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Cloud Server Tutorial

The Vaandroid Cloud Server is an application that provides the Vaandroid Runtime as a web site to web browsers.

The Vaandroid Cloud Server is built on Karaf, that is built on OSGi, that is built on Java.

The Vaandroid Cloud Server is also built on Vaadin, that is built on GWT, that is built on Javascript and Java.

Download

You can download the Vaandroid Cloud Server from here.

Install

Unzip the server. You may need to enable the executable bit of the start script

cd 'vaandroid cloud server'
chmod +x start

Running As A Service

If you want to run as a service, view articles specific to your operating system. Running as a service will start the server automatically and without the need to log in as a user.

Launch

Launch the start script.

./start

Open The Site

Navigate to https://localhost:8444.

Install Plugins

Hello World

Here's a Hello World plugin. Put it in the karaf/deploy directory. This is the exact same activity found in the Android Studio sample.

Charts

The Charts API provides a chart viewer application, and a simple API for plugins to contribute chart data to the system.

You will need to add 3 plugins to Vaandroid:

charts.api: The public Charts API.
charts: The chart viewer activity.
charts.samples: A plugin that provides the system with sample chart data.

After placing the 3 plugins into the deploy directory, launch the Chart Viewer Activity.

To demonstrate the power of the Vaandroid Runtime, remove the chart sample plugin while the Chart Activity running. After a few moments, the sample charts will vanish. Then put the plugin back in. They will reappear. Neat!

Shutdown

To shutdown the server, type logout in the Karaf console.

karaf@root()> logout

This will terminate the server and disconnect all web clients.

You can also type system:shutdown, halt, or even press control-d.