Play Framework & Activator cheatsheet

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Running on EC2 Microinstance

You'll need to lower the memory of the JVM:

echo 'export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xms128m -Xmx256m -XX:PermSize=64m"' >> ~/.bashrc

Then you'll need to add activator to the PATH variable

echo "export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/dir" >> ~/.bashrc

Then, start a new bash

bash

Running on a different port

When in activator, just add a space after start or run and specify the port. Example:

run 80

or

start 80

Starting server

1. Create a distributable from activator (command: "dist")
2. Push to server
3. Create a .sh file and dump this in:

nohup bin/executable -J-server -Dconfig.file=conf/application.conf -Dhttp.port=80 &

4. chmod +x start.sh (or the filename you chose above)
5. ./start.sh
6. Server should be running.