Add CI install-test for the Windows MSI + document MSI install/upgrade/uninstall#664
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The opendj-msi package was built and uploaded but never installed or exercised in CI. Add a test-msi job (needs: build-maven) that, on a windows-latest runner, installs the built .msi silently (msiexec /i), runs setup, registers and starts/stops the OpenDJ Windows service with an ldapsearch liveness check, then uninstalls (msiexec /x).
…E 25) The MSI ships no JRE, so add a WiX launch condition that fails the install early with a clear message when Java is not detected (it does not install Java). JAVA_HOME is captured from the environment before LaunchConditions; `Installed` keeps uninstall/repair working regardless of Java. Fix the test-msi CI job (it failed with `net start` exit 2 "service already started"): - setup.bat is now invoked with --doNotStart, so the server is started only by `net start "OpenDJ Server"` (setup.bat no longer starts a standalone instance first). - Bump actions/setup-java from 21 to 25 (latest LTS; smoke-tests the MSI under a fresh JRE). The runner has JAVA_HOME from setup-java, so the new launch condition is satisfied and the install proceeds.
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The launch condition (Installed OR JAVA_HOME_ENV) false-blocked valid installs: a JRE does not always set JAVA_HOME (it may be only on PATH). Drop it - the MSI again only copies files and Java availability stays the admin's responsibility. The test-msi fix (--doNotStart, JRE 25) is unaffected.
The install guide covered only the .zip and native .deb/.rpm. Add Windows MSI sections to chap-install/chap-upgrade/chap-uninstall: GUI and silent msiexec install, Java as a runtime prerequisite the installer does not enforce, configure via setup.bat, optional Windows service registration via windows-service.bat, MSI upgrade (disable service, back up, install newer .msi, upgrade.bat, re-enable), and uninstall via Apps & features / msiexec /x.
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What
Add CI coverage for the Windows MSI and document MSI install/upgrade/uninstall. The
opendj-msipackage was built and uploaded as an artifact but never installed or exercised in CI, and the
install guide never mentioned the MSI (
.msi/msiexecappeared nowhere — only.zipand native.deb/.rpm).This PR does not change the MSI package itself.
CI:
test-msijob (needs: build-maven,runs-on: windows-latest)windows-latest-11artifact (contains the.msi).msiexec /i … /quiet, then resolves the install root.setup.bat --doNotStart, registers the OpenDJ Windows service(
windows-service.bat --enableService),net start/net stop"OpenDJ Server" with aTCP +
ldapsearchliveness check.msiexec /x … /quiet.--doNotStartis required: without itsetup.batstarts a standalone server andnet startthenreturns exit 2 (
service already started).Docs: MSI install/upgrade/uninstall (
install-guide/)chap-install.adoc— new "Install With the Windows Installer (MSI)" section: GUI and silentmsiexec /i, install location, Java as a runtime prerequisite the installer does not enforce(set
OPENDJ_JAVA_HOME/OPENDJ_JAVA_BINor havejavaon PATH), configure withsetup.bat,optional Windows-service registration via
windows-service.bat(the MSI does not register it).chap-upgrade.adoc— MSI upgrade: disable service, back up, install the newer.msiover the samedirectory (instance
config/db/logskept), runupgrade.bat, re-enable the service.chap-uninstall.adoc— MSI uninstall via Apps & features ormsiexec /x.Note on the Java launch condition
An earlier commit added a WiX launch condition requiring
JAVA_HOME; it was reverted because aJRE does not always set
JAVA_HOME(it may be only on PATH), which would false-block valid installs.The docs instead state Java is a prerequisite the admin ensures.
MSI validation findings (not changed here — follow-up)
Program Files (x86); a server should ship x64.windows-service.bat(instance-bound, post-setup).InstallerVersion="300"(Windows Installer 3.0) andCompressionLevel="none"(bloated cab).dotnet40via winetricks under wine; winetricks pinned tomaster;light -svaldisables ICE validation.Migration note: WiX v4+ is a .NET tool running natively on Linux/macOS (would drop
wine+winetricks+dotnet40); caveat: WiX v6+ carries an Open Source Maintenance Fee.
build-docker-alpinefailures on some runs are an unrelated pre-existing flake.