Spring Roo automatica add-on discovery service currently unavailable

[ahuang]

I just installed Roo 1.1.5 with STS 2.8.0 and created a new project. But I keep getting this message from the shell with commands like "database instrospect ...". Then I tried "addon list", which gives me "No add-ons known. Are you online?..." message. I am certainly online, but behine firewalls for sure.
Is there some configuration I missed?

[jbbarquero]

In Roo, certain commands need an order, for instance, you can't configure the security without having a web project.

However, the messages tend to be not clear in these cases. Fortunately, "hint" should help you sometimes.

Regarding your issue, maybe you need to configure the persistence before trying to access the database, did you execute the "jpa setup" command before trying to introspect the database?

[ahuang]

perhaps "jpa setup --provider" is deprecated or what. I had to run "persistence setup" and that seems to be ok. Below is the what I got. As you can see, I tried to use Oracle first, that didn't work, so I decided to test with Hypersonic_in_memory, and that gave me the same "automatic discovery service unavailable" message.

Welcome to Spring Roo. For assistance press TAB or type "hint" then hit ENTER.
roo> hint
You can create entities either via Roo or your IDE.
Using the Roo shell is fast and easy, especially thanks to the TAB completion.

Start by typing 'ent' and then hitting TAB twice.
Enter the --class in the form '~.domain.MyEntityClassName'
In Roo, '~' means the --topLevelPackage you specified via 'create project'.

After specify a --class argument, press SPACE then TAB. Note nothing appears.
Because nothing appears, it means you've entered all mandatory arguments.
However, optional arguments do exist for this command (and most others in Roo).
To see the optional arguments, type '--' and then hit TAB. Mostly you won't
need any optional arguments, but let's select the --testAutomatically option
and hit ENTER. You can always use this approach to view optional arguments.

After creating an entity, use 'hint' for the next suggestion.
roo> jpa setup --provider HIBERNATE --database ORACLE
Command 'jpa setup --provider HIBERNATE --database ORACLE' not found (for assis
NTER)
Spring Roo automatic add-on discovery service currently unavailable
roo> jpa setup --provider
Command 'jpa setup --provider' not found (for assistance press TAB or type "hin
Spring Roo automatic add-on discovery service currently unavailable
roo> ent --class
ent --class
required --class: Name of the entity to create; no default value
roo> persistence setup --provider HIBERNATE --database ORACLE
roo> addon list
No add-ons known. Are you online? Try the 'download status' command
roo> database introspect --schema Testing
Spring Roo automatic add-on discovery service currently unavailable
JDBC driver not available for 'oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver'
roo> persistence setup --provider HIBERNATE --database HYPERSONIC_IN_MEMORY
Updated SRC_MAIN_RESOURCES\META-INF\spring\database.properties
Updated ROOT\pom.xml [removed dependency com.oracle:ojdbc14:10.2.0.2; added dependency org.hsqldb:hsqldb:1.8.0.10]
Updated SRC_MAIN_RESOURCES\META-INF\spring\applicationContext.xml
Updated SRC_MAIN_RESOURCES\META-INF\persistence.xml
roo> addon list
No add-ons known. Are you online? Try the 'download status' command
roo> database introspect --schema Testing
Spring Roo automatic add-on discovery service currently unavailable
JDBC driver not available for 'org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver'
roo>

[Alan Stewart]

"jpa setup" is the new command going forward and is available in 1.2.0.M1 and 1.2.0 snapshots. This command was not available in 1.1.5 which explains your output above. "persistence setup" is now deprecated in 1.2, but you will need to use it in 1.1.5.
Alan

[jbbarquero]

Apologies for the misunderstanding, I meant "persistence setup", but I was working with Roo 1.2 and I wrote " jpa setup" instead.

I read in your message "Spring Roo automatic add-on discovery service currently unavailable" and "Try the 'download status' command"

Have you tried this command? Try download status and read the message ("**** DOWNLOAD CONSENT GRANTED ****" in my case, plus "This means that all Spring Roo download functions are enabled. All applicable add-on discovery and installation commands are fully enabled.")

Maybe you have to use the command download accept terms of use if you can so.

[ahuang]

Thanks for the clarification of "JPA setup" command. I real problem is still why it keeps giving the "automatic add-on discovery service currently unavailable" message. Without that, i assume there is nothing more i can do with Roo.
"download status" doesn't show any problem.

Welcome to Spring Roo. For assistance press CTRL+SPACE or type "hint" then hit ENTER.
roo> addon list
No add-ons known. Are you online? Try the 'download status' command
roo> database introspect
You must specify option 'schema' for this command
roo> database introspect --schema ATS
Spring Roo automatic add-on discovery service currently unavailable
JDBC driver not available for 'oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver'
roo> download status

**** DOWNLOAD CONSENT GRANTED ****

You have previously accepted the Spring User Agent Analysis (UAA) Terms of Use
as displayed at http://www.springsource.org/uaa/terms_of_use. There is also a
FAQ available at http://www.springsource.org/uaa/faq.

This means that all Spring Roo download functions are enabled. All applicable
add-on discovery and installation commands are fully enabled.

If you'd like to change your mind and revoke your acceptance of the UAA Terms
of Use (and in turn disable Spring Roo features such as add-on support), you
may do so by typing 'download reject terms of use' and pressing ENTER.

If you'd like to keep UAA enabled (and thus all Spring Roo features enabled)
but look at the exact data Spring UAA is sending, please type 'download view'
and press ENTER. You can also fine-tune the level of data that Spring UAA is
sending using the 'download privacy level' command.

Questions on Spring UAA? Please ask us on the Spring Roo Community Forum at
http://forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?f=67. We're happy to help.

[jbbarquero]

"JDBC driver not available for 'oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver'"

Try another database (HYPERSONIC_IN_MEMORY, H2_IN_MEMORY, MYSQL, POSTGRES) because Oracle and DB2 have proprietary drivers that you have to provide (there's no public repositories for them, except for DB2_EXPRESS_C)

Besides, you have to use an OSGI driver (search in the forums, there's a POST about this)

[ahuang]

I tried "Hypersonic-in-memory" also, but got the same error. I don't think the jdbc driver is my problem. "addon list" should not give me the message "no add-ons known", and that's my problem.