARGO-94)
Experimental Containers
- JRun 4.x
- JBoss 5.x
- Jetty 7.x
There were of course many other improvements and bug fixes. Have a look at our Jira for more information.
Enjoy Cargo 1.0!
-Adrian Cole
We will release Cargo 1.0 within the next two weeks!
This is a major release of Cargo, including the following major improvements:
New Features
- Multiple DataSource and Resource support via Maven/Ant/Java properties (CARGO-608)
- Transactional DataSource configuration support (CARGO-644)
- JBoss Clustering Support for Deploying to farm directory (CARGO-535)
- Support for Servlet 2.4 web.xml files (CARGO-534)
- Add configuration option to allow JVM to be specified (CARGO-480)
New Containers
- Tomcat 6.x (CARGO-563)
- Jetty 6.x (CARGO-32)
- JBoss 4.2x (CARGO-562)
- WebLogic 8.1-10.3x (CARGO-636)
- JOnAs 4-5.x (CARGO-94)
Experimental Containers
- JRun 4.x
- JBoss 5.x
- Jetty 7.x
There were of course many other improvements and bug fixes. Have a look at our Jira for more information.
Stay Tuned!