Is Boostrap.groovy invoked when a grails war is deployed?

[wsnyder6]

I had assumed it was - but I don't see my seed data in the database.

Bootstrap is run successfully (I see the seed data in the database) when using run-app.

If not, is there a way to make it run?

[burtbeckwith]

It is run in all environments. Simple enough to test - just add a println in the init closure.

[pledbrook]

In addition, I find it useful to enable exceptions for failed validation in BootStrap:

class BootStrap {
    def init = {
        def a = new Author().save(failOnError: true)
        ...
    }
}

You'll then know pretty quickly if validation errors are preventing your data from being saved to the database.

[wsnyder6]

Of course, it was due to invalid seed data.

Thanks for the failOnError tip.