topic Alfresco on CENTOS as VMWare 5.5 guest OS in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-on-centos-as-vmware-5-5-guest-os/m-p/10179#M3800 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Environment:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>CENTOS 4.2 as a guest OS on VMWare 5.5 workstation on WinXP Host</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- ALL updates are installed for host and guest OS</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>- MySQL is running and can log into alfresco database at the command line.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- JAVA_HOME reflects /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06/bin</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- the command "java -version" yields:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; java version "1.5.0_06"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Java HotSpot(TIM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05,mixed mode, sharing)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>- copy the zstart* to start*</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- edited the pointer in start to /usr/lib/ooo-1.1/program/* which is actual location of soffice, et al.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- Apache 2.0.52 is working on port 80</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- execute /opt/alfresco/alfresco.sh and it shows some results from the script.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>HOWEVER, </SPAN><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco</A><SPAN> says "can't be found".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>SO, I go back to /opt/alfresco and try to STOP the process and what do I see?&nbsp; You guessed it:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>INCORRECT path to java at line 269 in catallina.sh.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>To be precise:&nbsp; my JAVA_HOME included the */bin directive.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>IT WON'T WORK THAT WAY! (he said loudly!)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>But quite frustrating to figure out why.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The baseline problem created by me by following a CENTOS forum posting for adding jdk 1.5.x.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In a forum posting on CENTOS, the collaborator explicitly suggested setting JAVA_HOME in an /etc/profile.d/java.sh script as </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/bin" when in fact if you download the jdk from Sun there is a nice RPM already bundled but it installs in </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>/usr/java/jdk1.5.xxx</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Once I changed my JAVA_HOME so that the */bin was removed, the next attempt to start Alfresco worked perfectly.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've been doing *NIX stuff for more than 20 years.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>This took me most of two days thinking that it was something wierd (again) with RH, when the cause was simply an unconnected piece of information.&nbsp; I never thought to try and STOP alfresco in the past because when I got the localhost:8080/alfresco response that it couldn't be found, I assumed it wasn't running (true) so just didn't think it was necessary to stop something that wasn't running!&nbsp; (doh, doh, dodo-bird dodo all over the house!!!)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Alfresco install docs say "… have a valid JAVA_HOME."</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>my $PATH and ability to execute java -version works with either JAVA_HOME config, but catallina.sh must be feminine 'cuz SHE only works when the right buttons are pushed!&nbsp; (OK flame me, I don't care…Alfresco works and I'm celebrating!)&nbsp; The right buttons according to catalina.sh do NOT include */bin in JAVA_HOME.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So bottom line:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>1) It can be done on CENTOS 4.2 with a little tinkering</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>2) It wasn't anything to do with VMWare (fortunately)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>3) Perhaps just a few more chars in the Alfresco install docs regarding JAVA_HOME would help someone else who may not want to wade thru this&nbsp; epistle.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ADDED:&nbsp; As in the tribulations at:</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://www.alfresco.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=667&amp;highlight=404" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=667&amp;highlight=404</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I also had that 404 issue to deal with.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I resolved it by:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>1) Going to /var/lib/mysql/alfresco and editing the db.opt file to add the specification to create INNODB tables, since the default install didn't specify.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>2) Restart the mysqld (/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld restart</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>3) Restart alfresco</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>4) Voila….it works.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>HTH somebody and best regards to all.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Dave Nuttall</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>San Antonio, Texas</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:42:46 GMT nonprofit_guru 2006-02-18T12:42:46Z Alfresco on CENTOS as VMWare 5.5 guest OS https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-on-centos-as-vmware-5-5-guest-os/m-p/10179#M3800 Environment:CENTOS 4.2 as a guest OS on VMWare 5.5 workstation on WinXP Host- ALL updates are installed for host and guest OS- MySQL is running and can log into alfresco database at the command line.- JAVA_HOME reflects /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06/bin- the command "java -version" yields:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; java version " Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:42:46 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-on-centos-as-vmware-5-5-guest-os/m-p/10179#M3800 nonprofit_guru 2006-02-18T12:42:46Z Re: Alfresco on CENTOS as VMWare 5.5 guest OS https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-on-centos-as-vmware-5-5-guest-os/m-p/10180#M3801 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I recently downloaded this VM from the VMTN and it was working for like 2-3 days.&nbsp; Then it stopped….</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I get the following:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">HTTP Status 404 - /alfresco/<BR /><BR />type Status report<BR /><BR />message /alfresco/<BR /><BR />description The requested resource (/alfresco/) is not available.<BR />Apache Tomcat/5.5.12</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>I ran through this thread and the other linked thread.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any information you brainiac people might want, let me know and I will provide it.&nbsp; I really liked the look of the product and might have a use for it here….but wont if I can't show it to people!!!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Also, I am a relative Linux noob…ok…amature…so if you want me to post a file, please let me know where it resides!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:08:17 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-on-centos-as-vmware-5-5-guest-os/m-p/10180#M3801 rtroth 2006-06-19T19:08:17Z