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Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

lewstherin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:29:52 GMT

I am up for any suggestions from anyone and would appreciate any input. Wow, I mean seriously, wow . . . :shock: I have tried everything. I just keep running into not being able to login to blah:8080/share after a "successful" install. I can't believe how obstinate this is being. Here is scoop:Inst

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

mikeh — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:39:59 GMT

Could you post the rest of the log file anyway?

Also, does this article help any? http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Installing_Alfresco_Community_WAR_on_Centos_5

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

lewstherin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:25:59 GMT

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the link - that looks like it may help.

Is it possible that some of the install trouble comes from the instructions and packages used in examples are based on JDK6 Update 6 where as Update 12 is the current? For example, I see most instruction say to install java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.06-1jpp however attempting to install that with update 12 gives:

error: Failed dependencies:
jdk = 2000:1.6.0_06-fcs is needed by java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.06-1jpp.i586
jpackage-utils >= 0:1.7.3 is needed by java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.06-1jpp.i586

If this is needed then is it correct that you really need JDK6U6 and Update 12 is not really compatible with Alfresco 3?

That might be a problem though as I can't seem to get the earlier version from Sun any more?

http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/6u6/index.html

That link does not seem to allow downloads anymore "Your download can not be authorized"

Also, I see some instructions reference setting up MySQL, for which I assume mysql-connector-java-5.1.5.tar.gz is required? I see the instructions at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Installing_Alfresco_Community_WAR_on_Centos_5#mysql-connector-java show setting this up for a Tomcat install - but what about the binary installer version? I can't seem to easily find an rpm of this, and am not sure it if is required as custom-repository.properties says:

# MySQL connection (This is default and requires mysql-connector-java-5.0.3-bin.jar, which ships with the Alfresco server)

So . . . still plugging away at it.

I do appreciate the link, and I don't mean to sound negative - but man, a lot of users are just never going to persist and overcome these issues just to test drive Alfresco.

I look forward to checking it out though - I really want to use it to manage some projects we have, but I just don't have a lot of time to spend setting it up.

The really aggravating thing is that it is actually installed and I get the login screen it just won't authenticate. And it looks like this is far from an uncommon issue.

I think this looks like an interesting project and a good product, but sincerely (and I don't mean to sound snarky) the developer team should try installing the binary version on a clean CentOS / Red Hat / Fedora box. They will discover you can't authenticate after the install. The solution is likely simple, but without it - the show stops pretty much there.

Thank you for you assistance though - I do appreciate it.

Pete

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

lewstherin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:38:58 GMT

Hi everyone,

So is mysql-connector-java required to be installed from a source such as:

http://download.softagency.net/MySQL/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-5.1.5.tar.gz

Where does mysql-connector-java-5.1.5-bin.jar get placed (binary installation)

I am seeing the login screen, but now changes are being made to the MySQL table, it just remains empty?

Thanks,
Pete

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

lewstherin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:41:46 GMT

Oh . .

I see it is included in the binary install at:

/opt/Alfresco/tomcat/common/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jar

Hum . . . so why is the alfresco database completely empty?

Has anyone really got the binary release working on CentOS 5.2?

Cheers,
Pete

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

mikeh — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:49:33 GMT

Could you post the contents of the startup log file - alfresco.log?

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

lewstherin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:21:18 GMT

Howdy Mike,

You bet - it is at:

http://65.110.52.190/alfresco.log

Thanks for taking a look at it, I appreciate it.

Pete

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

mikeh — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:40:25 GMT

By default, Alfresco ships with the default Derby database configured; which is ideal for quick evaluation purposes.

In order to use MySQL instead you need to follow the steps outlined at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Installing_Alfresco_Community_WAR_on_Centos_5#Modifying_the_basic_Alfresco_properties

Before restarting the server, clear out the contents of the alf_data folder, otherwise any existing indexes will be out-of-sync with the new database and you'll get errors in the bootstrap.

Incidentally, it looks like the default Derby database is failing because of trailing spaces after the username and/or password fields. Have you edited a custom-repository.properties file already? If so, be aware that trailing spaces may cause issues.

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

lewstherin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:35:00 GMT

Hi Mike,

I know that Derby is the default database scheme on the binary install, but it does not appear to work out of the box - I have gotten the same authentication error on three clean binary installs on both CentOS 4.7 and 5.2. I only tried going to MySQL when I could not get Derby to work. And you are right on the trailing spaces, I noticed that as well - however it did not resolve the issue. I am still unable to authenticate using either the Derby or MySQL method and I have cleared all data out of alf_data several times. The authentication error messages continues despite anything I seem to do.

As a note, I am able to get to /share but not /alfresco - I get a 404 when I go there. Still trying to investigate why that is.

If you have any other suggestions from the log, etc. I would appreciate it. Unfortunately I will not be able to continue researching this much more as it is becoming time prohibitive - I just only have a few hours a week for research projects and although Alfresco looks like a promising project, there appears to be some issue with the install phase of the product. I am sure these will be addressed in the long run.

Thank you for looking at the logs and offering your assistance.

Cheers,
Pete

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

mikeh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:36:27 GMT

I'm not sure what else to suggest if you're still getting that exact same error as in the posted log.

There is one other option: you can try a hosted trial (http://www.alfresco.com/community/register/?source=hostedtrial) if installation is proving cumbersome and time is short.

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

lewstherin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:38:07 GMT

Hi Mike,

Good news - today I came in, gave it another go and tada - works. Thanks for your suggestions and assistance. I think it was a combination of residual stuff from the previous installs and the trailing spaces in the credentials.

I have added our users for testing this out and we are up and running.

Hey, one other question if you don't mind. I see in the features screen cast that there is a project panel you add. I would really like the ability to define groups projects with phases and people assigned to them, etc.

I am looking through the docs and online help, and perhaps I am just blind, but where do you add projects and define them?

Thank you,
Pete

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

mikeh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:35:48 GMT

I suspect you're looking at a V2.9 screencast, which was the only version with Project Spaces.

These were meant as a "teaser trailer" to the Share client (/share) and are no longer available in 3.0.

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Bloody Painful Install - Alfresco-Labs-3c-Linux-x86-Install

psleeps2000 — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:19:09 GMT

I have the same problem

Tomcat all start properly

but cannot login as well.

Do not know how you solve, since you state you see it run the next morning