Custom Installation - last step for Tomcat not clear

[Reala Valoro <re...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

My goal is to use Apache Rave as the core of my custom Portal, but I'm
struggling with it. I am also trying to deploy Rave in a Tomcat 7 container
and I intend to change the database to a MySQL one.

I try to follow the steps described at:
http://rave.apache.org/documentation/application-containers.html
but I don't understand the last step for Tomcat installation regarding the
"Copy Artifacts" when it says "Copy the shared/lib folder plus the contents
of the webapp folder to your Tomcat installation. "

Could anybody explain with further detail, please?

1-Where is this shared/lib folder?
Does it mean that I have to create the $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib directory
(that's why we had to add its path in shared.loader in the previous step?
If so, how can I copy its content anywhere if that folder did not even
exist?)
Or Does it mean that I have to copy the shared/lib folder and webapp from
the portal's bundled tomcat6 into my own tomcat 7? If so where is this
tomcat6 exactly?

2-Where is this webapp folder?
Does it mean the WEB-INF folder within the war where all the context.xml
are?

3-And where is Tomcat installation?
Does it mean the $CATALINA_HOME/lib directory?

I assume this step intends to describe the need to place some *.jar
somewhere in the Tomcat container's classpath so the Tomcat classloader is
able to find all the dependencies, but these last instructions are very
very confusing.. Please detail further.

Also if I skip this step and I simply deploy in Tomcat the generated
portal.war from the Archetype, Tomcat complains throwing some exceptions
such as:

Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name [jdbc/ravePortalDB] is
not bound in this Context. Unable to find [jdbc]

so I guess that's because Tomcat 7 cannot find the context.xml descriptors
as they are within the portal.war under WEB-INF folder instead being under
the META-INF folder. Should I place these context.xml descriptors somewhere
in $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib or similar so Tomcat can find them?

Any help with this step would be much appreciated. Thank you!

Regards.

PS: My $CATALINA_HOME and $CATALINA_BASE are the same, I have all tomcat7
files under usr/share/tomcat7
PS2: Tomcat7 does not include any shared/lib directory, but it includes a
lib directory.

Re: Custom Installation - last step for Tomcat not clear

[Matt Franklin <m....@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Reala Valoro <re...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Thank you for your replies.
> The steps to build the archetype and run it through cargo with its bundled
> tomcat6 work fine, but I'm still unable to run Apache Rave under a
> different Tomcat 7 installed on my localhost.
>
> I am afraid I still don't understand some of the steps described at
> http://rave.apache.org/documentation/application-containers.html regarding
> the "*Copy Artifacts*" when it says "*Copy the shared/lib folder plus the
> contents of the webapp folder to your Tomcat installation.* " as I
> described in my first email.
>
> Could you explain further what files should I place under my
> /usr/shared/tomcat7/shared/lib and how to get them, please?
>

You need a javax.activation, javax.mail and your SQL database driver (if
using JPA) in the tomcat lib, or configured shared lib directory.


>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> 2014-01-27 Chris Geer <ch...@cxtsoftware.com>
>
> > Reala,
> >
> > Welcome to Rave. If you want to create a custom portal using Rave I
> > recommend you follow the instructions on the "Extend Rave" page [1]. That
> > will set you up to package Rave along with your customizations. We use
> Rave
> > this way and also have it connected to MySQL. After you generate the
> > project using the archetype you'll be able to edit the master pom file to
> > setup your datasources properly. This will allow you to run the project
> > using cargo to test out your portal. Once you have it all set you can
> copy
> > the two war files into Tomcat but you'll also need to make sure and setup
> > your data sources in tomcat.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > [1] http://rave.apache.org/documentation/rave-extensions.html
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Reala Valoro <re...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > My goal is to use Apache Rave as the core of my custom Portal, but I'm
> > > struggling with it. I am also trying to deploy Rave in a Tomcat 7
> > container
> > > and I intend to change the database to a MySQL one.
> > >
> > > I try to follow the steps described at:
> > > http://rave.apache.org/documentation/application-containers.html
> > > but I don't understand the last step for Tomcat installation regarding
> > the
> > > "Copy Artifacts" when it says "Copy the shared/lib folder plus the
> > contents
> > > of the webapp folder to your Tomcat installation. "
> > >
> > > Could anybody explain with further detail, please?
> > >
> > > 1-Where is this shared/lib folder?
> > > Does it mean that I have to create the $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib
> > directory
> > > (that's why we had to add its path in shared.loader in the previous
> step?
> > > If so, how can I copy its content anywhere if that folder did not even
> > > exist?)
> > > Or Does it mean that I have to copy the shared/lib folder and webapp
> from
> > > the portal's bundled tomcat6 into my own tomcat 7? If so where is this
> > > tomcat6 exactly?
> > >
> > > 2-Where is this webapp folder?
> > > Does it mean the WEB-INF folder within the war where all the
> context.xml
> > > are?
> > >
> > > 3-And where is Tomcat installation?
> > > Does it mean the $CATALINA_HOME/lib directory?
> > >
> > > I assume this step intends to describe the need to place some *.jar
> > > somewhere in the Tomcat container's classpath so the Tomcat classloader
> > is
> > > able to find all the dependencies, but these last instructions are very
> > > very confusing.. Please detail further.
> > >
> > > Also if I skip this step and I simply deploy in Tomcat the generated
> > > portal.war from the Archetype, Tomcat complains throwing some
> exceptions
> > > such as:
> > >
> > > Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name [jdbc/ravePortalDB]
> > is
> > > not bound in this Context. Unable to find [jdbc]
> > >
> > > so I guess that's because Tomcat 7 cannot find the context.xml
> > descriptors
> > > as they are within the portal.war under WEB-INF folder instead being
> > under
> > > the META-INF folder. Should I place these context.xml descriptors
> > somewhere
> > > in $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib or similar so Tomcat can find them?
> > >
> > > Any help with this step would be much appreciated. Thank you!
> > >
> > > Regards.
> > >
> > > PS: My $CATALINA_HOME and $CATALINA_BASE are the same, I have all
> tomcat7
> > > files under usr/share/tomcat7
> > > PS2: Tomcat7 does not include any shared/lib directory, but it
> includes a
> > > lib directory.
> > >
> >
>

Re: Custom Installation - last step for Tomcat not clear

[Reala Valoro <re...@gmail.com>]

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your replies.
The steps to build the archetype and run it through cargo with its bundled
tomcat6 work fine, but I'm still unable to run Apache Rave under a
different Tomcat 7 installed on my localhost.

I am afraid I still don't understand some of the steps described at
http://rave.apache.org/documentation/application-containers.html regarding
the "*Copy Artifacts*" when it says "*Copy the shared/lib folder plus the
contents of the webapp folder to your Tomcat installation.* " as I
described in my first email.

Could you explain further what files should I place under my
/usr/shared/tomcat7/shared/lib and how to get them, please?

Thank you.



2014-01-27 Chris Geer <ch...@cxtsoftware.com>

> Reala,
>
> Welcome to Rave. If you want to create a custom portal using Rave I
> recommend you follow the instructions on the "Extend Rave" page [1]. That
> will set you up to package Rave along with your customizations. We use Rave
> this way and also have it connected to MySQL. After you generate the
> project using the archetype you'll be able to edit the master pom file to
> setup your datasources properly. This will allow you to run the project
> using cargo to test out your portal. Once you have it all set you can copy
> the two war files into Tomcat but you'll also need to make sure and setup
> your data sources in tomcat.
>
> Chris
>
> [1] http://rave.apache.org/documentation/rave-extensions.html
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Reala Valoro <re...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My goal is to use Apache Rave as the core of my custom Portal, but I'm
> > struggling with it. I am also trying to deploy Rave in a Tomcat 7
> container
> > and I intend to change the database to a MySQL one.
> >
> > I try to follow the steps described at:
> > http://rave.apache.org/documentation/application-containers.html
> > but I don't understand the last step for Tomcat installation regarding
> the
> > "Copy Artifacts" when it says "Copy the shared/lib folder plus the
> contents
> > of the webapp folder to your Tomcat installation. "
> >
> > Could anybody explain with further detail, please?
> >
> > 1-Where is this shared/lib folder?
> > Does it mean that I have to create the $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib
> directory
> > (that's why we had to add its path in shared.loader in the previous step?
> > If so, how can I copy its content anywhere if that folder did not even
> > exist?)
> > Or Does it mean that I have to copy the shared/lib folder and webapp from
> > the portal's bundled tomcat6 into my own tomcat 7? If so where is this
> > tomcat6 exactly?
> >
> > 2-Where is this webapp folder?
> > Does it mean the WEB-INF folder within the war where all the context.xml
> > are?
> >
> > 3-And where is Tomcat installation?
> > Does it mean the $CATALINA_HOME/lib directory?
> >
> > I assume this step intends to describe the need to place some *.jar
> > somewhere in the Tomcat container's classpath so the Tomcat classloader
> is
> > able to find all the dependencies, but these last instructions are very
> > very confusing.. Please detail further.
> >
> > Also if I skip this step and I simply deploy in Tomcat the generated
> > portal.war from the Archetype, Tomcat complains throwing some exceptions
> > such as:
> >
> > Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name [jdbc/ravePortalDB]
> is
> > not bound in this Context. Unable to find [jdbc]
> >
> > so I guess that's because Tomcat 7 cannot find the context.xml
> descriptors
> > as they are within the portal.war under WEB-INF folder instead being
> under
> > the META-INF folder. Should I place these context.xml descriptors
> somewhere
> > in $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib or similar so Tomcat can find them?
> >
> > Any help with this step would be much appreciated. Thank you!
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > PS: My $CATALINA_HOME and $CATALINA_BASE are the same, I have all tomcat7
> > files under usr/share/tomcat7
> > PS2: Tomcat7 does not include any shared/lib directory, but it includes a
> > lib directory.
> >
>

Re: Custom Installation - last step for Tomcat not clear

[Chris Geer <ch...@cxtsoftware.com>]

Reala,

Welcome to Rave. If you want to create a custom portal using Rave I
recommend you follow the instructions on the "Extend Rave" page [1]. That
will set you up to package Rave along with your customizations. We use Rave
this way and also have it connected to MySQL. After you generate the
project using the archetype you'll be able to edit the master pom file to
setup your datasources properly. This will allow you to run the project
using cargo to test out your portal. Once you have it all set you can copy
the two war files into Tomcat but you'll also need to make sure and setup
your data sources in tomcat.

Chris

[1] http://rave.apache.org/documentation/rave-extensions.html


On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Reala Valoro <re...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My goal is to use Apache Rave as the core of my custom Portal, but I'm
> struggling with it. I am also trying to deploy Rave in a Tomcat 7 container
> and I intend to change the database to a MySQL one.
>
> I try to follow the steps described at:
> http://rave.apache.org/documentation/application-containers.html
> but I don't understand the last step for Tomcat installation regarding the
> "Copy Artifacts" when it says "Copy the shared/lib folder plus the contents
> of the webapp folder to your Tomcat installation. "
>
> Could anybody explain with further detail, please?
>
> 1-Where is this shared/lib folder?
> Does it mean that I have to create the $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib directory
> (that's why we had to add its path in shared.loader in the previous step?
> If so, how can I copy its content anywhere if that folder did not even
> exist?)
> Or Does it mean that I have to copy the shared/lib folder and webapp from
> the portal's bundled tomcat6 into my own tomcat 7? If so where is this
> tomcat6 exactly?
>
> 2-Where is this webapp folder?
> Does it mean the WEB-INF folder within the war where all the context.xml
> are?
>
> 3-And where is Tomcat installation?
> Does it mean the $CATALINA_HOME/lib directory?
>
> I assume this step intends to describe the need to place some *.jar
> somewhere in the Tomcat container's classpath so the Tomcat classloader is
> able to find all the dependencies, but these last instructions are very
> very confusing.. Please detail further.
>
> Also if I skip this step and I simply deploy in Tomcat the generated
> portal.war from the Archetype, Tomcat complains throwing some exceptions
> such as:
>
> Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name [jdbc/ravePortalDB] is
> not bound in this Context. Unable to find [jdbc]
>
> so I guess that's because Tomcat 7 cannot find the context.xml descriptors
> as they are within the portal.war under WEB-INF folder instead being under
> the META-INF folder. Should I place these context.xml descriptors somewhere
> in $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib or similar so Tomcat can find them?
>
> Any help with this step would be much appreciated. Thank you!
>
> Regards.
>
> PS: My $CATALINA_HOME and $CATALINA_BASE are the same, I have all tomcat7
> files under usr/share/tomcat7
> PS2: Tomcat7 does not include any shared/lib directory, but it includes a
> lib directory.
>