Override CloudBees' lift version

Question

Currently CloudBees' default Lift version is 2.4, and this is what you get when using the Lift ClickStart. What's the best way to use Lift 2.5-M1 instead? Create a ClickStart and override the default version, or some other way? Thanks!

Answer 1

The Clickstarts are designed to be "forkable" and updatable - if you want to use a newer lift version - take a look at:

https://github.com/CloudBees-community/lift_template

Fork it, change the pom.xml (as it currently uses the maven build type) ** - to use the appropriate version, and push your changes.

You can then rerun the clickstart via pasting a URL like the following into your browser

https://grandcentral.cloudbees.com/#CB_clickstart=https://raw.github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_ACCOUNT/lift_template/master/clickstart.json

and it will use the newer version. Submit a pull request if you like - so it is up to date for future.

If you have an existing app you created - you can just clone the git repo, update the pom.xml and push it - it will then update your app for you.

Here is a guide on making your own ClickStart: http://wiki.cloudbees.com/bin/view/RUN/How+to+make+your+own+Clickstart