Application Manager clients Java versions

[Larry Griswold]

With Oracle now going to a Java subscription policy (Jan '23)  customers will have a hugh increase in Java licensing costs as defined by the new policy.  Java 8 is no longer free for production use, we would have to go to Java 17 or 21 to be free in prodcution

I have tried java 17 and java 21 on my windows 11 client and it seems to work.   What is Broadcom stance on these versions of Java?

We are looking into OpenJDK versions also.   What stance does Broadcom have on OPenJDK's also.?

We are currently running 9.4.4 of Application Manager.

Thanks

Larry

[Lee Tiv]

https://docs.automic.com/tools/compatibility_matrix?compatibility-mode=component&offering_version_id=components&lifecycle_entity_id=1409731986339&component_id=1646174714876&version_id=1678890944665

Java

Open JDK Java 1.8  Open JDK Java 11  Open JDK Java 17  Oracle Java 1.8  Oracle Java 11  Oracle Java 17

[Larry Griswold]

Thanks Lee

[Laura Lawrence]

We've been running 9.4.x with openJDK11 for at least a couple of years. We have 9.5 in test with OpenJKD11. We were told by Broadcom support that 9.5 is certified for OpenJDK17 also. Testing has gone well so we're putting 9.5 into production in a couple of days.

[Larry Griswold]

Thanks Laura  we can't go to 9.5 till this summer.   i will be trying Java 17 out then.

[Gary Fitzgerald]

OpenJDK 8 and 11 are supported for 9.4.x

OpenJDK 8, 11, 17 are supported for 9.5.x

[Larry Griswold]

Thanks Gary,  on the same java stuff.  I am trying to include th openkdk binary with the Client.zip file.  The client.properties file has problems with the below.  maybe you know of a workaround?

#localOptions=true

debug=true

Thanks

Larry

logDir=log

JAVA_HOME=C:/Users/lgriswold/Downloads/appworx/DAUTO/Client/jdk-11.0.2

runOptions=-Xmx256m

Having lgriswold works, but trying a username variable does not.  Do you know what I need to do to get username to work?

I have tried C:/Users/%username%/Downloads/Appworx/DAUTO/Clinet/jdk-11.0.2

And

C:/Users/%USERNAME%/Downloads/Appworx/DAUTO/Clinet/jdk-11.0.2

I get

AW_HOME: C:\Users\lgriswold\Downloads\appworx\DAUTO\Client

JAVA_HOME: C:/Users/%username%/Downloads/appworx/DAUTO/Client/jdk-11.0.2

"C:/Users/%username%/Downloads/appworx/DAUTO/Client/jdk-11.0.2/bin/javaw" -cp ".;./jars/*" -Dappworx.debug=true -DAW_HOME="C:\Users\lgriswold\Downloads\appworx\DAUTO\Client" -Xmx256m com.appworx.client.screen.main.AxMain

java.io.IOException: Cannot run program ""C:/Users/%username%/Downloads/appworx/DAUTO/Client/jdk-11.0.2/bin/javaw"": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified

                at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source)

                at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)

                at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)

                at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)

                at com.appworx.client.local.RunClient.main(RunClient.java:58)

Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified

                at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)

                at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)

                at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source)

                ... 5 more

End RunClient

[Gary Fitzgerald]

Larry, I don't use client.properties.  Instead, I create a small batch file that I can also use as a shortcut on my desktop.

rem Launch Automic Applications Manager
cd %USERPROFILE%\AppWorx\AMTEST
rem Optionally use a non-default java
set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Microsoft\jdk-17.0.8.7-hotspot"
set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%/bin;%PATH%
java -jar RunClient.jar

[Larry Griswold]

Thanks Gary, this worked with the following modifcations

rem Launch Automic Applications Manager
cd %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\appworx\DAUTO\Client
rem Optionally use a non-default java
set JAVA_HOME="C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Downloads\appworx\DAUTO\Client\jdk-11.0.2\bin"
set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%/bin;%PATH%
java -jar RunClient.jar -Xmx256m

Larry

[Larry Griswold]

Thanks Gary