Streamlining Jahia Project Environments with Provisioning Generator

Do you have multiple environments for your Jahia projects — from DEV, UAT, QA, Preproduction, to Production?

Your team might experiment in local or development environments, installing bundles from the Jahia Default Store. At some point, you might wonder:

“What version of that add-on should I install on UAT, QA, or Production?”

Usually, you would visually check the module list and upgrade instances manually via the module manager.

Good news!
There’s a better way: by using the Provisioning Generator Jahia module!

• It helps save a YAML configuration and backup installed bundles (in .jar format).
• You can share this configuration with your team to replicate environments easily.
• After installation, access the tools Karaf command-line screen or connect via Karaf credentials and run:

provisioning-generator:generate

• It will generate a .zip file containing:
  • The YAML configuration
  • Installed JARs
• The output typically appears in: digital-factory-data/content/tmp (depending on your setup).
• You can later place it in your provisioning folder (like digital-factory-data/patches/provisioning).

Our Improved Fork

We’ve also created a fork of this module to further optimize the zip size by splitting the export into two parts:

1️⃣ Provisioning Store YAML

• Modules supported by Jahia and available in their repository.
• No JARs included.
• YAML file: provisioning-store.yaml

2️⃣ Provisioning Files YAML

• Modules not available by default or community versions.
• Bundled with their respective JARs.
• YAML file: provisioning-files.yaml

Find the forked module here: Forked Provisioning Generator Module
Use the command:

provisioning-generator:split-generate

Feel free to use either the default module or our optimized fork to simplify your Jahia environment management!

Posted by GladTek