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help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:28:32 GMT

Hello everyone,we have activiti v1.3.3 installed, and alfresco 5.0.2.5 I believe both are latest.so I managed to get AD working on alfresco, that was monumental success… anyways, now im trying to connect activiti to alfresco… and im having problems… or rather, I am stuck and have no clue what to d

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:35:42 GMT

Workflow Admin Console maybe? or Model and Messages Console?

well im lost…

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:25:15 GMT

I am nowhere closer than I was on friday…

I did manage to get Single sign on working with alfresco, so yeah… thats good. Now I really just need to connect Alfresco and Activiti and I can start working

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

erikwinlof — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:34:44 GMT

Hi bizilux!

The .amp files are simply a .zip file, so the easiest thing is to rename them from .amp to .zip and then expand them like any other .zip file. But perhaps you already got by that since you said you managed to get single sign on working with Alfresco?

Feel free to post more question here and ill watch them, but generally when installing the Share connector for the first time I would recommend following the "Demo setup" section:
http://docs.alfresco.com/activiti/docs/admin-guide/1.3.2/#_demo_setup

Cheers, Erik

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:12:08 GMT

Actually not hehe, I didnt get that, thats exactly what i was looking for… simply renaming .amp into .zip
thats exactly where i got stuck… and funny thing is, I actually said to myself, what if i try to rename it into .zip, but then I started googling some other stuff and simply forgot about that

Yes i did manage to get SSO working with alfresco, but for SSO you dont need to fiddle with any .amp files

Thanks a bunch and happy holidays!

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:06:50 GMT

Actually… I tried doing it… turns out i broke whole alfresco… searched a bit online, and deleted share.war and put backed share.war in that place, and deleted bunch of other stuff… and restarted alfresco, it kind of worked with ton of errors… so now im waiting for admins to make whole server restore from this morning

so yeah… turns out .amp files can really fuck up your day

All i did was this:
<code> Unzip the activiti.alfresco.repo-demo-ldap-X.X.X.amp file and take a look at the files, the settings you should pay most attention to are the ones marked with ACTIVITI SHARE CONNECTOR DEMO inside the ldap-authentication.properties file. Configure it to match your own LDAP, turn it back into an amp and finally drop it into your Alfresco One repository´s amps folder.

Deploy AMPs
If you don’t already have one installed, make sure you install an Alfresco One 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 or 5.0 server.

From the activiti-share-connector.zip copy the amps to the correct amps folder in your Alfresco One installation:

<zip>/alfresco/amps/activiti.alfresco.repo-X.X.X.amp           to <alfresco-dir>/amps
<zip>/alfresco/amps_share/activiti.alfresco.share-X.X.X.amp    to <alfresco-dir>/amps_share
Install the amps into Alfresco One by running the following command on a terminal from within your Alfresco One installation directory, and then follow its instructions:

bin/apply_amps.sh</code>

and i didnt do bin/apply_amps.sh … instead i went to bin folder and clicked apply_amps.bat   … then cmd opened up, and i had to press a key, and then again key to delete temporary stuff… and then it went on for like 1 more second and window closed… so i assume something broke along the way…

any tips on how to avoid using whole server backup next time i try to do this again? because it takes few hours to do restore backup 😕

I will use Module Management Tool (MMT) this time… but i doubt that will solve much. I think something is wrong with my settings in ldap-authentication.properties file…

it looks like this:
<code>############################
# LDAP AD Authentication #
############################

authentication.chain=alfinst:alfrescoNtlm,kerberos1:kerberos,ldap1:ldap-ad

ntlm.authentication.sso.enabled=false

# This flag enables use of this LDAP subsystem for authentication. It may be
# that this subsystem should only be used for synchronization, in which case
# this flag should be set to false.
ldap.authentication.active=true

# This properties file brings together the common options for LDAP authentication rather than editing the bean definitions
ldap.authentication.allowGuestLogin=true

# How to map the user id entered by the user to that passed through to LDAP
# In Active Directory, this can either be the user principal name (UPN) or DN.
# UPNs are in the form <sAMAccountName>@domain and are held in the userPrincipalName attribute of a user
ldap.authentication.userNameFormat=%s@SKB.LOCAL

# The LDAP context factory to use
ldap.authentication.java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory

# The URL to connect to the LDAP server
ldap.authentication.java.naming.provider.url=XXX

# The authentication mechanism to use
ldap.authentication.java.naming.security.authentication=simple

# Escape commas entered by the user at bind time
# Useful when using simple authentication and the CN is part of the DN and contains commas
ldap.authentication.escapeCommasInBind=false

# Escape commas entered by the user when setting the authenticated user
# Useful when using simple authentication and the CN is part of the DN and contains commas, and the escaped \, is
# pulled in as part of an LDAP sync
# If this option is set to true it will break the default home folder provider as space names can not contain
ldap.authentication.escapeCommasInUid=false

# Comma separated list of user names who should be considered administrators by default
ldap.authentication.defaultAdministratorUserNames=Administrator,janremic,tomazpevc,tadejremic,jozepiskur,admin

##############################
#   LDAP AD Synchronization #
##############################

# This flag enables use of this LDAP subsystem for user and group
# synchronization. It may be that this subsytem should only be used for
# authentication, in which case this flag should be set to false.
ldap.synchronization.active=true

# The default principal to bind with (only used for LDAP sync). This should be a UPN or DN
ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.principal=XXX

# The password for the default principal (only used for LDAP sync)
ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.credentials=XXX

# If positive, this property indicates that RFC 2696 paged results should be
# used to split query results into batches of the specified size. This
# overcomes any size limits imposed by the LDAP server.
ldap.synchronization.queryBatchSize=1000

# If positive, this property indicates that range retrieval should be used to fetch
# multi-valued attributes (such as member) in batches of the specified size.
# Overcomes any size limits imposed by Active Directory.
ldap.synchronization.attributeBatchSize=1000

# The query to select all objects that represent the groups to import.
ldap.synchronization.groupQuery=(objectclass\=group)

#####################################
# The query to select objects that represent the groups to import that have changed since a certain time.
# OB PRVEM ZAGONU JE POTREBNO PRENESTI VSE UPORABNIKE IN SKUPINE IZ AD ZATO JE POTREBNO SPODNJO NASTAVITEV ZAKOMENTIRATI
# (POTEM ODKOMENTIRAMO, DA NAM SINHRONIZIRA LE SPREMEMBE)
# ENAK POSTOPEK TUDI KO LE ZELIMO PRENESTI VSE UPORABNIKE IN SKUPINE IZ AD
ldap.synchronization.groupDifferentialQuery=(&(objectclass\=group)(!(modifyTimestamp<\={0})))
#####################################

# The query to select all objects that represent the users to import.
ldap.synchronization.personQuery=(&(objectclass\=user)(userAccountControl\:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803\:\=512))

#####################################
# The query to select objects that represent the users to import that have changed since a certain time.
# OB PRVEM ZAGONU JE POTREBNO PRENESTI VSE UPORABNIKE IN SKUPINE IZ AD ZATO JE POTREBNO SPODNJO NASTAVITEV ZAKOMENTIRATI
# (POTEM ODKOMENTIRAMO, DA NAM SINHRONIZIRA LE SPREMEMBE)
# ENAK POSTOPEK TUDI KO LE ZELIMO PRENESTI VSE UPORABNIKE IN SKUPINE IZ AD
ldap.synchronization.personDifferentialQuery=(&(objectclass\=user)(userAccountControl\:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803\:\=512)(!(modifyTimestamp<\={0})))
#####################################

# The group search base restricts the LDAP group query to a sub section of tree on the LDAP server.
ldap.synchronization.groupSearchBase=OU\=Domain Groups,DC\=skb,DC\=local

# The user search base restricts the LDAP user query to a sub section of tree on the LDAP server.
ldap.synchronization.userSearchBase=DC\=skb,DC\=local

# The name of the operational attribute recording the last update time for a group or user.
ldap.synchronization.modifyTimestampAttributeName=modifyTimestamp

# The timestamp format. Unfortunately, this varies between directory servers.
ldap.synchronization.timestampFormat=yyyyMMddHHmmss'.0Z'

# The attribute name on people objects found in LDAP to use as the uid in Alfresco
ldap.synchronization.userIdAttributeName=sAMAccountName

# The attribute on person objects in LDAP to map to the first name property in Alfresco
ldap.synchronization.userFirstNameAttributeName=givenName

# The attribute on person objects in LDAP to map to the last name property in Alfresco
ldap.synchronization.userLastNameAttributeName=sn

# The attribute on person objects in LDAP to map to the email property in Alfresco
ldap.synchronization.userEmailAttributeName=mail

# The attribute on person objects in LDAP to map to the organizational id property in Alfresco
ldap.synchronization.userOrganizationalIdAttributeName=company

# The default home folder provider to use for people created via LDAP import
ldap.synchronization.defaultHomeFolderProvider=userHomesHomeFolderProvider

# The attribute on LDAP group objects to map to the authority name property in Alfresco
ldap.synchronization.groupIdAttributeName=cn

# The attribute on LDAP group objects to map to the authority display name property in Alfresco
ldap.synchronization.groupDisplayNameAttributeName=displayName

# The group type in LDAP
ldap.synchronization.groupType=group

# The person type in LDAP
ldap.synchronization.personType=user

# The attribute in LDAP on group objects that defines the DN for its members
ldap.synchronization.groupMemberAttributeName=member

# If true progress estimation is enabled. When enabled, the user query has to be run twice in order to count entries.
ldap.synchronization.enableProgressEstimation=true

# ACTIVITI SHARE CONNECTOR DEMO
# The authentication mechanism to use for synchronization
ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.authentication=simple

# ACTIVITI SHARE CONNECTOR DEMO The attribute name on people objects found in LDAP to use as the uid in Alfresco
#ldap.synchronization.userIdAttributeName=uid</code>
note: those XXX values are masked for safety reasons i guess…

I didnt use activiti.alfresco.repo-1.3.2.amp    , but i used activiti.alfresco.repo-demo-ldap-1.0.0.amp    which is the one i was changing… I noticed that non demo amp is much bigger in size… so i wonder whats up with that… it does not have ldap-authentication.properties file though… so im really confused as to what i should do 😕

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

erikwinlof — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 08:52:02 GMT

Hi again, hope you had a nice holiday!

I'm improving the docs right now so they mention that you shall unzip the .amp by renaming it, thanks for the feedback. I have also added a comment that, when re-creating the .amp, you shall pay attention to the folder structure you have created and make sure that it matches the original .amp file's paths, more specifically that the root folders are the same and that you have not added in a new top level root directory in your new .zip file. So make sure to do the same.

When it comes to backing up your Alfresco server I have no recommendations. The amp deployment tool is meant to do that be saving the previous version of your alfresco.war and share.war files but it sounds like something might have gone wrong when clicking it and thus running it from the "'bin' folder" instead of from "the folder above the 'bin' folder" using a terminal.

Do note that the activiti.alfresco.repo-1.3.2.amp and activiti.alfresco.repo-demo-ldap-1.0.0.amp are meant for 2 completely different things. The former contains the actual Share connector files to make the Alfresco repository communicate with Activiti. The latter contains sample settings to get Alfresco running with an Apache DS server (which is what will start up if you use the activiti-demo-ldap.war). I have added this information to the docs as well.

When it comes to getting your Alfresco LDAP settings right for your LDAP server I think you should visit the Alfresco One forums instead. The settings I have added in ldap-authentication.properties is to communicate with ApacheDS server running in webapps-ldap/activiti-demo-ldap.war). If you use that it shall work without any modifications, if you are using another LDAP server you need to read its own manual or consult the Alfresco One forum.

Cheers and good luck!

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 11:38:35 GMT

Hey erikwinlof, thanks for your reply….

yes, its true when i was re-creating .amp file, I zipped it and it broke folder structure because it adds one more folder into it… so I had to do some tweaking there.

yes, before when i broke everything, i just double clicked apply_amps.bat and it broke everything when i pressed key to continue… Not really sure what happened before. I do remember that i didnt put activiti.alfresco.repo-1.3.2.amp into amps folder so yeah maybe that broke everything then… because those connections were missing

3 hours ago I tried it again, this time i used run window, and typed in path to apply_amps.bat, and ran it from there, which should be the same as double clicking it i think… but yeah this time it went on… like i said on first try it didnt load my .amp file because folder structure was wrong, so i changed it, and re-ran apply_amps.bat, and then it went on without problems, so now i have these 3 .amps installed.

(AD and SSO (kerberos) were both working just fine on alfresco… so what i did was, i copied most of stuff from my working alfresco AD properties, to ldap-authentication.properties inside .amp)

now here is the catch, after applying those 3 amps. alfresco wont start… and I get no useful errors in alfresco.log, but I do get some in tomcat logs

there are some SEVERE errors preventing share from starting… obviously they have to do with these 3 new .amp files… I will try to fiddle again with ldap-authentication.properties file in that .amp, and redeploying it again… but yeah, if you can help somehow, that would be great. The thing is… im not sure wether its that properties file inside .amp, or if its some other stuff, because i followed all steps, even those that have to do with changing activiti files… but activiti starts just fine… so I think its something to do with that demo .amp… I will try and change some values in it.

if i try to open my share/alfresco in chrome, i get this error.
<code>HTTP Status 404 - /share
type Status report
message /share
description The requested resource is not available.
Apache Tomcat/7.0.59</code>

and this is how my log files look like: alfrescotomcat-stderr.log
<blockcode>2016-01-04 11:59:29 Commons Daemon procrun stderr initialized
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:30 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener lifecycleEvent
INFO: Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library 1.1.32 using APR version 1.5.1.
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:30 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener lifecycleEvent
INFO: APR capabilities: IPv6 [true], sendfile [true], accept filters [false], random [true].
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:31 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener initializeSSL
INFO: OpenSSL successfully initialized (OpenSSL 1.0.1j 15 Oct 2014)
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:31 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:31 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8019"]
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:31 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8443"]
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:32 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 1973 ms
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:32 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:32 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.59
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:32 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost\solr4.xml
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:32 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.SetContextPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetContextPropertiesRule]{Context} Setting property 'debug' to '0' did not find a matching property.
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:41 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deployment of configuration descriptor C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost\solr4.xml has finished in 9,484 ms
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:42 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\alfresco.war
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [/alfresco] startup failed due to previous errors
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deployment of web application archive C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\alfresco.war has finished in 2,711 ms
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\ROOT.war
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.SetContextPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetContextPropertiesRule]{Context} Setting property 'debug' to '100' did not find a matching property.
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deployment of web application archive C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\ROOT.war has finished in 198 ms
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\share.war
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:45 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:45 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [/share] startup failed due to previous errors
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:45 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deployment of web application archive C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\share.war has finished in 701 ms
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:45 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\_vti_bin.war
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:45 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deployment of web application archive C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\_vti_bin.war has finished in 124 ms
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:45 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\alfresco-1451900180736.bak
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deployment of web application directory C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\alfresco-1451900180736.bak has finished in 68,019 ms
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\host-manager
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deployment of web application directory C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\host-manager has finished in 77 ms
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\manager
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deployment of web application directory C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\tomcat\webapps\manager has finished in 64 ms
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8019"]
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8443"]
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 81953 ms
na.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt_rt is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/standard/permittedTaglibs is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/standard/scriptfree is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/sql_rt is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/sql is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/xml_rt is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/xml is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml is already defined
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:56 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:57 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:30 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.ProcessPoolOfficeManager <init>
INFO: ProcessManager implementation is PureJavaProcessManager
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:30 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.OfficeProcess start
INFO: Using GNU based LibreOffice command: [C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\libreoffice\App\libreoffice\program\soffice.bin, –accept=socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;, -env:UserInstallation=file:///C:/Alfresco/ALFRES~1.5/tomcat/temp/.jodconverter_socket_host-127.0.0.1_port-8100, –headless, –nocrashreport, –nodefault, –nofirststartwizard, –nolockcheck, –nologo, –norestore]
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:30 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.OfficeProcess start
INFO: Using GNU based LibreOffice 3.6 command: [C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\libreoffice\App\libreoffice\program\soffice.bin, –accept=socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;, -env:UserInstallation=file:///C:/Alfresco/ALFRES~1.5/tomcat/temp/.jodconverter_socket_host-127.0.0.1_port-8100, –headless, –nocrashreport, –nodefault, –nofirststartwizard, –nolockcheck, –nologo, –norestore]
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:30 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.OfficeProcess start
INFO: starting process with acceptString 'socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100,tcpNoDelay=1' and profileDir 'C:\Alfresco\ALFRES~1.5\tomcat\temp\.jodconverter_socket_host-127.0.0.1_port-8100'
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:30 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.OfficeProcess start
INFO: started process
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:32 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.ManagedOfficeProcess$6 attempt
WARNING: office process died with exit code 81; restarting it
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:32 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.OfficeProcess start
INFO: Using GNU based LibreOffice command: [C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\libreoffice\App\libreoffice\program\soffice.bin, –accept=socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;, -env:UserInstallation=file:///C:/Alfresco/ALFRES~1.5/tomcat/temp/.jodconverter_socket_host-127.0.0.1_port-8100, –headless, –nocrashreport, –nodefault, –nofirststartwizard, –nolockcheck, –nologo, –norestore]
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:32 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.OfficeProcess start
INFO: Using GNU based LibreOffice 3.6 command: [C:\Alfresco\Alfresco5.0.2.5\libreoffice\App\libreoffice\program\soffice.bin, –accept=socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;, -env:UserInstallation=file:///C:/Alfresco/ALFRES~1.5/tomcat/temp/.jodconverter_socket_host-127.0.0.1_port-8100, –headless, –nocrashreport, –nodefault, –nofirststartwizard, –nolockcheck, –nologo, –norestore]
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:32 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.OfficeProcess start
INFO: starting process with acceptString 'socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100,tcpNoDelay=1' and profileDir 'C:\Alfresco\ALFRES~1.5\tomcat\temp\.jodconverter_socket_host-127.0.0.1_port-8100'
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:32 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.OfficeProcess start
INFO: started process
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:33 PM org.artofsolving.jodconverter.office.OfficeConnection connect
INFO: connected: 'socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100,tcpNoDelay=1'
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:49 PM com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener contextInitialized
INFO: WSSERVLET12: JAX-WS context listener initializing
jan. 04, 2016 12:00:53 PM com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletDelegate <init>
INFO: WSSERVLET14: JAX-WS servlet initializing</blockcode>

localhost.log file
<blockcode>jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/faces/context/ExternalContext
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:116)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4932)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5524)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:649)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:1081)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1877)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.faces.context.ExternalContext
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1720)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)
… 18 more

jan. 04, 2016 11:59:44 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s)

</blockcode>

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

erikwinlof — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 12:12:48 GMT

Hi,

To me those errors suggest something is seriously wrong (classes missing etc), something that probably happened in previous steps where you had problems. I would suggest first doing the "Demo setup" installation against a fresh alfresco installation and see if you get that running. Once that is done try to do the same thing against your own alfresco server.

When that is ok, try moving over to your own alfresco server.

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:44:34 GMT

Hi,

thanks for reply. We had to do a restore of server again, because after unistalling these .amps with mmt, it still didnt want to start up, and there were some errors about some files that werent deleted and were left over, and even old .war backups didnt want to work anymore… so yeah thanks god for restores i guess. I do have really good documentation written (I write it as I go), so yeah it wouldnt be a problem to start installing alfresco and activiti from scratch, since i only had some test processes going on, nothing major.

Now i will move my alfresco and activiti into one folder, and then i will install new alfresco and activiti according to that demo setup, and then try to see if connector will be working. If it will be, then i will just configure files from this new demo setup to use our AD and SSO and outlook configs, and not the other way around… hopefully that will be working then.

Its a bit foggy to me about which LDAP server/AD will be used with demo setup… there is really no mentions of changing any properties file inside .amp file….so I can only assume that it will use some alfrescos test database? Well it has to i suppose… Im gonna find out soon enough, just need to wait for server administrators to give me more space. I will report back with what i've come up with.

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

erikwinlof — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:54:06 GMT

The demo setup uses an Apache DS LDAP server which is started automatically from the webapps-ldap/activiti-demo-ldap.war. It will have some default persons and groups that the Activiti and Alfresco can use.

The LDAP settings inside activiti.alfresco.repo-demo-ldap-1.0.0.amp is configured to use this Apache DS server and the sample groups it will contain.

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:08:08 GMT

Ok, I assumed its something like that yes… I'm wondering about one thing though… right now I have AD and SSO settings inside alfresco-global.properties in tomcat/shared/classes.

When i will be configuring share connector to use my AD and SSO settings, I simply ignore alfresco-global.properties file on demo setup?

Alfresco uses AD settings inside ldap-authentication.properties file in .amp?
and activiti uses AD settings in webapps/activiti-app/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/activiti-app/activiti-ldap.properties?
Well, I will see in demo setup anyways.

I do hope activiti will work with H2 database, I can see in docs for "demo setup" that one should/could configure it differently… but I'm planning to do that at later stage, and with Oracle databases that we have here in the bank.

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

erikwinlof — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:41:00 GMT

> When i will be configuring share connector to use my AD and SSO settings, I simply ignore alfresco-global.properties file on demo setup?

If you have Alfresco working against your LDAP using your own settings and it works then that's great and you don't need that file. The share connector doesn't really know anything about LDAP, it just assumes that users in both systems are the same (which happens to be achieved by using an LDAP in the middle). In other words yes, the alfresco-global.properties found in activiti.alfresco.repo-demo-ldap-1.0.0.amp can be ignored.

If you however don't yet have Alfresco working against your LDAP, then the activiti.alfresco.repo-demo-ldap-1.0.0.amp could work as a starting point that you can configure to work against your own LDAP, if you wish. But that .amp is just for demo purposes and nothing we in Activiti officially support.

> Alfresco uses AD settings inside ldap-authentication.properties file in .amp?

Yes if activiti.alfresco.repo-demo-ldap-1.0.0.amp is deployed then that file will be deployed as well since that is where it is coming from.
So again, if you have you already have your own LDAP configurations working with Alfresco, you don't need the activiti.alfresco.repo-demo-ldap-1.0.0.amp and thus the ldap-authentication.properties file can also be ignored.

> and activiti uses AD settings in webapps/activiti-app/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/activiti-app/activiti-ldap.properties?

Yes it is using that file, but you should not add your own modifications to that file since it might change if you upgrade and you then have to merge your changes with the new version. Instead you should create a new activiti-ldap.properties file in your Activiti tomcat's lib folder as described in the "LDAP settings" section on the following page:
https://docs.alfresco.com/activiti/docs/admin-guide/1.4.0/

Oracle is officially supported by Activiti so that should be fine.

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 07:56:35 GMT

ok i followed "demo setup" by the book… share connector is working. I can see tasks under "my tasks" tab… but why cant i see them under "My Workflow Tasks" in dashboard… will need to research this.

edit: ok i can see tasks if i add dashlet "My Process Tasks"… I need to research what is the difference between process and workflow. I would very much like these two to be combined i think. I suppose workflows are Alfresco share only thing… but yeah i think thats pointless… will need to research in docs

first i want to fix these errors if i can… are these errors something to worry about?

when i start alfresco… this is what i get in stdout.log

<code> 2016-01-06 09:06:30,003 ERROR [solr.core.SolrCore] [SolrTrackerScheduler_Worker-2] org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: openNewSearcher called on closed core
at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.openNewSearcher(SolrCore.java:1433)
at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.getRealtimeSearcher(SolrCore.java:1408)
at org.apache.solr.handler.component.RealTimeGetComponent.process(RealTimeGetComponent.java:169)
at org.apache.solr.handler.component.SearchHandler.handleRequestBody(SearchHandler.java:218)
at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:135)
at org.alfresco.solr.SolrInformationServer.getTrackerInitialState(SolrInformationServer.java:1056)
at org.alfresco.solr.tracker.AbstractTracker.getTrackerState(AbstractTracker.java:248)
at org.alfresco.solr.tracker.AbstractTracker.track(AbstractTracker.java:141)
at org.alfresco.solr.tracker.TrackerJob.execute(TrackerJob.java:47)
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:216)
at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:563)

2016-01-06 09:06:30,003 ERROR [quartz.core.JobRunShell] [SolrTrackerScheduler_Worker-2] Job Solr.ModelTracker-alfresco threw an unhandled Exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.alfresco.solr.SolrInformationServer.getTrackerInitialState(SolrInformationServer.java:1063)
at org.alfresco.solr.tracker.AbstractTracker.getTrackerState(AbstractTracker.java:248)
at org.alfresco.solr.tracker.AbstractTracker.track(AbstractTracker.java:141)
at org.alfresco.solr.tracker.TrackerJob.execute(TrackerJob.java:47)
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:216)
at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:563)
2016-01-06 09:06:30,003 ERROR [quartz.core.ErrorLogger] [SolrTrackerScheduler_Worker-2] Job (Solr.ModelTracker-alfresco threw an exception.
org.quartz.SchedulerException: Job threw an unhandled exception. [See nested exception: java.lang.NullPointerException]
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:227)
at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:563)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.alfresco.solr.SolrInformationServer.getTrackerInitialState(SolrInformationServer.java:1063)
at org.alfresco.solr.tracker.AbstractTracker.getTrackerState(AbstractTracker.java:248)
at org.alfresco.solr.tracker.AbstractTracker.track(AbstractTracker.java:141)
at org.alfresco.solr.tracker.TrackerJob.execute(TrackerJob.java:47)
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:216)
… 1 more
</code>

stderr.log
<code>jan. 06, 2016 9:07:04 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart
SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base C:\Alfresco\ALFRES~1.5-J\tomcat\webapps-ldap\solr4 does not exist or is not a readable directory
at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:136)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:5141)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5326)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:649)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:672)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1859)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

jan. 06, 2016 9:07:04 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase addChildInternal
SEVERE: ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/solr4]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:649)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:672)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1859)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Error in resourceStart()
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5327)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
… 10 more

jan. 06, 2016 9:07:04 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
SEVERE: Error deploying configuration descriptor C:\Alfresco\Alfresco-5.0.2.5-january\tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost\solr4.xml
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/solr4]]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:904)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:649)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:672)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1859)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)</code>

EDIT 2: one more question… The most important one actually…

I want to change "demo setup" LDAP information, to my AD information that was working before on other alfresco, so that it syncs with our AD database, and then i can start working on some test processes…
Which file do I need to chose? I have all AD settings ready to go. I just need the name of file or files to change. I used to do it in alfresco-global.properties, but right now, that file doesnt have any LDAP info in it… I fear that i will need to use .amp files and that might break stuff for me again.
Do i need to redeploy .AMP file again or is there some file in alfresco that i can change. Because i have bad experience with .amp files and if i could, i would rather just change some simple .properties file… that would be nice

Do i really need to change .amp file to .zip, unzip it, change properties to that file to match my AD, zip it again, rename it to .adp, and install it onto .war? is there better option to change AD settings for both alfresco and activiti now that they are connected?

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

erikwinlof — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 08:51:50 GMT

The newest version of the share connector makes it possible to use both the new external activiti server and its processes (known as "proceesses" and available under "My Processes") BUT also the old embedded activiti processes that are available form Alresco out of the box (these old embedded processes are known as "workflows" and are available under "My Workflows"). WHen you look at the header menu in share you shall see "My Tasks" and "My Processes" which shall take you to the new external Activiti processes but it is also possible to reach the new ones by using a link up in the right corner.

#1. The error logs you are seeing are actually nothing to worry about I think since they are related to SOLR, but I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is. There was a recent change in the server-ldap-snippet.xml that is supplied by the connector for the demo setup. When adding in the new <Service> element into server.xml the <Host> element should NOT use autoDeploy="true" OR deployOnStartup="true", so please change both of those attributes to contain "false" as value instead. The problem that seems to occur is that solr gets deployed to webapps-ldap instead of to webapps, therefor also remove any solr files that might have been dployed/copied into the webapps-ldap folder. After that restart your server and they shall hopefully be gone. If not i wouldn't worry about it anyway.

#2.To make Alfresco use your AD you have to modify ldap-authentication.properties. It lives as you know inside the activiti.alfresco.repo-demo-ldap-1.0.0.amp so either re-create the amp by unzipping and later zipping it (and bump up the amp's version number in module.properties alternatively use the "bin/applyamps.sh -force" command to re-apply an already deployed version) OR it is probably possible to instead overriding that file on the classpath by creating the following directories and file and paste in the content of the original file and then apply your changes (note i have not tested this myself):
alfresco-5.0.1.3/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/extension/subsystems/Authentication/ldap/ldap1/ldap-authentication.properties
To make Activiti use your AD just do what we discussed before and described in the Activiti ldap docs, create a tomcat/lib/activiti-ldap.properties file and type in only the properties that you want to override.

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:36:10 GMT

nice thanks… I already found out about where to change ldap settings for share connector instead of doing it via .amps…

its like you said, a file <aflresco>\tomcat\webapps\alfresco\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\extension\subsystems\Authentication\ldap\ldap1\ldap-authentication.properties
and it does work by changing its properties… so that is great news, i dont need to mess around with .amp files.

you are writing documentation as i ask questions right? Thats nice… me getting answers, and you completing documentation based on problems from real world users and not just development team who knows much more than likes of me do.

Im quite certain that this wasnt in docs before, or there might be possibility that i was blind
I did find "My Activiti Tasks dashlet" on my own before you wrote last reply and also process app that is "shared with me", but yeah, it surely was confusing for a while there… I actually didnt think share connector was working, until i stumbled upon a blog by zaizi, and there was a brief mention of menu navigation "tasks", so i dug a bit deeper and found the rest. Nice to see it in docs for future people.
<code>On your Alfresco One personal dashboard page, go into customize dashboard by clicking on the cogwheel and make sure to add the My Activiti Tasks dashlet.

When logging into Activiti as admin it is possible to view the Process definitions and Review Processes app inside the Kickstart application by selecting the Shared with Me filter.</code>

——————–

One thing i have question with… Whatever process you put in app "Review Processes", that process will be shown in alfresco, and can then be deployed from there… fair enough… but what if i wanted to change name from "Review Processes" to obivously something more suiting, like "Alfresco share"… after i renamed it, it broke "My Activiti Tasks dashlet"… so i assume this is written in code somewhere? where?

I do know that some settings are written in <activiti>\tomcat\lib\activiti-app.properties such as
<code># Enable the Alfresco Share Connector process app
app.review-workflows.enabled=true</code>
but i couldnt find any other info related to what im trying to do. I really dont know how to rename this app, or add my own app, and then that app would show into alfresco. I suppose i would have to change some alfresco files aswell.

——————–

another question: I cannot find it in docs either. How to enable more extensive logging for LDAP/AD… Right now i succesfully integrated AD with Alfresco… but on activiti, its not yet working, so some of settings are wrong, and i need help from log to see whats wrong. Basically i changed activity\tomcat\lib\activiti-ldap.properties… but something is not working, basically i cant login anymore to activiti, which means some setting is wrong, but its very hard to detect which one without logs… i dont see anything in tomcat/logs about LDAP/ad.
so how do i enable log4j for AD for Activiti?

I suspect it has to do something with Alfresco and Activiti using different login configurations… alfresco uses lukabizjak as username, but activiti wants luka.bizjak@skb.si, so yeah I think here is the problem… but i really need some more logs to confirm it. I wonder why activiti doesnt simply use lukabizjak aswell… what was the decision to use emails here, instead of the same as on alfresco… makes no sense

Or problem might be that activiti doesnt even connect and pull database of users from AD. Like i say, i dont know, i cant see any logs for this.
——————–

another quick question: when i use manager-windows.exe to stop and start alfresco again…i often need to click multiple times on stop all, for both of servers to stop… sometimes both stay on, sometimes just first ones stops, etc… any reason to worry about that, or its normal?

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

erikwinlof — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:02:34 GMT

Hi again,

Alfresco uses a file activiti.properties which is mentioned in http://localhost:1313/docs/admin-guide/1.4.0/#_activiti_settings

In this file there are a number of properties that can be overridden but only the most important ones are listed in the docs linked above (not the property you are looking for though, but it will soon). As described in that link its possible to override those properties by adding the following file <alfresco-tomcat>/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties (or using a jndi console). To change the app to use form within Alfresco Share set the following property and restart Alfresco:
—-
activiti.appDefinitionName=Some Custom App
—

There is a log4j.properties in webapps/activiti-app/WEB-INF/classes that you can use to add loggers for the com.activti.idm.ldap package which is handling Activiti's LDAP integration.

Re start/stop on Alfresco, no nothing to worry about, in production you wouldn't use that app to start and stop the app anyway.
Sometimes you just need to be a little patient but indeed it does happen that the processes won't shut down.

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:08:29 GMT

Hi Erik, thanks for reply.

will look into other stuff in future, but right now im still battling with AD not working on Activiti. (remember it works on alfresco)

i enabled logging by writting "log4j.logger.com.activiti.alfresco=debug" in that file.

and i do get a bit more debugging info… but still very vague in my opinion 😕

this is all i get:
<code>08:50:31,717 [http-nio-8080-exec-7] DEBUG com.activti.idm.ldap.auth.ActivitiActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider - Processing authentication request for user: luka.bizjak
08:50:31,750 [http-nio-8080-exec-7] DEBUG com.activti.idm.ldap.auth.ActivitiActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider - Authentication for luka.bizjak@skb.si failed:javax.naming.AuthenticationException: [LDAP: error code 49 - 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C0903A9, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, v1db108:50:31,753 [http-nio-8080-exec-7] INFO com.activti.idm.ldap.auth.ActivitiActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider - Active Directory authentication failed: Supplied password was invalid
</code>

Now it says Supplied password was invalid, does this mean my activiti mapped passwords wrongly?

or is problem with these two settings (im using exactly same AD login as for Alfresco, which might be a problem?)
ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.principal=AppAlfresco$*******@SKB.LOCAL
ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.credentials=*******

i've omitted some info for security reasons and whatnot…but these two values are exactly the same as for Alfresco. Should I contact AD admins to create new AD principal and credentials?
The thing is… I dont even know if users get imported from AD… there is no mention of that anywhere, of it synchronizing users… is there a way to check how many users there are in Activit database? Is there some file where i can check this? Because I will see right away if its even fetching AD database when there are 5 users instead of 1500 users.

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

erikwinlof — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:59:53 GMT

Hello again,

I'm sorry when it comes to connecting to your own AD I am of little help. The settings should indeed be the same form both systems so if those settings are working from Alfresco and you can login as luka.bizjak there I'm not sure what the problem is.

Feel free to connect to the Activiti database, you will find the DB in the datasource.xxx properties in the activiti-app.properties file.

Re: help with unzipping .ANT file for activiti share connector

bizilux — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:57:28 GMT

Ok thanks

Well in alfresco we login as "lukabizjak" and password. Activiti expects emails… so mine would be "luka.bizjak@skb.si"

but i think problem is elswhere… I tried using Reset password option that is available if you login to activiti, and i can reset password for "admin@app.activiti.com" the one that comes already with activiti… but i could not reset password for "luka.bizjak@skb.si". Which leads me to believe that users from AD are not fetched.

Now i've sent in request to add new principal to AD… so that it wont be ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.principal=AppAlfresco$***@SKB.LOCAL anymore… but
ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.principal=AppActiviti$***@SKB.LOCAL

…I think it wont change anything…but im really at the point where I will try every single option and do restarts all the time until i get in.

I will report back when i hopefully make some progress.

I couldnt really check database… not sure how to even open it… I'm not database kind of guy heh… I tried putting that address in various forms into browser, with no luck… any tips?
—
datasource.driver=org.h2.Driver
datasource.url=jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost:9092/activiti
datasource.username=alfresco
datasource.password=alfresco
—