Docs should mention that Java 8 is required, and allow more graceful settings for the "rd" script

[nkadel-skyhook]

Rundeck requires Java 7 or better, rundeck-cli requires Java 8 (or perhaps better later on). This is problematic for hosts that have multiple Java setups installed, and requires "JAVA_HOME" or similar environmental wrappers around the /usr/bin/rd script, which is symlinked to the [appdir]/bin/rd. That gets problematic.

The wrapper script could be easily configured to allow sourcing a user's "$HOME/.rd/rd.conf", to allow resetting of JAVA_HOME and even of RD user credentials on a user specific basis, without having to write "environment" based wrappers. I'd be happy to submit a patch for this, if I can get a pointer to where that bin/rd script is actually generated. If it's not built in the source tree but rather is embedded in the SRPM files, I'd also appreciate seeing the SRPM configuration in an available git repo.

[gschueler]

The rd script is generated by the gradle application plugin, but it is customizable using a template: https://docs.gradle.org/2.13/userguide/application_plugin.html#N15F30

https://docs.gradle.org/2.13/dsl/org.gradle.jvm.application.tasks.CreateStartScripts.html

This is their example using a template file:

task createStartScripts(type: CreateStartScripts) {
  unixStartScriptGenerator.template = resources.text.fromFile('customUnixStartScript.txt')
  windowsStartScriptGenerator.template = resources.text.fromFile('customWindowsStartScript.txt')
}

[nkadel-skyhook]

So, perhaps the right approach is a mini shell wrapper, pointed to the gradle generated script? I'd hesitate trying to keep a template consistent with all the standard gradle generated options in this case.

[nkadel-skyhook]

Where is the SRPM and RPM generation? Is that built into gradle, which I've not personally used yet?

[gschueler]

rpm generation is also via gradle plugin: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck-cli/blob/master/build.gradle#L123
I don't think it generates SRPM

[gschueler]

@nkadel-skyhook i think your customization is simple I will try modifying the script template within the build file.