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Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:19:46 GMT

Hi All,May i know where can i find the step by step guidance in deploying Activiti please ?I have setup the Ubuntu server with Ant, Java and Tomcat 6 but so far got no clue where to do next ?I've read the .properties file and seems that nothing that i should touch.Any kind of help would be greatly a

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

jcosano — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:24:35 GMT

You should configure build.properties for choose database (and configure database properties if is not h2)

And with "ant demo.setup" you obtain and install all activiti.

Here there is all information:

http://activiti.org/userguide/index.html

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:43:47 GMT

configure build.properties for choose database (and configure database properties if is not h2)

I prefer to use the default one i guess in this case H2 is the DB name ?

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

jcosano — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:50:12 GMT

Name of database is define by name of build.xxx.properties in setup folder…

then for H2 is h2 (I think that h2 come by default).

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:36:05 GMT

thanks for the reply man,

however I found out that in order to try this software features and functionality it is very complex with minimal information on the website like the following:

The easiest target to get started is demo.setup. That target will

Fetch the library dependencies for the examples
Install the H2 in ${activiti.home}/apps/h2
Start the H2 database
Create the Activiti tables in the database
Download Tomcat if not available in the ${downloads.dir}
Install Tomcat in ${activiti.home}/apps/apache-tomcat-${tomcat.version}
Create an Activiti configuration jar
Install Activiti Engine into Tomcat, which includes libraries and configurations
Insert the demo users and groups in the Activiti identity tables (see below)
Deploy the example processes to the Activiti Engine DB
Deploy the REST interface webapp into tomcat
Download the Activiti Modeler webapp to ${activiti.home}/webapps
Deploy the Probe, Explorer and Modeler webapps into tomcat.
Start tomcat

So each of the line above needs to be elaborated into meaningful step by step to encourage people to try this software.
– my 2 cents

I'll try to extract the downloaded zip files in my linux server and then performs ant build.xml and hopefully all is good.

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

sifter — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:29:28 GMT

I agree with activist's point.
Clearer documentation on the installation process would be helpful.

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:08:11 GMT

Hi sifter, yes we're not alone here, i believe there are many others who also face difficulty in trying to test this software.

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

winko — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:36:34 GMT

I think there is à lot of progression to be made, creating either an install script or à good how to! I'm willing to help!!! Who joins me?
Regards Winko

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:50:22 GMT

+1 I'm in Winko.

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

jbarrez — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:37:40 GMT

It is our goal to make the demo setup as simple as possible, for everyone!

Can you elaborate on what exactly you believe is missing from the documentation?

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:03:20 GMT

jbarrez,

Thanks for your reply, I was having problem in running the demo starting from preparing the prerequisite. (I'm still newbie in this area).
therefore I usually follow step by step guide in deploying Linux application.

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

winko — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:44:08 GMT

Activist I think you're right on the spot in describing the pain, perhaps we can create a step by step guide in deploying the application. A good starting point might be the documentation of Joram.

Regards,

Winko

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:03:00 GMT

yes Winko, I thought I'm the only one who is so dumb not being able to use this software 🙂

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

winko — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:47:16 GMT

I'll make a (Ubuntu) virtual machine tonight especially for the purpose of making screenshots… Then we'll have to figure out how to install the program(s). Installing the prerequisites (JDK, ANT and Eclipse) are no problem (supossingly using the ubuntu software center), I'll make screenshots of that and let you know when I'm ready!

Regards,

Winko

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:28:36 GMT

yes please, that'd be very great help to the community.

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

winko — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:11:56 GMT

Just created a Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Virtual Machine.
Will start installation tomorrow!

Regards,

Winko

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

buetti — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:08:42 GMT

Hi all,

I created a topic two weeks ago similar to this one (http://forums.activiti.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=456).

I have also an issue with installing activiti in an existing tomcat environment. I have a fresh ubuntu 10.10 server, install tomcat with apache2 at installation routine, install java libraries und export the $JAVA_HOME variable. I tried to use mysql as default database and customize the build.properties and also the build.xml itself. In the demo.setup target I delete the targets tomcat.install. The installation went fine, and the activiti packages are deployt to /etc/tomcat6/webapps. But if I try to call localhost:8080/activiti-cycle or any other activiti package I just get an tomcat error messge, that the resource isn't available. And I still have trouble with getting activit running…. ;(

@Winko:Maybe this is an aspect you can consider?

Regards
Ben

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:28:56 GMT

hm.. interesting to I wonder if ubuntu is supported in this Activiti install, since there are quite a few of us who got into problem.

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

buetti — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:26:39 GMT

I get it! Unfortunately I tried the wrong Tomcat_Home folder in the build.xml. I changed it to /var/lib/tomcat6 and no it is working. What I did:

- changed the build.properties (to change the DB to mysql)
- changed the mysql.properties (user and passwort)
- changed the build.xml (delete the targets "tomcat.install" and create.h2)
- create the activiti DB and the DB user in mysql
- export the $JAVA_HOME
- run "ant demo.setup"
- have fun!

Re: Activiti on Ubuntu Server 10.04 install guide

activist — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:09:38 GMT

wow that sounds like great news, I'll give that a try and let you know how it goes.