3.2 - Share Failed to Login

[gewb]

Loaded 3.2 on win box, changed "8080" to "8090" in startup batch files (conflict), started Alfresco server…Explorer launched / logged in as admin. Changed admin password.

The Company Home > Sites page has an alert: "This space is managed by Alfresco Share. Please use the Alfresco Share application to work with content within this space and any sub-spaces."

I attempt to start Share but regardless of user/pw combos get this error:

Failed to Login
The remote server may be unavailable or your authentication has not been recognized.

Ideas how to clear or reset the authentication (without a full uninstall / reinstall)?

Regards,
GEWB

[kbonnet]

Share connects to Alfresco. By default it connects to http://localhost:8080/alfresco/. If you changed the portnumber, Share can't connect to Alfresco and will not be able to check credentials. The url Share can find Alfresco is called an "endpoint". Search your share config for this term and you will succeed, i suspect.

Good luck.

Koen

[gewb]

Hello Koen -

Thanks for your reply.

I tried localhost:8080. no joy.

A search for "endpoint" - 77 files. No clue what to open.

Checked all logs - nothing to see that points to the problem.

Checked xml (config) files - port 8090 is properly registered for the server. Port 8080 entries found only in documentation or as a comment in a javascript.

(Note that the Alfresco Web site and localhost Explorer launch with no problem, only the localhost Share will not authenticate.)

Regards,
GEWB

[mikeh]

There's a sample configuration in share/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/web-extension that will help you customise the endpoints.

Thanks,
Mike

[gewb]

There's a sample configuration in share/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/web-extension that will help you customise the endpoints.

Thanks,
Mike

Hello Mike -

Thanks for your quick reply. I found xml files under the tomcat sub directory (the only subdir with /WEB-INF/classes/alfrfesco). I edited/replaced :8080 with :8090 in several xml files but still get the login failed error.

Note that I changed the port to 8090 during the initial 3.2 installation. The installation did not update that change to the batch files that launch Explorer / Share (GUI in program menu) - I changed those manually and they launch, just can't log into Share.

Do I need to stop the server and re-start it?

Regards,
GEWB

[kbonnet]

Whenever yu change configuration on the filesystem, you need to restart tomcat.

Koen

[gewb]

Whenever yu change configuration on the filesystem, you need to restart tomcat.

Koen

Hello Koen -

Thanks for your reply.

I'll stop / restart … but the restart takes almost 10 minutes to unpack one of the war files (this on a 3GHZ quad machine)! I'll post back after it re-starts.

Thanks everyone!

Regards,
GEWB

[gewb]

Well, I messed something up - getting a few errors.

Later today I'll load Ubuntu 9.04 and then Alfresco 3.2 and see how it goes - that's what test boxes are for!

Thanks again everyone.

Regards,
GEWB

[gewb]

Got Ubuntu and Alfresco loaded - now I can launch Share!

But haven't found the Tomcat command to stop the server…I'll get there eventually.

Now to figure out how to create a Site (haven't figured out the valid "URL" part yet).

Regards,
GEWB

[mikeh]

Now to figure out how to create a Site (haven't figured out the valid "URL" part yet).

"test", "site1", "mySite", etc.

Mike