File alfresco-global.properties ignored

[trakhan]

Hi,
I deployed alfresco war (community version 3.3g) into existing tomcat6. Everything seems to work fine except that file alfresco-global.properties is ignored. My sql database is setup on default port and with default parametres, so alfresco works. Problem is, that I need to change alf_home and some other things.

I modified my tomcat6 installation according to this wiki entry: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Install_Tomcat6

File alfresco-global.properties is in <tomcat_home>\shared\classes

Catalina.properties contains:

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# List of comma-separated packages that start with or equal this string
# will cause a security exception to be thrown when
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# corresponding RuntimePermission ("accessClassInPackage."+package) has
# been granted.
package.access=sun.,org.apache.catalina.,org.apache.coyote.,org.apache.tomcat.,org.apache.jasper.,sun.beans.
#
# List of comma-separated packages that start with or equal this string
# will cause a security exception to be thrown when
# passed to checkPackageDefinition unless the
# corresponding RuntimePermission ("defineClassInPackage."+package) has
# been granted.
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# by default, no packages are restricted for definition, and none of
# the class loaders supplied with the JDK call checkPackageDefinition.
#
package.definition=sun.,java.,org.apache.catalina.,org.apache.coyote.,org.apache.tomcat.,org.apache.jasper.

#
#
# List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "common" 
# classloader. Prefixes should be used to define what is the repository type.
# Path may be relative to the CATALINA_HOME or CATALINA_BASE path or absolute.
# If left as blank,the JVM system loader will be used as Catalina's "common" 
# loader.
# Examples:
#     "foo": Add this folder as a class repository
#     "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class 
#                  repositories
#     "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar

#
# List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "server" 
# classloader. Prefixes should be used to define what is the repository type.
# Path may be relative to the CATALINA_HOME or CATALINA_BASE path or absolute.
# If left as blank, the "common" loader will be used as Catalina's "server" 
# loader.
# Examples:
#     "foo": Add this folder as a class repository
#     "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class 
#                  repositories
#     "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
server.loader=

#
# List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "shared" 
# classloader. Prefixes should be used to define what is the repository type.
# Path may be relative to the CATALINA_BASE path or absolute. If left as blank,
# the "common" loader will be used as Catalina's "shared" loader.
# Examples:
#     "foo": Add this folder as a class repository
#     "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class 
#                  repositories
#     "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository 
# Please note that for single jars, e.g. bar.jar, you need the URL form
# starting with file:.
shared.loader=${catalina.base}/shared/classes,${catalina.base}/shared/lib/*.jar

#
# String cache configuration.
tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.byte.enabled=true
#tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.char.enabled=true
#tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.trainThreshold=500000
#tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.cacheSize=5000
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Alfresco startup log:

10:59:49,604 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertiesFactoryBean] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/repository.properties]
10:59:49,604 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertiesFactoryBean] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/domain/transaction.properties]
10:59:49,604 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertiesFactoryBean] Loading properties file from file [C:\Program Files\Tomcat\webapps\alfresco\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\module\test\alfresco-global.properties]
10:59:49,604 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertiesFactoryBean] Loading properties file from file [C:\Program Files\Tomcat\webapps\alfresco\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\module\tests\alfresco-global.properties]
10:59:49,698 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:11,994 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.TemplateProcessorRegistry] Registered template processor Repository Template Processor for extension ftl
11:00:11,994 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ScriptProcessorRegistry] Registered script processor Repository Script Processor for extension js
11:00:24,698 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.domain.schema.SchemaBootstrap] Schema managed by database dialect org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLInnoDBDialect.
11:00:26,338 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.domain.schema.SchemaBootstrap] No changes were made to the schema.
11:00:27,291 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'sysAdmin' subsystem, ID: [sysAdmin, default]
11:00:27,307 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:27,619 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'sysAdmin' subsystem, ID: [sysAdmin, default] complete
11:00:29,885 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'thirdparty' subsystem, ID: [thirdparty, default]
11:00:29,901 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:29,932 ERROR [org.alfresco.repo.content.transform.magick.AbstractImageMagickContentTransformerWorker] ImageMagickContentTransformerWorker not available: 05180000 Failed to perform ImageMagick transformation: 
Execution result: 
   os:         Windows 7
   command:    [./ImageMagick/bin/convert, C:\Program Files\Tomcat\temp\Alfresco\ImageMagickContentTransformerWorker_init_source_4300753501965288171.gif[0], C:\Program Files\Tomcat\temp\Alfresco\ImageMagickContentTransformerWorker_init_target_5206331631623738777.png]
   succeeded:  false
   exit code:  1
   out:        
   err:        Cannot run program "./ImageMagick/bin/convert": CreateProcess error=2, Systém nem??e nalézt uvedený soubo
11:00:29,948 ERROR [org.alfresco.repo.content.transform.RuntimeExecutableContentTransformerWorker] Failed to start a runtime executable content transformer: 
Execution result: 
   os:         Windows 7
   command:    [./bin/pdf2swf, -V]
   succeeded:  false
   exit code:  1
   out:        
   err:        Cannot run program "./bin/pdf2swf": CreateProcess error=2, Systém nem??e nalézt uvedený soubo
11:00:29,948 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'thirdparty' subsystem, ID: [thirdparty, default] complete
11:00:29,948 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'OOoDirect' subsystem, ID: [OOoDirect, default]
11:00:29,979 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:30,338 ERROR [org.alfresco.util.exec.RuntimeExecBootstrapBean] Bootstrap command failed: 
Execution result: 
   os:         Windows 7
   command:    [soffice, -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager, -env:UserInstallation=file:///C:/Program Files/Tomcat/alf_data/oouser, -nologo, -headless, -nofirststartwizard, -nocrashrep, -norestore]
   succeeded:  false
   exit code:  2
   out:        
   err:        Cannot run program "soffice": CreateProcess error=2, Systém nem??e nalézt uvedený soubo
11:00:32,432 WARN  [org.alfresco.util.OpenOfficeConnectionTester] An initial OpenOffice connection could not be established.
11:00:32,432 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'OOoDirect' subsystem, ID: [OOoDirect, default] complete
11:00:34,432 WARN  [org.alfresco.repo.admin.ConfigurationChecker] The Alfresco 'dir.root' property is set to a relative path './alf_data'.  'dir.root' should be overridden to point to a specific folder.
11:00:34,432 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.admin.ConfigurationChecker] The Alfresco root data directory ('dir.root') is: .\alf_data
11:00:34,494 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch.PatchExecuter] Checking for patches to apply …
11:00:34,901 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch.PatchExecuter] No patches were required.
11:00:34,932 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.module.ModuleServiceImpl] Found 0 module(s).
11:00:34,932 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'fileServers' subsystem, ID: [fileServers, default]
11:00:34,948 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:35,166 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [Authentication, managed, alfrescoNtlm1]
11:00:35,182 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:35,276 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [Authentication, managed, alfrescoNtlm1] complete
11:00:35,323 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'fileServers' subsystem, ID: [fileServers, default] complete
11:00:35,323 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'imap' subsystem, ID: [imap, default]
11:00:35,338 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:35,385 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'imap' subsystem, ID: [imap, default] complete
11:00:35,385 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'email' subsystem, ID: [email, outbound]
11:00:35,401 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:35,494 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'email' subsystem, ID: [email, outbound] complete
11:00:35,494 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'email' subsystem, ID: [email, inbound]
11:00:35,510 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:35,604 WARN  [org.springframework.beans.GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor] Invalid JavaBean property 'blockedSenders' being accessed! Ambiguous write methods found next to actually used [public void org.alfresco.email.server.EmailServer.setBlockedSenders(java.lang.String)]: [public void org.alfresco.email.server.EmailServer.setBlockedSenders(java.util.List)]
11:00:35,604 WARN  [org.springframework.beans.GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor] Invalid JavaBean property 'allowedSenders' being accessed! Ambiguous write methods found next to actually used [public void org.alfresco.email.server.EmailServer.setAllowedSenders(java.util.List)]: [public void org.alfresco.email.server.EmailServer.setAllowedSenders(java.lang.String)]
11:00:35,619 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'email' subsystem, ID: [email, inbound] complete
11:00:35,619 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'googledocs' subsystem, ID: [googledocs, default]
11:00:35,619 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:35,713 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'googledocs' subsystem, ID: [googledocs, default] complete
11:00:35,713 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.usage.UserUsageTrackingComponent] Enabled - calculate missing user usages …
11:00:35,744 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.usage.UserUsageTrackingComponent] Found 0 users to recalculate
11:00:35,744 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.usage.UserUsageTrackingComponent] … calculated missing usages for 0 users
11:00:35,744 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'Synchronization' subsystem, ID: [Synchronization, default]
11:00:35,760 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
11:00:35,807 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'Synchronization' subsystem, ID: [Synchronization, default] complete
11:00:36,260 INFO  [org.alfresco.service.descriptor.DescriptorService] Alfresco JVM - v1.6.0_16-b01; maximum heap size 1012,625MB
11:00:36,260 INFO  [org.alfresco.service.descriptor.DescriptorService] Alfresco started (Community): Current version 3.3.0 (g 2860) schema 4100 - Originally installed version 3.3.0 (g 2860) schema 4100
11:00:59,213 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeRegistry] Registered 340 Web Scripts (+0 failed), 576 URLs
11:00:59,213 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeRegistry] Registered 2 Package Description Documents (+0 failed) 
11:00:59,213 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeRegistry] Registered 1 Schema Description Documents (+0 failed) 
11:00:59,213 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntimeContainer] Initialised Repository Web Script Container (in 14528.152ms)
11:00:59,213 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.TemplateProcessorRegistry] Registered template processor freemarker for extension ftl
11:00:59,229 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ScriptProcessorRegistry] Registered script processor javascript for extension js
11:01:09,057 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeRegistry] Registered 227 Web Scripts (+0 failed), 235 URLs
11:01:09,073 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeRegistry] Registered 8 Package Description Documents (+0 failed) 
11:01:09,073 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeRegistry] Registered 0 Schema Description Documents (+0 failed) 
11:01:09,213 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntimeContainer] Initialised Spring Surf Container Web Script Container (in 2787.6985ms)
11:01:09,354 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.TemplateProcessorRegistry] Registered template processor freemarker for extension ftl
11:01:09,448 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ScriptProcessorRegistry] Registered script processor javascript for extension js
11:01:09,838 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.TemplateProcessorRegistry] Registered template processor freemarker for extension ftl
11:01:09,838 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ScriptProcessorRegistry] Registered script processor javascript for extension js
11:01:10,276 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.TemplateProcessorRegistry] Registered template processor freemarker for extension ftl
11:01:10,276 INFO  [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ScriptProcessorRegistry] Registered script processor javascript for extension js
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Could anyone help with this problem?

edit:
It seems to me, that whole <tomcat home>/shared/classes directory is ignored - but why i don't know. For time beeing I'll change alfresco-global.properties file in <tomcat home>/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes

If anyone didn't figure it before I'm installing alfresco on Windows (concretely 7)

edit 2: Changing dir.root in alfresco-global.properties located in alfresco/WEB-INF/classes doesn't work as workaround - it is overwritten by something else. So does anybody know at least some workaround to change alfresco dir root and mysql parametres?

[trakhan]

Really, noone knows that to do with this problem?

[trakhan]

I recently found out, that I can override dir.root with command line options, so I can at least work around this problem.

PS. I also tried to deploy alfresco to tomcat 5. The alfresco-global.properties was loaded there, but dir.root property was not overriden too.

[mrogers]

The configuration in your first posting is correct and should work. 

The only thing I can see that may go wrong would be the setting of ${catalina.base}. Could you do a quick test where you hard code that path?   And is catalina.properties readable and in the correct place, which is under tomcat's "conf" directory.

[trakhan]

Tomcat6w.exe, I use to start alfresco has this option: -Dcatalina.base=C:\Program Files\Tomcat - which seems ok since tomcat is installed there.
File catalina.properties is in C:\Program Files\Tomcat\conf which should be also correct. An its content I posted above.

To test acces rights to the file I set rights to read to Everyone and restarted the service. Still no change …

What did you mean by hardcoding cataline.base configuration? Where exactly?

[cpot]

Same for me with Alfresco 3.4a and Tomcat6 (linux)

[pcfidelity]

Same problem for me too. Clean install of Alfresco 3.4c on Windows 7 and everything in the shared folder is ignored.

Has anyone found a solution for this yet?

[sonata82]

In my case the problem was the following line in catalina.properties, which contained an incorrect reference to an old installation path.

shared.loader=Alfresco_Installation_Folder/Alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes
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Fixing the path corrected the problem