localhost:8080 is blank after basic install

[muaddib]

Hey there…

I'm trying to get the basic Community version up and running on a simple Windows XP box to evaluate for possible Enterprise purchase.  The machine doesn't have anything else running on it, it's a simple blank vanilla Windows install.

Using the Installation Guide, I installed jdk-6u1-windows-i586-p.exe first.  Then I downloaded and extracted alfresco-community-tomcat-2.0.0.zip into the C:\alfresco folder.

My first attempts to run alf_start met with JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME not set errors.  I resolved that using the sticky posts in the Installation forum.  Now when I run alf_start.bat I get this…

C:\alfresco>alf_start
Starting Tomcat…
Using CATALINA_BASE:   C:\alfresco\tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME:   C:\alfresco\tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: C:\alfresco\tomcat\temp
Using JRE_HOME:        C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01
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However, when I open FireFox on this machine and go to localhost:8080 or localhost:8080/alfresco I get a blank "problem loading page" screen.  I searched for log files under the alfresco directory but couldn't find any.  The Logs directory under Tomcat is also empty.

I would love some suggestions on what to do next…

[forcev]

Have you installed the WCM package as well?  I encountered a similar thing which was resolved when I installed the WCM package for my platform.

My understanding (albeit very simple) is that the WCM is used for Web access aswell as for creating web content - I maybe completely wrong though.

Can you confirm which packages you installed:

AlfrescoCommunity-2.0-Setup.exe
AlfrescoWCMCommunity-2.0-Setup.exe