basicportal-maillist

[Basicportal-maillist] Question: can you send me a installation documentation?

[Denis H. <den...@jc...>]

Hallo,

I'am a developer of a catalog management software and i tests portals to use
one in our company.

I have tried to install your software (BasicPortal) and it wasn't
successful.
Please send me an installtion documentation for a windows system with a
mssql database to run our software.

thanks,
  Denis Hakenberg.

[Basicportal-maillist] Setup: Poolman, Realms, Postgres

[John M. <jo...@ea...>]

Hi,

I realize this is not a portal question specifically but I hope somebody may
have a sample setup for me to look at????

The problem occurs when I try to start Apache with my new Realm and get


Catalina.start: LifecycleException:  Exception opening database connection:
jav
a.sql.SQLException: org.postgresql.Driver
LifecycleException:  Exception opening database connection:
java.sql.SQLExcepti
on: org.postgresql.Driver
        at org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm.start(JDBCRealm.java:681)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1173)

        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:347
)


My realm is configured as follows in the server.xml (my database name is
test on the computer named remote)


		<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm" debug="99"
					 driverName="org.postgresql.Driver"
   					connectionURL="jdbc:postgresql://remote:5432/test"
  					 connectionName="postgres"
   					connectionPassword="postgres"
  					 userTable="base_users"
   					userNameCol="email_id"
   					userCredCol="password"
   					userRoleTable="base_users"
  					 roleNameCol="role_code"/>


Poolman is configured as follows:


<datasource>
		<!-- ============================== -->
		<!-- Physical Connection Attributes -->
		<!-- ============================== -->
		<!-- Standard JDBC Driver info -->
		<dbname>testdb</dbname>
		<jndiName>jndi-testdb</jndiName>
		<driver>org.postgresql.Driver</driver>
		<url>jdbc:postgresql://remote:5432/test</url>
		<username>postgres</username>
		<password/>


I setup poolman and got the initial pages running but I run into a problem
when I try to add something.  I figured it was the Realm setup.  I tried
adding the Realm, but now Tomcat will not start.

I am using the pgjdbc2.jar driver for PostgreSQL.  and have placed it in the
common\lib folder

Is anyone using Postgres with Poolman and could they show me their Realm
entry?

[Basicportal-maillist] Newbie Guide?

[John M. <jo...@ea...>]

This project looks great!  Exactly what Jakarta needs!  Jetspeed is based on
Turbine.... now we have a Struts based Portal!

I have read the deployment guide but there does not seem to be a "Newbie
to-do guide".  What i am looking for is a set of tasks that a newbie should
perform to become acquainted with the project.  Hopefully, if such a list
was created it would help with the learning curve and give the project
momentum.

Just from browsing the source tree gives an idea of the structure of the
project:

java source:

apache
      apache\aSync
            apache\aSync\mail
            apache\aSync\rss
      apache\auction
      apache\basejDAO
      apache\basicPortal
            apache\basicPortal\cms
            apache\basicPortal\other
            apache\basicPortal\singleSignOn
            apache\basicPortal\unitTest
      apache\codeTemplate
      apache\emailVU
      apache\jobs
      apache\model3
      apache\ntnse
      apache\proj
      apache\store
            apache\store\shopingCart


jsp source:

portlets
      LayoutA.jsp
            portlets\cms
                  CMSCommentAddPortlet.jsp
                  ContentApprovePortlet.jsp
                  contentImageUpload.html
                  ContentLstPortlet.jsp
                  ContentSubmitPortlet.jsp
                  ContentZoomPortlet.jsp
            portlets\common
                  adBar.jsp
                  footer.jsp
                  footer_left.jsp
                  footer_right.jsp
                  headerA.jsp
                  leftBarA.jsp
                  logo.jsp
            portlets\email
                  EMailLstPortlet.jsp
            portlets\proj
                  TasksLstPortlet.jsp
                  TasksZoomPortlet.jsp
            portlets\singleSignOn
                  UserAddPortlet.jsp

My question is: when looking at the source code in each of these folders are
there certain questions I should be trying to answer for myself.  ie. is
there key information that needs to be understood?


Looking forward to seeing the project thrive!

- john