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Re: [Exist-open] What has happened to my collections manager?

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

THANK YOU!

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 10:11 PM Joe Wicentowski <jo...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi Hayim,
>
> It was buggy and removed with eXist 5. Better to use eXide's File >
> Manage. It allows all of the same operations.
>
> Joe
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 9:01 PM Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
>> This question is preparatory to a more substantive one.
>> I have recently installed exist 6.0.1 on my local computer, having
>> leapfrogged from 4.7.1 to 6.
>> On the dashboard, I am used to seeing the collections manager but this
>> seems to be missing. Has this been retired? Do I need to install it
>> manually?
>> All best,
>> HL
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Re: [Exist-open] What has happened to my collections manager?

[Joe W. <jo...@gm...>]

Hi Hayim,

It was buggy and removed with eXist 5. Better to use eXide's File > Manage.
It allows all of the same operations.

Joe

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 9:01 PM Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> wrote:

> Dear List,
> This question is preparatory to a more substantive one.
> I have recently installed exist 6.0.1 on my local computer, having
> leapfrogged from 4.7.1 to 6.
> On the dashboard, I am used to seeing the collections manager but this
> seems to be missing. Has this been retired? Do I need to install it
> manually?
> All best,
> HL
> _______________________________________________
> Exist-open mailing list
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> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open
>
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[Exist-open] What has happened to my collections manager?

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Dear List,
This question is preparatory to a more substantive one.
I have recently installed exist 6.0.1 on my local computer, having
leapfrogged from 4.7.1 to 6.
On the dashboard, I am used to seeing the collections manager but this
seems to be missing. Has this been retired? Do I need to install it
manually?
All best,
HL

[Exist-open] Community Code, Review and Merge Policy for exist-db/exist

[Dario K. <dar...@tu...>]

Dear all,

the updated version of the “Community Code, Review and Merge Policy” for 
exist-db/exist have been compiled and are available at 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O724HZ2s3ffhclMATVpVTIskdCNhazA11A7GqxlGe24

All best,
Dario

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Re: [Exist-open] Updating app for compatibility with exist 5+

[Jean-Paul R. <re...@gm...>]

The basic GET request looks like this:

xquery version "3.1";

import module namespace http="http://expath.org/ns/http-client";

let $url :=  xs:anyURI("http://some.url")

let $response := http:send-request(<http:request http-version="1.1" href="{
$url }" method="get"/>)

return
    $response


Best
JPR

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 3:25 AM Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> wrote:

> Hello all,
> Updating an app to make it compatible with version 5+.
> Encountering error on importing: http://exist-db.org/xquery/httpclient
> Am guessing that this has to do with this shift
> <https://gitlab.gwdg.de/SADE/SADE/-/issues/87> to expath httpc (
> http://expath.org/ns/http-client).
>
> Can anyone point to a worked solution I can imitate?
>
> Many thanks,
> HL
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[Exist-open] Updating app for compatibility with exist 5+

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Hello all,
Updating an app to make it compatible with version 5+.
Encountering error on importing: http://exist-db.org/xquery/httpclient
Am guessing that this has to do with this shift
<https://gitlab.gwdg.de/SADE/SADE/-/issues/87> to expath httpc (
http://expath.org/ns/http-client).

Can anyone point to a worked solution I can imitate?

Many thanks,
HL

[Exist-open] upgrading to 6.0.1: users & groups + Oxygen

[Vincent N. <vin...@gm...>]

Dear list,

next week I will be upgrading eXist 5.3.0 to 6.0.1 on two servers (because
of the log4j versions). I'd like to ask two questions beforehand:

- if I do this via the suggested method of copying the "/data" directory
from my 5.3.0 to the newly installed 6.0.1 version, will all of the users
and groups that I have created in the 5.3.0 instance be copied over as
well, or will I need to recreate them in the 6.0.1 instance? (I suspect
they will be copied over, but I thought it best to ask.)

- regarding the issue with WebDAV and connecting eXist 6 to oXygen: I have
tried this morning on my local computer (Mac OsX 12.4) to install 6.0.1 and
to edit documents from apps in that installation with oXygen (version 20),
and I experienced no issues. Does this mean there will also be no problems
editing files on the eXist 6.0.1 on an ubuntu server?

Thanks very much for your help,
Vincent

[Exist-open] Errors deploying collection

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Dear List:
When I try to package or directly upload files to a collection, I receive
numerous errors like:

[xdb:store] Storing P00001\P00001-0403.xml ...
> [xdb:store] Storing P00002.xml ...
> [xdb:store] XMLDB exception caught: Failed to invoke method
> uploadCompressed in class org.exist.xmlrpc.RpcConnection: Expected 654027
> bytes of uncompressed data, but actually 0
> [xdb:store] Storing P00002\P00002-0404.xml ...


P00002.xml appears to be a fully valid XML file on my end.
I thought a missing xml declaration might be the cause, but apparently not.
Suggestions?

Thx
HL

Re: [Exist-open] Password on new install

[Clark, A. <as....@no...>]

The problem described here sounds suspiciously like this known bug<https://github.com/eXist-db/dashboard/issues/129> in the Dashboard. I’d try one of the two workarounds<https://github.com/eXist-db/dashboard/issues/129#issuecomment-1131680049> found by Joe Wicentowski.

Warmly,
Ash


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________________________________
From: Wolfgang Meier <wol...@ex...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 2:24 PM
To: Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...>
Cc: exist-open <exi...@li...>
Subject: Re: [Exist-open] Password on new install

Dear Hayim,

if you are logged in as admin on either monex or eXide, you should also be automatically logged into the dashboard. All those apps share credentials if in the same browser.

Best,

Wolfgang


śr., 20 lip 2022, 20:10 użytkownik Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...<mailto:hl...@um...>> napisał:
My apologies for being such a pesky poster.

Now installing 6.0.1 on a windows 10 machine. Initial admin login does not work on dashboard. Can call java admin client and password works there and in monex, but not, I can't access the packagemanager etc from the dashboard.

Suggestions?

Many thanks,
HL
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Re: [Exist-open] More on new installation of 6.0.1 : adding existing packages

[Wolfgang M. <wol...@ex...>]

xmldb:is-admin-user has been replaced with sm:is-dba. Just do a search and
replace.

The other error is likely triggered by an invalid XML file.

Best,

Wolfgang


śr., 20 lip 2022, 21:38 użytkownik Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> napisał:

> Hopefully, one last thing set of issues that are more garden variety:
>
> in uploading xar
>
> Message from package manager uploading xar:
>>
>> Deployment incomplete, 1 issues found: xsl-externaltest.xml:
>> xsl-externaltest.xml cannot be stored
>
>
> On startup of app:
>
>> HTTP ERROR 500 javax.servlet.ServletException:
>> javax.servlet.ServletException: An error occurred while processing request
>> to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/: err:XPST0017 Function xmldb:is-admin-user()
>> is not defined in module namespace: http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at
>> line 47, column 57]
>> URI: /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/
>> STATUS: 500
>> MESSAGE: javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.servlet.ServletException:
>> An error occurred while processing request to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/:
>> err:XPST0017 Function xmldb:is-admin-user() is not defined in module
>> namespace: http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at line 47, column 57]
>> SERVLET: XQueryURLRewrite
>> CAUSED BY: javax.servlet.ServletException:
>> javax.servlet.ServletException: An error occurred while processing request
>> to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/: err:XPST0017 Function xmldb:is-admin-user()
>> is not defined in module namespace: http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at
>> line 47, column 57]
>> CAUSED BY: javax.servlet.ServletException: An error occurred while
>> processing request to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/: err:XPST0017 Function
>> xmldb:is-admin-user() is not defined in module namespace:
>> http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at line 47, column 57]
>> CAUSED BY: org.exist.xquery.XPathException: err:XPST0017 Function
>> xmldb:is-admin-user() is not defined in module namespace:
>> http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at line 47, column 57]
>> Caused by:
>
> javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.servlet.ServletException: An error
>> occurred while processing request to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/:
>> err:XPST0017 Function xmldb:is-admin-user()  is not defined in module
>> namespace: http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at line 47, column 57]
>> at
>> org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:162)
>> at
>> org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.gzip.GzipHandler.handle(GzipHandler.java:763)
>> ....
>
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[Exist-open] More on new installation of 6.0.1 : adding existing packages

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Hopefully, one last thing set of issues that are more garden variety:

in uploading xar

Message from package manager uploading xar:
>
> Deployment incomplete, 1 issues found: xsl-externaltest.xml:
> xsl-externaltest.xml cannot be stored


On startup of app:

> HTTP ERROR 500 javax.servlet.ServletException:
> javax.servlet.ServletException: An error occurred while processing request
> to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/: err:XPST0017 Function xmldb:is-admin-user()
> is not defined in module namespace: http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at
> line 47, column 57]
> URI: /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/
> STATUS: 500
> MESSAGE: javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.servlet.ServletException:
> An error occurred while processing request to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/:
> err:XPST0017 Function xmldb:is-admin-user() is not defined in module
> namespace: http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at line 47, column 57]
> SERVLET: XQueryURLRewrite
> CAUSED BY: javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.servlet.ServletException:
> An error occurred while processing request to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/:
> err:XPST0017 Function xmldb:is-admin-user() is not defined in module
> namespace: http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at line 47, column 57]
> CAUSED BY: javax.servlet.ServletException: An error occurred while
> processing request to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/: err:XPST0017 Function
> xmldb:is-admin-user() is not defined in module namespace:
> http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at line 47, column 57]
> CAUSED BY: org.exist.xquery.XPathException: err:XPST0017 Function
> xmldb:is-admin-user() is not defined in module namespace:
> http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at line 47, column 57]
> Caused by:

javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.servlet.ServletException: An error
> occurred while processing request to /exist/apps/digitalmishnah/:
> err:XPST0017 Function xmldb:is-admin-user()  is not defined in module
> namespace: http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb [at line 47, column 57]
> at
> org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:162)
> at
> org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.gzip.GzipHandler.handle(GzipHandler.java:763)
> ....

Re: [Exist-open] Password on new install

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Thank you! Dannes suggested the fix: clear saved passwords.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 2:24 PM Wolfgang Meier <wol...@ex...>
wrote:

> Dear Hayim,
>
> if you are logged in as admin on either monex or eXide, you should also be
> automatically logged into the dashboard. All those apps share credentials
> if in the same browser.
>
> Best,
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
> śr., 20 lip 2022, 20:10 użytkownik Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> napisał:
>
>> My apologies for being such a pesky poster.
>>
>> Now installing 6.0.1 on a windows 10 machine. Initial admin login does
>> not work on dashboard. Can call java admin client and password works there
>> and in monex, but not, I can't access the packagemanager etc from the
>> dashboard.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> HL
>> _______________________________________________
>> Exist-open mailing list
>> Exi...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open
>>
>

Re: [Exist-open] Password on new install

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

That was the trick, thanks!
Dumped saved password for the site and was then able to enter as admin.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 2:45 PM Dannes Wessels <di...@ex...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Did you save an old password in the browser, is that used?
>
> I’d first clean the browser cache
>
> Regards
>
> Dannes
>
> > On 20 Jul 2022, at 20:10, Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > My apologies for being such a pesky poster.
> >
> > Now installing 6.0.1 on a windows 10 machine. Initial admin login does
> not work on dashboard. Can call java admin client and password works there
> and in monex, but not, I can't access the packagemanager etc from the
> dashboard.
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > HL
> > _______________________________________________
> > Exist-open mailing list
> > Exi...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open
>

Re: [Exist-open] Password on new install

[Wolfgang M. <wol...@ex...>]

Dear Hayim,

if you are logged in as admin on either monex or eXide, you should also be
automatically logged into the dashboard. All those apps share credentials
if in the same browser.

Best,

Wolfgang


śr., 20 lip 2022, 20:10 użytkownik Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> napisał:

> My apologies for being such a pesky poster.
>
> Now installing 6.0.1 on a windows 10 machine. Initial admin login does not
> work on dashboard. Can call java admin client and password works there and
> in monex, but not, I can't access the packagemanager etc from the
> dashboard.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Many thanks,
> HL
> _______________________________________________
> Exist-open mailing list
> Exi...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open
>

Re: [Exist-open] Password on new install

[Dannes W. <di...@ex...>]

Hi,

Did you save an old password in the browser, is that used?

I’d first clean the browser cache 

Regards

Dannes 

> On 20 Jul 2022, at 20:10, Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> wrote:
> 
> 
> My apologies for being such a pesky poster.
> 
> Now installing 6.0.1 on a windows 10 machine. Initial admin login does not work on dashboard. Can call java admin client and password works there and in monex, but not, I can't access the packagemanager etc from the dashboard. 
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Many thanks,
> HL
> _______________________________________________
> Exist-open mailing list
> Exi...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open

[Exist-open] Password on new install

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

My apologies for being such a pesky poster.

Now installing 6.0.1 on a windows 10 machine. Initial admin login does not
work on dashboard. Can call java admin client and password works there and
in monex, but not, I can't access the packagemanager etc from the
dashboard.

Suggestions?

Many thanks,
HL

Re: [Exist-open] Running exist 6.0.1 as a service on aws linux

[<ml-...@fl...>]

Hmm - no new activity - that's strange. But starting up the existdb 
server "manually" using

sudo -u existdb /home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh

works?

What's the output of

systemctl status existdb

after starting the service using sudo systemctl start existdb?

I'll try to set up a similar stack (AWS/RedHat) myself for testing, but 
this will take some time.

Greetings,
Florian


Am 20.07.2022 um 01:23 schrieb Hayim Lapin:
> Hello and thanks for the answer!
> 
> ExecStart is correct (at least in the command line it starts exist)
> 
> $EXIST_HOME/logs/exist.log registers no new activity on
> sudo systemctl start existdb
> or
> sudo systemctl restart existdb
> 
> thx!
> 
> 

Re: [Exist-open] Running exist 6.0.1 as a service on aws linux

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Hello and thanks for the answer!

ExecStart is correct (at least in the command line it starts exist)

$EXIST_HOME/logs/exist.log registers no new activity on
sudo systemctl start existdb
or
sudo systemctl restart existdb

thx!



On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 3:05 PM <ml-...@fl...>
wrote:

> Hayim,
>
> at first sight, your existdb.service file looks fine. I would first
> start checking the ExecStart path. If the path is valid, i would
> recommend to check the logs, especially $EXIST_HOME/logs/exist.log.
> Errors during startup should show up there.
>
> You may also try to run the startup.sh script manually as existdb user:
>
> sudo -u existdb /home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh
>
> To stop the exist server started this way, just hit CTRL+C.
>
> Regarding
>
> sudo chown -R existdb:existdb .
>
> You're right, it's only one command. The documentation is slightly
> outdated in that regard. Initially, it contained two separate commands
> to set the user and the group separately. The single command above
> combines both steps.
>
> Greetings,
> Florian
>
> Am 19.07.2022 um 19:42 schrieb Hayim Lapin:
> > As a footnote: the documentation reads:
> >
> >     You do so by navigating to your |$EXIST_HOME| folder and typing the
> >     following two commands:
> >     sudo chown -R existdb:existdb .
> >
> > But isn't there only one command here?
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 1:34 PM Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...
> > <mailto:hl...@um...>> wrote:
> >
> >     Dear list,
> >     I have successfully created an aws instance running the default
> >     linux os running on port 8899.
> >     I have also followed the directions here
> >     <https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/advanced-installation#service
> > for
> >     running existdb as a service, apparently to no effect. My
> >     existed.service file below. Any hints about what I may be doing
> wrong?
> >     Many thanks,
> >     HL
> >
> >     [Unit]
> >     Description=eXist-db Server
> >     Documentation=https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/
> >     <https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/>
> >     After=syslog.target
> >
> >     [Service]
> >     Type=simple
> >     User=existdb
> >     Group=existdb
> >     ExecStart=/home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh
> >
> >     [Install]
> >     WantedBy=multi-user.target
> >
> >     Any suggestions about what I might be doing wrong?
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Exist-open mailing list
> > Exi...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open
>
>

Re: [Exist-open] Running exist 6.0.1 as a service on aws linux

[Nick S. <nsi...@nu...>]

I guess they were counting the navigation to $EXIST_HOME. So many the 
documentation would be more correct if it said:

/You do so by navigating to your $EXIST_HOME folder and typing the 
following two commands://
//cd $EXIST_HOME//
//sudo chown -R existdb:existdb


/
On 7/19/22 12:42 PM, Hayim Lapin wrote:
> As a footnote: the documentation reads:
>
>     You do so by navigating to your |$EXIST_HOME| folder and typing
>     the following two commands:
>     sudo chown -R existdb:existdb .
>
> But isn't there only one command here?
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 1:34 PM Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> wrote:
>
>     Dear list,
>     I have successfully created an aws instance running the default
>     linux os running on port 8899.
>     I have also followed the directions here
>     <https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/advanced-installation#service> for
>     running existdb as a service, apparently to no effect. My
>     existed.service file below. Any hints about what I may be doing wrong?
>     Many thanks,
>     HL
>
>     [Unit]
>     Description=eXist-db Server
>     Documentation=https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/
>     After=syslog.target
>
>     [Service]
>     Type=simple
>     User=existdb
>     Group=existdb
>     ExecStart=/home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh
>
>     [Install]
>     WantedBy=multi-user.target
>
>     Any suggestions about what I might be doing wrong?
>
>
>
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Re: [Exist-open] Running exist 6.0.1 as a service on aws linux

[<ml-...@fl...>]

Hayim,

at first sight, your existdb.service file looks fine. I would first 
start checking the ExecStart path. If the path is valid, i would 
recommend to check the logs, especially $EXIST_HOME/logs/exist.log. 
Errors during startup should show up there.

You may also try to run the startup.sh script manually as existdb user:

sudo -u existdb /home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh

To stop the exist server started this way, just hit CTRL+C.

Regarding

sudo chown -R existdb:existdb .

You're right, it's only one command. The documentation is slightly 
outdated in that regard. Initially, it contained two separate commands 
to set the user and the group separately. The single command above 
combines both steps.

Greetings,
Florian

Am 19.07.2022 um 19:42 schrieb Hayim Lapin:
> As a footnote: the documentation reads:
> 
>     You do so by navigating to your |$EXIST_HOME| folder and typing the
>     following two commands:
>     sudo chown -R existdb:existdb .
> 
> But isn't there only one command here?
> 
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 1:34 PM Hayim Lapin <hl...@um... 
> <mailto:hl...@um...>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear list,
>     I have successfully created an aws instance running the default
>     linux os running on port 8899.
>     I have also followed the directions here
>     <https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/advanced-installation#service> for
>     running existdb as a service, apparently to no effect. My
>     existed.service file below. Any hints about what I may be doing wrong?
>     Many thanks,
>     HL
> 
>     [Unit]
>     Description=eXist-db Server
>     Documentation=https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/
>     <https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/>
>     After=syslog.target
> 
>     [Service]
>     Type=simple
>     User=existdb
>     Group=existdb
>     ExecStart=/home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh
> 
>     [Install]
>     WantedBy=multi-user.target
> 
>     Any suggestions about what I might be doing wrong?
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Exist-open] Running exist 6.0.1 as a service on aws linux

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

As a footnote: the documentation reads:

> You do so by navigating to your $EXIST_HOME folder and typing the
> following two commands:
> sudo chown -R existdb:existdb .

But isn't there only one command here?

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 1:34 PM Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> wrote:

> Dear list,
> I have successfully created an aws instance running the default linux os
> running on port 8899.
> I have also followed the directions here
> <https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/advanced-installation#service> for
> running existdb as a service, apparently to no effect. My existed.service
> file below. Any hints about what I may be doing wrong?
> Many thanks,
> HL
>
> [Unit]
> Description=eXist-db Server
> Documentation=https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/
> After=syslog.target
>
> [Service]
> Type=simple
> User=existdb
> Group=existdb
> ExecStart=/home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh
>
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>
> Any suggestions about what I might be doing wrong?
>

[Exist-open] Running exist 6.0.1 as a service on aws linux

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Dear list,
I have successfully created an aws instance running the default linux os
running on port 8899.
I have also followed the directions here
<https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/advanced-installation#service> for
running existdb as a service, apparently to no effect. My existed.service
file below. Any hints about what I may be doing wrong?
Many thanks,
HL

[Unit]
Description=eXist-db Server
Documentation=https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/
After=syslog.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=existdb
Group=existdb
ExecStart=/home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Any suggestions about what I might be doing wrong?

Re: [Exist-open] Help with a new installation

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Thanks to all of you who answered (mostly off list)

One issue was not dumping the data on an old version of exist.
Now I seem to have some sort of port conflict that I can't solve...
But progress.

On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 5:55 PM Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...> wrote:

> Thanks for this!
> There should be no disk space issues and (possibly because I am an
> inexperience system administrator) the root user is running the
> installation.
> Is it specifically the data directory that is at issue in "connecting with
> database"? That seems to be a place to start!
>
>
> Hayim Lapin
> Professor of History
> Robert H. Smith Professor of Jewish Studies
> University of Maryland
> Jewish Studies: 4141 Susquehanna Hall, College Park, MD 20742 | 301 405
> 4975
> History: 2115 Francis Scott Key Hall, College Park, MD 20742 | 301 405
> 4296
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 4:52 PM <ml-...@fl...>
> wrote:
>
>> Hayim,
>>
>> just some general ideas - which system user is running the installation
>> process? Has that user write permissions for the data folder? Can you
>> rule out disk space issues?
>>
>> Sadly, i don't have specific experience with AWS instances...
>>
>> HTH
>> Florian
>>
>>
>> Am 15.07.2022 um 20:05 schrieb Hayim Lapin:
>> > Dear all,
>> > I wonder if members of the list could help with installation problems.
>> I
>> > am installing the exist to an aws instance running redhat (why? I don't
>> > actually know)
>> > When I run the set up jar the process runs through installation and
>> then
>> > at startup gives the error report below.
>> > Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong?
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> > HL
>> >
>> > [ Starting processing ]
>> > Starting process Setting data dir... (1/2)
>> > Starting process Setting admin password... (2/2)
>> > eXist version 6.0.1 (51506fc97a9e5bb55fdea71fc76def2c9d402886),
>> > Copyright (C) 2001-2022 The eXist-db Project
>> > eXist-db comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>> > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
>> > under certain conditions; for details read the license file.
>> >
>> > Connecting to database...
>> > java.io.IOException: Database is read-only
>> ...
>>
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Exist-open mailing list
>> > Exi...@li...
>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open
>>
>>
>>
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>> Exi...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open
>>
>

Re: [Exist-open] Help with a new installation

[<ol...@ex...>]

Hayim,

> java.io.IOException: Database is read-only

This is bad.  Really bad.

I bet this is related to SELinux which is enabled by default on RedHat Linux.
SELinux is a "security enhancement" mechanism that does not play well with
Java applications.

You may want to change file /etc/selinux/config, set "SELINUX=permissive"
and reboot.  This will allow certain low-level Java/eXist-db operations
that were blocked by the default SELinux policy.

Have a chat with a buddy sysadmin about the implications of doing this
before following advice from some random guy on the Internet :)
Or google "selinux java" for starters.

IMHO SELinux is security theater, and I tend to disable it on RedHat systems
that run Java applications.  Because there is no gain and lots of losses
(debugging why things don't work).


Olaf

Re: [Exist-open] Help with a new installation

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Thanks for this!
There should be no disk space issues and (possibly because I am an
inexperience system administrator) the root user is running the
installation.
Is it specifically the data directory that is at issue in "connecting with
database"? That seems to be a place to start!


Hayim Lapin
Professor of History
Robert H. Smith Professor of Jewish Studies
University of Maryland
Jewish Studies: 4141 Susquehanna Hall, College Park, MD 20742 | 301 405 4975
History: 2115 Francis Scott Key Hall, College Park, MD 20742 | 301 405 4296


On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 4:52 PM <ml-...@fl...>
wrote:

> Hayim,
>
> just some general ideas - which system user is running the installation
> process? Has that user write permissions for the data folder? Can you
> rule out disk space issues?
>
> Sadly, i don't have specific experience with AWS instances...
>
> HTH
> Florian
>
>
> Am 15.07.2022 um 20:05 schrieb Hayim Lapin:
> > Dear all,
> > I wonder if members of the list could help with installation problems. I
> > am installing the exist to an aws instance running redhat (why? I don't
> > actually know)
> > When I run the set up jar the process runs through installation and then
> > at startup gives the error report below.
> > Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong?
> >
> > Many thanks
> > HL
> >
> > [ Starting processing ]
> > Starting process Setting data dir... (1/2)
> > Starting process Setting admin password... (2/2)
> > eXist version 6.0.1 (51506fc97a9e5bb55fdea71fc76def2c9d402886),
> > Copyright (C) 2001-2022 The eXist-db Project
> > eXist-db comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> > under certain conditions; for details read the license file.
> >
> > Connecting to database...
> > java.io.IOException: Database is read-only
> ...
>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Exist-open mailing list
> > Exi...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open
>
>
>
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