[Deploying Sakai] Sakai 2.7.1 New Installation

[Warwick Chapman]

Graham

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On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Steve Swinsburg <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi Graham,
>
> Is this a Tomcat package that was installed via a package manager of some
> sort? If so, you'll need to grab a zip/tar.gz of Tomcat and run that
> instead. Sakai doesn't play well with Tomcat packages.
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
>
> On 15/09/2010, at 1:49 AM, Graham Pearson wrote:
>
> > I have made the below changes and was able to build what I think is a
> > error free installation of 2.7.1. I then copied the
> > default.sakai.properties into /usr/share/tomcat5/sakai directory and
> > renamed it to sakai.properties where I made minimum changes to this file.
> >
> > When I start tomcat I get many errors and now need to find out where I
> > need to look to correct these. As my journey continues I have been
> > making detailed notes in hopes that once I get done I will be able to
> > post these to help others.
> >
> >
> > I have deleted the catalina.out file and started tomcat5 to get a fresh
> > much shorted log file for people. Log file can be viewed at
> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9209508/SakaiProject/catalina.out.log
> >
> > I have been searching Past Mailing List Archives to try and resolve my
> > issue myself as I learn from trial and error but at this time, I have
> > not been able to find a solution.
> >
> > Graham Pearson
> >
> > On 9/10/2010 7:15 PM, Anthony Whyte wrote:
> >> Sakai 2x webapps are not deployed to $CATALINA_HOME/sakai.  This folder
> is the default home for your local sakai.properties configuration file which
> you create to override out-of-the box settings (which is almost always
> necessary).
> >>
> >> Sakai API and help jars get deployed to
> >>
> >> $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib
> >>
> >> Sakai components (impl jars, Spring configuration files, etc.) get
> deployed to
> >>
> >> $CATALINA_HOME/components
> >>
> >> Sakai webapp .war files get deployed to
> >>
> >> $CATALINA_HOME/webapps
> >>
> >> e.g.  $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/sakai-assignment-tool.war
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Anth
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sep 10, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Graham Pearson wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have just learned about Sakai and have been trying to install it from
> >>> source on CentOS5 which I have made my own very detailed installation
> >>> instructions as I am learning this in a Virtual Environment at the
> >>> moment. I have been following the directions at
> >>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+2.7 and I have
> been
> >>> able to get everything to build successful.
> >>>
> >>> Where I am tripping up is I have a directory in $CATALINA_HOME/sakai
> >>> which is in the same level as webapps and upon tomcat startup it does
> >>> not deploy sakai in this directory. I will try to deploy sakai into
> >>> $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/sakai once I get to my home but wanted to know
> if
> >>> anyone can point me into the right direction as to where I missed.
> >>>
> >>> I am excited about this software as it will give me a way to finally
> >>> drop MOODLE.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Graham Pearson
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