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FC5 -no luck starting alfresco

blackwater — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:17:16 GMT

Hi, I installed the tomcat bundle in the default location, the tomcat splashpage is showing, but for alfresco I always get a 404. I did the sql setup as recommended and it worked on the already installed MySql. I already spent a whole day on it and I think I'm missing something obvious. Heres the Ca

Re: FC5 -no luck starting alfresco

heiko_robert — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:15:16 GMT

I'm getting the same error. Since my upgraded version (121 to 130) failed to start I tried to install everything from scratch: mysql, java, alf_tomcat bundle enterprise.
Now I'm getting the error blackwater describes… :

20:10:08,567 ERROR [web.context.ContextLoader] Context initialization failed org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: Bootstrap failed
        at org.alfresco.repo.importer.ImporterBootstrap.bootstrap(ImporterBootstrap.java:427)
        at org.alfresco.repo.importer.ImporterBootstrap.onApplicationEvent(ImporterBootstrap.java:654)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:45)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:225)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:323)
        at org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.java:134)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:246)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:184)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:49)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3692)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4127)
[…]

database tables and alf_data directory are created, but the directory has no files.
environment: winXP, jdk 1.5.0_07, MySQL 5.0.22, alfresco-enterprise-tomcat-1.3.0

Re: FC5 -no luck starting alfresco

heiko_robert — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:12:36 GMT

sometime it helps to read the full stack-trace:
Content URL classpath:alfresco/bootstrap/Alfresco Tutorial does not exist

That's right. There is no such file! I couldn't find a related entry in bootstrap-context.xml or in the bootstrap directory. The tutorial.xml references a <cm:name>${tutorial.space.name}</cm:name>, but where is that defined???

work around: create an empty file "Alfresco Tutorial" and everything works fine.

Has anybody checked that version before??? (alfresco-enterprise-tomcat-1.3.0)

regards
Heiko

Re: FC5 -no luck starting alfresco

blackwater — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:33:04 GMT

Indeed, it did it !! Doesn't that mean there must not be too many installations of this versions out there ? I mean ANY ?

Re: FC5 -no luck starting alfresco

heiko_robert — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:41:38 GMT

finally: I got it!

It took some time to understand but using the tomcat-bundle there is a bootstrap localisation!!???
$CATALINA_HOME\shared\classes\alfresco\messages\bootstrap-tutorial_de_DE.properties
There is at least one error in the related Filename, but I got also some errors concerning missing Metadata, so I replaced all german bootstrap properties with the original (and maybe tested) versions.

BTW: I think this is not the right way to handle languages:
If you have a german operation system, the system will be created with 'Firmenverzeichnis' instead of 'company home'. Since these Names for Spaces and Documents etc. are not stored as translations you will see the german wired names although you login choosing english!!

Re: FC5 -no luck starting alfresco

blackwater — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:44:16 GMT

Hm, next issue:

I got the guest splash page now, but it won't let me login as admin/admin.
Any ideas ?

I mean I got the guest page ONCE and now I'm hanging at the login prompt.

Re: FC5 -no luck starting alfresco

heiko_robert — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:21:44 GMT

this is a fresh installation - right?

normally you get these errors when alfresco accesses the wrong file repository.
the easiest way would be to drop and recreate the database, to remove the file repository folder and start tomcat again.
before you start please check your dir.root (either repository.properties or \tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\extension\custom-data-location.properties & custom-db-and-data-context.xml) the dir.root should be a absolute path otherwise it will be created in the dir where you start tomcat (which can be different every time).

hope that helps

Re: FC5 -no luck starting alfresco

blackwater — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:59:26 GMT

That did it, again !!
Thank you heiko.robert and have a nice day !!
Gr??e aus Hamburg