Installing Nimble for Grails - grails

I came across Nimble yesterday, but couldn't get past Step 1, configuring BuildConfig.groovy to find the Nimble's remote repository.
My BuildConfig.groovy file is one line:
grails.plugin.repos.discovery.intient="http://intient.com/downloads/grails/
Here is the message I get when running grails install-plugin nimble 0.2:
Welcome to Grails 1.1.1 - http://grails.org/
Licensed under Apache Standard License 2.0
Grails home is set to: /opt/dev/sdks/grails-1.1.1
Base Directory: /home/wraith/dev/source/demo
Running script /opt/dev/sdks/grails-1.1.1/scripts/InstallPlugin.groovy
Environment set to development
No authentication for svn repo at intient ...
Reading remote plugin list ...
Reading remote plugin list ...
Reading remote plugin list ...
Plugin 'nimble' was not found in repository. If it is not stored in a configured repository you will need to install it manually. Type 'grails list-plugins' to find out what plugins are available.
This is the first time I have tried to install a plugin not in the official repository. What is the best way to narrow down if it is a problem at Intient.com or with my configuration?

Follow these instructions with the following modifications:
Step 1 is correct
Instead of using the remote repository, download the zipped plugin
Move the plugin to ~/dev/plugins
grails install-plugin ~/dev/plugins/grails-nimble-0.2.zip
Steps 3-5 are correct

We were performing some maintenance on intient.com and the load balancer wasn't providing this content for the last 12 hours or so (oops!).
Should be sorted now but the steps Wraith Monster gave above work for a manual install as well.
Once Grails 1.2 proper hits Nimble will be part of the official plugin repo and we won't need to worry about this at all.

you could always download the zip file for the plugin and install it manually

Download source code from http://github.com/intient/nimble
Unzip under your plugins directory of your project (usually under ${USER_HOME}/.grails/<grails-version>/projects/<myproject>/plugins)
Rename the extracted folder into "nimble-0.2"
Remove from BuildConfig the line grails.plugin.repos.discovery.intient="http://intient.com/downloads/grails/"
Edit the file application.properties of your project and add the line plugins.nimble=0.2
If not installed under your project, you should install the plugins : shiro (version 1.0-SNAPSHOT at least) and mail (>0.6). (run command grails install-plugin <pluginName> <version>)
Start directly from Step 3
It should work (at least, it worked for me). Good luck

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How to generate zip file for a grails plugin

I wrote a Grails plugin, lets say PluginA which has dependency on another plugin, lets say PluginB, which I wrote myself too, these both plugins are being used by a main project. I am trying to build a continious integration system for this project using jenkins, so far I managed to setup everything in Jenkins. But while building the project, I get this error
Zip C:\Users\me\project\PluginA\grails-PluginA-0.1.zip is not a valid plugin
So, how do I generate that zip file, I noticed that all my other plugins have that zip file but I don't remember building them. I also tried to do a grails compile-plugin but I got an error saying that few classes were not found as they were in PluginB. So, how can I specify that PluginA has dependency on PluginB while running a grails command?
It's not entirely clear, but I believe the problem you are having occurs when trying to build the main project and not the plugins, so I will address that situation.
Since the error message mentions a zip file, I will also assume you are using Grails 2.x. If you are using Grails 3.x, then stop reading now and add info on how you are specifying your dependencies.
Key info: In my experience plugins don't come with their dependencies; I've had to re-declare them in my top-level projects. I have no idea if that is the intent of the grails plugin design, but I have found it works to do so.
Step 1: Build PluginB and install it to your local maven repo using
grails maven-install
Step 2: Specify PluginB as a dependency for PluginA in its app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy
Step 3: Build PluginA and install it to your local maven repo using the same command as for PluginB.
Step 4: In your main project, specify dependencies on BOTH PluginA and PluginB in app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy
Step 4 is the key.
If I've misinterpreted your problem, sorry about that! Please provide some more detail on exactly which part is failing and I'll let you know if I have any info on it.

Error installing Grails plugin to local maven repository

I have created a Grails plugin using Grails 2.3.3 and trying to use the plugin in a Grails application which was also created using Grails 2.3.3. Now, to use the plugin in the application, it needs to be published to a plugin repository first. So I attempted to publish the plugin into the local repository by using the commands:
grails clean
grails compile
grails maven-install
For the grails maven-install command I selected the option 2)InstallPlugin. But then got an error:
Error installing plugin: No such property: ERROR_MESSAGE for class: Inst
allPlugin (Use --stacktrace to see the full trace)
Ran the last command above with option --stacktrace and --verbose but did not get any clue as to what the problem might be. I also removed %HOME%/.grails directory and reran the above commands and still came with the same error.
After googling, I found a JIRA for this issue which was closed stating that it happens when Grails version is changed and cleaning up cache files will get rid of this issue. However, that solution is not working for me and, by now, I have spent couple of hours trying to fix this. Also I did not change my Grails version.
Has anyone faced this issue with Grails 2.3.3 or with any recent version of Grails? What was the solution?
Don't use install-plugin, add a dependency in BuildConfig.groovy.
I don't know where the 2)InstallPlugin "option" is coming from. The maven-install script packages your plugin and generates a POM file and the other files needed to be a valid published plugins. Then it copies these files to your local M2 directory, e.g. if your plugin name is "mycoolplugin" the files are copied to $HOME/.m2/repository/org/grails/plugins/mycoolplugin
Now you can "install" the plugin as if it had been published in a remote repo. Add a dependency in the app's BuildConfig.groovy using the usual format, e.g.
plugins {
build ":tomcat:7.0.50"
compile ":scaffolding:2.0.1"
runtime ":hibernate:3.6.10.7"
...
compile ":mycoolplugin:0.1"
}

Grails Plugins from GitHub

If I want to use a plugin for Grails from Git Hub. Do I just download the zip file and make it available in my local maven repository? I'm behind a firewall which doesn't let me just resolve the dependencies.
You can get the source and run maven-install to make it available in your local maven repository, then you declare the dependency in the plugins block of the BuildConfig.groovy.
You shouldn't build from the repo source since that might include unfinished features and bugs. At the very least use source tagged for a particular release (if there are any).
If you want to download released plugins, they're available at http://repo.grails.org/grails/plugins/org/grails/plugins/
Keep in mind that running grails install-plugin /path/to/zip no longer works in 2.3, so you should stay away from that approach. Instead, you could run a local Artifactory instance that acts as a cached plugin repo - see this thread for some information to get started: http://grails.1312388.n4.nabble.com/Caching-plugins-using-artifactory-td4640164.html
The zip file which will be downloaded will be the source of the plugin. You have to extract the zip, go to the root of the plugin, and run grails maven-install (from release plugin) which would build the plugin artifact for you in you local maven repository if you have one setup.
Then you can use the plugin.
OR
You can use the plugin inline as mentioned in this answer.
Proxy setting can also be configured in grails by add proxy and set proxy.
grails add-proxy myproxy "--host=myproxy" "--port=myport" "--username=proxyuser" "--password=mypassword"
grails set-proxy myproxy
see grails docs.
if above solution doesn't work try then
create ProxySettings.groovy in C:\Documents and Settings\user-name.grails folder
add following two lines to this file and save
myproxy=["http.proxyHost":"myproxy", "http.proxyPort":"4300", "http.proxyUserName":"proxyuser", "http.proxyPassword":"mypassword"]
currentProxy="myproxy"
please check this link for more options
You can also keep plugins locally as described here
http://blog.armbruster-it.de/2011/10/project-setup-for-grails-with-customized-plugins-using-git-submodules/
git submodule add git://github.com/sarmbruster/grails-spring-security-ui.git plugins/grails-spring-security-ui
git add .gitmodules plugins/
git commit -m "added submodule"
now add plugins/grails-spring-security-ui as a inline plugin by adding to grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy
grails.plugin.location.'spring-security-ui'="plugins/grails-spring-security-ui"
That's all.
More info in section "Installing Local Plugins" and "Specifying Plugin Locations" in docs:
http://grails.org/doc/latest/guide/plugins.html#12.1%20Creating%20and%20Installing%20Plug-ins

Grails and hudson plugin issue

I'm developing my first project in Grails framework. I'm using Spring Security Core plugin. On my machine, on newest IntelliJ Idea everything works fine. I can run, test and so on with no problems.
I have a remote machine with subversion where I upload my code and Hudson with Grails Plugin. Target which I call on my hudson builds is:
"test-app --non-interactive"
When I run build, everything goes fine - plugins are downloaded and then, bam!
Resolving plugin JAR dependencies ...
:: UNRESOLVED DEPENDENCIES :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:: org.springframework#org.springframework.test;3.0.5.RELEASE: configuration not found in org.springframework#org.springframework.test;3.0.5.RELEASE: 'master'. It was required from org.grails.internal#League;0.1 test
Here I put whole output from Hudson Console of this project build.
That looks like a dependency issue with the Mail plugin, try going back to a non-snaphot version. I think 1.0 will be out shortly but see if 0.9 works.
Grails will automatically install the plugins it needs, you don't need to do anything manual on the build server.
You have to install the plugin of the remote machine. Because the plugins are not included in the code. The plugin will be installed under your_home/.grails/grails_version/plugins (or project/your_project).

Reinstall grails plugin from a simple HTTP location

I installed a plugin using 'grails install-plugin http://blahblah/blah.zip'. The location does not follow the grailsRepo standard or maven standard. It's a simple zip file on a remote server.
How do I configure grails so that it finds the plugin?
I don't think it is possible. You either have to install the plugin in a maven-compatible repo or you'll have to run install-plugin every time you build from scratch.
in grails project directory grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy
grails.plugin.location."pluginName"="../path/to/plugin"

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