Workdesk - Human Ressources Application error

[luigi]

Hi,

I have downloaded the Alfresco Community 4.2.e <i>"Custom Instal"</i> and  Alfresco Workdesk Community 4.1.1.1.
The simple deploy of Workdesk folder on my Apache Tomcat web server working fine:
   at http://localhost:8080/workdesk i am able to login with my share credential.
   
But if I try to install Human Ressources Application, when run install-owd-hr.bat

c:\app\Human Resources Application>install-workdesk-hr.bat -ap c:\develop\apache-tomcat-7.0.47_previp\webapps\alfresco -u admin -p admin
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I got the message

Exception in thread "main" com.wewebu.ooa.OwOAIncompatibleAfrescoException: 
The Alfresco deployment at c:\develop\apache-tomcat-7.0.47_previp\webapps\alfresco 
is not compatible with this version of the 
Workdesk Human Resources Application installer!
        at com.wewebu.ooa.OwOpenAir.install(OwOpenAir.java:53)
        at com.wewebu.ooa.OwOpenAir.main(OwOpenAir.java:279) 
        
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Note:
I have Windows 7 and I run command line window (cmd.exe) as administrator.

Any ideas ?

[afaust]

Hello,

well, the error message is pretty precise. The version of the Workdesk Human Resources application does not support the particular Alfresco version you are using. I think there is a note in the Readme that only Alfresco Community 4.2c (and below) has been tested.

As far as I remember, this could also be a problem with you having done a "custom install" of Alfresco instead of running the installer. When I tried out Workdesk and the HR application the first time (and I <b>always</b> do a custom install, installer is just for end-user evals IMHO), it did not work on my installation and I had to tinker a bit - i.e. modify the HR application installer script so it would just bootstrap the contents after I manually deployed the model and Spring context files. I vaguely remember that the installer checks for a specific folder structure that results from the installer, but which you may not have if doing a custom install.

Regards
Axel

[luigi]

Thank you very much for the prompt reply Axel.
I have also a Bitnami installation (4.2.e) and the result is the same.
I'll try a 4.2.c !

Bye
Luigi

[deko]

Hi Luigi,

I guess the problem is the Alfresco path you define while starting the importer batch file. The importer was made to support Alfresco Communtiy standard installations, where you would reference to C:\Alfresco only for example.

The tool itselfs is then going through the standard installation subfolders, for example it is traversing from C:/Alfresco down to /tomcat/webapps to locate the alfresco.war file there and deploy the custom Human Resources content models.

Your path is currently defined as

c:\develop\apache-tomcat-7.0.47_previp\webapps\alfresco
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So if you would rename your tomcat folder from apache-tomcat-7.0.47_previp to tomcat (be aware that automated services might have to be changed also), your folder structure would be equal to an standard Alfresco community installation:

c:\develop\tomcat\webapps\alfresco
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You then should be able to run the importer using following ap parameter only:

-ap c:\develop
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Could you try this approach please and give feedback? I don´t know your custom installation structure, but you might run into other problems then, as your custom installation might miss the tomcat/shared structure for extensions, which comes with a standard Alfresco installation.

Best regards,
deko

[luigi]

hi deko,

thanks very much for your valuable suggestion.

After rename "apache-tomcat-7.0.47_previp" in "tomcat"
begins the process but ends with this error:

2014-01-30 14:41:20,589 [main] INFO  OwOpenAir [] - Starting [Alfresco 3xx Stop]
2014-01-30 14:41:24,043 [main] INFO  OwOpenAir [] - CMIS Repository Main Repository
2014-01-30 14:41:24,044 [main] ERROR OwOpenAir [] - Failed to gnip CMIS WS @SIMPLE_CMIS{http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmis} >> Sleeping … 
2014-01-30 14:41:24,045 [main] WARN  OwOpenAir [] - Alfresco online @ [CMIS connction to SIMPLE_CMIS{http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmis} ]
2014-01-30 14:41:24,048 [main] INFO  OwOpenAir [] - Stopping [Alfresco 3xx Stop]
2014-01-30 14:41:24,049 [main] FATAL OwOpenAir [] - fatal error on running action [Alfresco 3xx Stop]. Undoing changes.
com.wewebu.ooa.OwOAInstallError: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "c:\develop/servicerun.bat" (in directory "c:\develop"): CreateProcess error=2, Impossibile trovare il file specificato
   at com.wewebu.ooa.ace.OwBatchScript.run(OwBatchScript.java:61)
   at com.wewebu.ooa.ace.OwAlfrescoBatchAction.runBatchScript(OwAlfrescoBatchAction.java:21)
   at com.wewebu.ooa.ace.OwStopAlfresco3xAction.runBare(OwStopAlfresco3xAction.java:37)
   at com.wewebu.ooa.OwInstallActionBase.run(OwInstallActionBase.java:21)
   at com.wewebu.ooa.OwOpenAir.install(OwOpenAir.java:87)
   at com.wewebu.ooa.OwOpenAir.main(OwOpenAir.java:279)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "c:\develop/servicerun.bat" (in directory "c:\develop"): CreateProcess error=2, Impossibile trovare il file specificato
   at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
   at com.wewebu.ooa.ace.OwBatchScript.run(OwBatchScript.java:41)
   … 5 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2, Impossibile trovare il file specificato
   at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
   at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source)
   … 9 more
2014-01-30 14:41:24,053 [main] FATAL OwOpenAir [] -    deleting c:\develop\oat\workdesk-hr\1_Stop_Alfresco
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so i put a simple servicerun.bat in c:\develop with this content:

@echo off
rem START or STOP Services
rem ———————————-
rem Check if argument is STOP or START

set "CATALINA_HOME=C:\develop\tomcat"

if not ""%1"" == ""START"" goto stop
if exist C:\develop\tomcat\bin\startup.bat (start C:\develop\tomcat\bin\startup.bat)

goto end

:stop
echo "Stopping services …"
if exist C:\develop\tomcat\bin\shutdown.bat (start C:\develop\tomcat\bin\shutdown.bat)

:end
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and then the process is completed successfully

2014-01-30 15:38:32,002 [main] INFO  OwOpenAir [] - Successfully ran Workdesk Hu
man Resources application installer @ Alfresco Community Edition 4.2.x
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Now HR is visible in my repository (see the image workdesk HR.png) !

many many thanks deko !

Luigi

[deko]

Well done Luigi and thanks to you also!

Now we know the process how to run the installer for custom Alfresco Community installations 😉 (The installer never was developped for this special case).

Hope you can enjoy Alfresco Workdesk and the HR scenario now.

Best regards,
Deko