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Alfresco Installing on my Linux (ubuntu) box

amazon
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Hiya,

I can't get alfresco to run on my linux box, been trying now for 2 days without any success. I tried the precompiled .bin file (~240MB) and I tried the sources. I set the JAVA variables correct via export and i installed the files with root priviledge.

When I type:
http://127.0.0.1:8080
I can see the nice page of tomcat, so tomcat seems to work.
When I write
http://127.0.0.1:8080/alfresco
http://127.0.0.1:8080/Alfresco

Tomcat tells me that the page can not be found. I even tried to rename alfresco inside my /opt folder to test and tried:
http://127.0.0.1:8080/test
Same error…

Java is installed, tomcat is installed, alfresco.sh file has correct export var values…


can somebody help me?
5 REPLIES 5

mikeh
Star Contributor
Star Contributor
Hi,

You'll have to post the content of your alfresco and/or catalina log files in order for somebody to help you with this issue.

Thanks,
Mike

amazon
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
and where do i find these logfiles, when i installed alfresco to /opt
?

thx

mikeh
Star Contributor
Star Contributor
Hi,

Do a search for "catalina.out" and "alfresco.log"

Thanks,
Mike

amazon
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
this would be the practical curse here are the logfiles:
catalina.out cud not be found Smiley Sad

09:20:58,212 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/alfresco]] Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org
.alfresco.web.app.ContextListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'dictionaryRepositoryBootstrap' defined in class path resource [alfresco/core-service
s-context.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.transaction.CannotCreateTransactionException: Could not open Hibernate Session for tr
ansaction; nested exception is org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: Cannot open connection
org.springframework.transaction.CannotCreateTransactionException: Could not open Hibernate Session for transaction; nested exception is org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCE
xception: Cannot open connection
org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: Cannot open connection
        at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.handledNonSpecificException(SQLStateConverter.java:103)
        at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.java:91)
        at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:43)
        at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:29)
        at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:420)
        at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.getConnection(ConnectionManager.java:144)
        at org.hibernate.jdbc.JDBCContext.connection(JDBCContext.java:129)
        at org.hibernate.transaction.JDBCTransaction.begin(JDBCTransaction.java:57)
        at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.beginTransaction(SessionImpl.java:1290)
        at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager.doBegin(HibernateTransactionManager.java:520)
        at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.getTransaction(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:282)
        at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.createTransactionIfNecessary(TransactionAspectSupport.java:225)
        at org.alfresco.util.transaction.SpringAwareUserTransaction.begin(SpringAwareUserTransaction.java:356)
        at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.TransactionUtil.executeInTransaction(TransactionUtil.java:175)
        at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.TransactionUtil.executeInUserTransaction(TransactionUtil.java:82)
        at org.alfresco.repo.dictionary.DictionaryRepositoryBootstrap.bootstrap(DictionaryRepositoryBootstrap.java:134)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeCustomInitMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1093)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1063)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:363)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:226)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:147)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:275)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:320)
        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:3763)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4211)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698)
:


        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:320)
        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:3763)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4211)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1122)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1021)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432)
Caused by: org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (Access denied for user 'alfresco'@'localhost' (using password: YES))
        at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:855)
        at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:540)
        at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalDataSourceConnectionProvider.getConnection(LocalDataSourceConnectionProvider.java:80)
        at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:417)
        … 50 more
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Access denied for user 'alfresco'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:946)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:2870)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:812)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.secureAuth411(MysqlIO.java:3269)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.doHandshake(MysqlIO.java:1182)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createNewIO(Connection.java:2644)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:1531)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:266)
        at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DriverConnectionFactory.createConnection(DriverConnectionFactory.java:37)
        at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolableConnectionFactory.makeObject(PoolableConnectionFactory.java:290)
        at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.validateConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:877)
        at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:851)
        … 53 more
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mikeh
Star Contributor
Star Contributor
Hi,

Caused by: org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (Access denied for user 'alfresco'@'localhost' (using password: YES))
Look like you haven't run the db_setup.sql script.

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Download_and_install_Alfresco_in_Linux

Thanks,
Mike