How to Deploy a jar onto Raspberry Pi 2 using Maven Plugin

Question

I have a simple java class using Pi4J that contains a main method. I want to build and deploy it to a Raspberry Pi. I\'m using java 8 on a windows 10 and my IDE is NetBeans 8.1.

Answer 1

Solved: This pom file will build an executable JAR of example use cases of Pi4J. It will then transfer the JAR to the Raspberry Pi and then execute it. In netbeans, This is done via the build command. So one button to build, deploy and run!

One thing I don't like is that it brings dependencies as packages instead of the original JAR. It also creates 2 JAR's at build time; one with and one without dependencies. Open up the Jar and see what can be done to better the structure. Feel free to optimize and give feedback.

Also, for simplicity purposes on this answer, I put my RASPBERRY PI PROPERTIES in this pom file. However, those should be in a controlled user home location in a settings.xml file or something.

Note: Pi4J has a C code native ARM dependencies which prevent it from running on non ARM architectures and must be sent to Pi.

4.0.0
com.company
Swarm
1.0-SNAPSHOT
jar


    UTF-8
    1.8
    1.8

    
    192.168.1.20
    22
    root
    root
    /home/pi/artifacts
    com.company.test.ControlGpioExample




    
        junit
        junit
        3.8.1
        test
    
    
        com.pi4j
        pi4j-core
        1.0
    



    

        
        
            maven-assembly-plugin
            
                
                    
                        true
                        ${pi.main.class}
                    
                
                
                    jar-with-dependencies
                
            
            
                
                    make-my-jar-with-dependencies
                    package
                    
                        single
                    
                
            
        

        
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-antrun-plugin
            1.8
            
                
                    install
                    
                        run
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            

                            
                            
                             

                            
                            
                        
                    
                
            
            
                
                    org.apache.ant
                    ant-jsch
                    1.9.6