[erlang-questions] Erlang application packaging

Thu Sep 20 18:33:06 CEST 2012

It looks a bit like the generated rel file does not have the kernel module
(and most likely stdlib) included. I'm not familiar with reltool, so don't
know how that might happen.

The error message points to kernel:start() function not being available.
Which in turn means that the kernel module probably hasn't been loaded.
That normally happens automatically when you run a shell, but not
necessarily when you start an application directly.

Robby
On Sep 20, 2012 5:05 PM, "Jean Parpaillon" <jean.parpaillon@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Le jeudi 20 septembre 2012 à 17:49 +0200, Ali Sabil a écrit :
> > Ok, sorry :)
> >
> No harm, I was suggesting myself to reread it :)
>
> > Basically in Erlang, the concept of release is pretty close to the
> > concept of Linux distributions, a release allows you to package the
> > erlang runtime and a set of applications together into a distribution.
> > The easiest way to generate releases is probably by using rebar. Here
> > is a small quickstart on how to generate a release using rebar:
> >
> >   mkdir -p product && cd product
> >   wget http://cloud.github.com/downloads/basho/rebar/rebar && chmod u+x
> rebar
> >   mkdir rel && cd rel
> >   ../rebar create-node nodeid=product
> >   # edit the reltool.config file to remove the non-existing product
> > application from the release
> >   # this is done by removing the product atom right after the sasl
> > atom and the comma separating them
> >   # as well as {app, product, [{incl_cond, include}]} and the comma
> before it
> >   # this is to have a running release
> >   ../rebar generate
> >   ./product/bin/product console  # this will start a node based on your
> release
> >
> > The applications you want to include are generally placed in apps/
> > and/or deps/ at the root and you just need to edit the reltool.config
> > file and add
> >   {lib_dirs, ["../apps", "../deps"]}
> > inside the sys section
> >
> > That said you might not really need to use a release to package your
> > application, if you have an erlang runtime available on the target
> > machine you could either turn your application into an escript (the
> > escriptize command in rebar) or use a shell script.
> >
>
> Ok, I think I got the different parts of the release process. Now, if I
> follow a rebar tutorial and try to launch the code:
> - If I do:
> $ erl -pa ebin
> then
> > application:start(myapp).
>
> My application is fine and running
>
> - If I do:
> $ erl -pa ebin -s myapp
> I got the following error:
> {"init terminating in
>
> do_boot",{undef,[{kernel,start,[],[]},{init,start_it,1,[]},{init,start_em,1,[]}]}}
>
>
> Any hints ?
>
> Thank you again for your time !
>
> Jean
>
> > Hope this helps,
> > Ali
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Jean Parpaillon
> > <jean.parpaillon@REDACTED> wrote:
> > > Hi Ali
> > > Thank you for your help.
> > > I've begun erlang with this tutorial but I have to admit I am still
> > > confused about the right tool to use. Just in learnyou..., reltool and
> > > systools are presented.
> > > Let's read again this chapter :)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jean
> > >
> > > Le jeudi 20 septembre 2012 à 16:11 +0200, Ali Sabil a écrit :
> > >> Hi Jean,
> > >>
> > >> I don't know if you have come across this:
> > >>
> http://learnyousomeerlang.com/release-is-the-word#am-i-an-executable-yet
> > >> but it might be helpful?
> > >>
> > >> Best,
> > >> Ali
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Jean Parpaillon
> > >> <jean.parpaillon@REDACTED> wrote:
> > >> > Hi all,
> > >> > I'm Jean Parpaillon, new erlang enthusiast and (soon) programmer.
> On 7
> > >> > past years, I've workedon distributed systems, specially in HPC and
> > >> > cloud computing. I'm trying to develop an XMPP agent for system
> > >> > management, written in Erlang. This is the introduction, now the
> > >> > question :)
> > >> > What is your preferred packaging/deployment system for erlang ? I
> have a
> > >> > code running, from erlang shell, and want it to become a real world
> > >> > application the user can install from an archive and launch from its
> > >> > shell, eventually with some parameters.
> > >> >
> > >> > I've read about systools, and how to generated .app, .appup, .rel,
> .boot
> > >> > and so on. This looks fine but a lot to do by hand. When it comes to
> > >> > update a file, and release the whole stuff, one have to modify
> plenty of
> > >> > others. Or am I wrong ?
> > >> > I've looked to existing applications or 'helloworld's: some of them
> > >> > using autotools (ejabberd, ...), a lot of others using rebar,
> sometime a
> > >> > little a bit of both, iirc.
> > >> > rebar has a lot of magic, which makes debugging hard.
> > >> > autotools is not well designed for erlang, but putting some
> existing m4
> > >> > files here and there seems to fit. At least, I know autotools well.
> I
> > >> > know how can I generate .app, .rel and so on with autotools, but I
> don't
> > >> > know what to put in it :/
> > >> > At the end, for launching the application, I've seen many projects
> not
> > >> > using .boot files, but a shell script with tons of arguments to
> erl...
> > >> >
> > >> > I'm a little bit confused :( Any help ?
> > >> >
> > >> > Best regards,
> > >> > --
> > >> > Jean Parpaillon
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