[Building Sakai] Error uploading resources

Emiliano Jankowski ejankowski at gmail.com
Thu Apr 2 04:39:53 PDT 2009


Yeap, it is working now!! THANKS A LOT!!!


Best!


On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Steve Swinsburg <s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk
> wrote:

> No worries, re the accented character, make sure tomcat/conf/server.xml
> has URIEncoding="UTF-8" in it's connector, ie:
> <Connector port="8080" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"
>                maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
>                enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" acceptCount="100"
>                connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true" *
> URIEncoding="UTF-8"*/>
>
> Also make sure your DB is setup as a UTF-8 charset. If your problem with
> UTF-8 chars in filenames persists, post back :)
>
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
> ---
> Steve Swinsburg
> Portal Systems Developer
> Centre for e-Science
> Lancaster University
> Lancaster
> LA1 4YT
>
> email: s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk
> phone: +44 (0) 1524 594870
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> On 2 Apr 2009, at 12:00, Emiliano Jankowski wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot for your time!!
>
> I've made all the things you do, and well is working, the old resources
> were just a few so, I uploaded again.
> I having a poblem when I upload a resource with a name like "soluci*ó*n.pdf",
> but I'll try to figure it out.
>
> Thanks a lot again!!
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Steve Swinsburg <
> s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Ok a couple of things.
>> 1. Don't save files into any part of Tomcat, especially the webapps dir.
>> Save them outside. They don't need to be in a web accessible place (and
>> shouldn't be, for security and because of the way Tomcat works) as they are
>> retrieved from the filesystem for you.
>> 2. Drop the middle slash in bodyPath from between ${sakai.home} and
>> content since you already have a trailing slash in your -Dsakai.home setting
>> 3. The most important one, don't have your sakai.home pointing to a web
>> accessible part of Tomcat either. This means your sakai.properties can be
>> read by anyone.
>>
>> I'd set it up like this:
>> -Dsakai.home=/usr/local/sakai/
>>
>> In that dir have your sakai.properties and make sure it is read/write by
>> the Tomcat user so files can be saved into it. It's not web accessible so
>> you are safer. You can specify any dir on the filesystem so long as it can
>> be read/write by Tomcat.
>>
>> You'll need to shift any content into there and resolve any broken paths.
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>> Steve
>>
>> ---
>> Steve Swinsburg
>> Portal Systems Developer
>> Centre for e-Science
>> Lancaster University
>> Lancaster
>> LA1 4YT
>>
>> email: s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk
>> phone: +44 (0) 1524 594870
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2 Apr 2009, at 10:38, Emiliano Jankowski wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Well I uploaded a new file and it was saved in
>>
>> webapp/sakai/content/vol2/2009/092/09
>> *file name: 56edd17a-489a-4343-8abd-216ad9b16b31*
>>
>> So, it is working, it's saving into the file system.
>>
>> Also i found this in the log
>>
>>
>> Conversion of the ContentHostingService database tables is complete.
>> Using new filesize column
>> ====================================================
>> ====================================================
>>  (2009-04-02 10:39:40,079
>> main_org.sakaiproject.content.impl.DbContentService)
>> INFO: init(): site quota: 1048576 body path:
>> xxxxxxx/webapps/sakai//content/ volumes: vol1, vol2, vol3,  (2009-04-02
>> 10:39:40,140 main_org.sakaiproject.con$
>> INFO: convertToFile (2009-04-02 10:39:40,208
>> main_org.sakaiproject.content.impl.DbContentService)
>> WARN: convertToFile: null xml : /public/Docente1/neuquen.pdf (2009-04-02
>> 10:39:40,213 main_org.sakaiproject.content.impl.DbContentService)
>> WARN: convertToFile: null xml : /group/PortfolioAdmin/system/2column.jpg
>> (2009-04-02 10:39:40,213
>> main_org.sakaiproject.content.impl.DbContentService)
>> WARN: convertToFile: null xml : /group/PortfolioAdmin/system/formView.xslt
>> (2009-04-02 10:39:40,213
>> main_org.sakaiproject.content.impl.DbContentService)
>>
>> and continue with all the resources I had...
>>
>> Is it ok ? *convertToFile: null xml *: /public/Docente1/neuquen.pdf
>> (2009-04-02 10:39:40,213
>>
>>
>> And i have specified the sakai.home
>>
>> export JAVA_OPTS='-server -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:PermSize=128m
>> -XX:MaxPermSize=196m -XX:NewSize=192m -XX:MaxNewSize=384m
>> -Dsakai.demo=false
>> -Dsakai.home=/usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.27/webapps/sakai/'
>>
>> and you are right, with the "/"
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Steve Swinsburg <
>> s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Emiliano,
>>> Can you navigate on the filesystem to ${sakai.home}content/ and see some
>>> folders in there. If you add new resources they should show up in the folder
>>> structure in there? Just want to confirm that it's not storing in the DB any
>>> more.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if you need it, but have you specified
>>> -Dsakai.home=/path/to/your/sakai.properties/ in your JAVA_OPTS? I have it
>>> set and points to the directory that contains my sakai.properties file. It
>>> has a trailing slash on it, so that is why I have set $sakai.home}content/
>>> with no slash in between. When resources are then uploaded they live in the
>>> 'content' folder at the same level as my sakai.properties.
>>>
>>> Take a look and see if the path's match up.
>>>
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Steve Swinsburg
>>> Portal Systems Developer
>>> Centre for e-Science
>>> Lancaster University
>>> Lancaster
>>> LA1 4YT
>>>
>>> email: s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk
>>> phone: +44 (0) 1524 594870
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2 Apr 2009, at 10:07, Emiliano Jankowski wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi Steve, I've done this, but I cant' access the resources I already had
>>> :(, if i upload a new one, it works great.
>>> I enabled
>>> convertToFile at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService<%23convertToFile at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService>= true , but i think that it didn't convert the resources...
>>> This is the error i have when i try to read some old resources..
>>>
>>>
>>> 009-04-02 10:56:44,661
>>> TP-Processor11_org.sakaiproject.content.impl.DbContentService)
>>> WARN: : failed to read resource:
>>> /user/215083d2-ae60-4e97-bcd7-0411a7a1079f/Nivel 1_trabajo en equipo_/CONOC
>>> PERSONAL Y DES PROF _3_.ppt len: 136704 : java.io.FileNotFoundException:
>>> xxxxxxxx/webapps/sakai/content (Is a directory) (2009-04-02 10:58:24,853
>>> TP-Processor6_org.sakaiproject.content.impl.DbContentService)
>>>
>>> I've also replaced the bodyPath at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService
>>> = ${sakai.home}content/ for ${sakai.home}*/*content/ is this ok, right?
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Best!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Steve Swinsburg <
>>> s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ok great, and yes to store on the filesystem, in sakai.properties you
>>>> want these two settings enabled/configured:
>>>> # the file system root for content hosting's external stored files
>>>> (default is null, i.e. store them in the db)
>>>> # see the readme file (2.2.7 File Based Content Hosting) for more
>>>> details
>>>>  bodyPath at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService =
>>>> ${sakai.home}content/
>>>>
>>>> # when storing content hosting's body bits in files, an optional set of
>>>> folders just within the bodyPath -
>>>> # to act as volumes to distribute the files among - a comma separate
>>>> list of folders.  If left out, no volumes will be used.
>>>> # see the readme file (2.2.7 File Based Content Hosting) for more
>>>> details
>>>>  bodyVolumes at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService =
>>>> vol1,vol2,vol3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  and potentially this one the first time around if you want to convert
>>>> from DB to filesystem when you next start up:
>>>>
>>>> #convertToFile at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService<%23convertToFile at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService>= true
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Steve Swinsburg
>>>> Portal Systems Developer
>>>> Centre for e-Science
>>>> Lancaster University
>>>> Lancaster
>>>> LA1 4YT
>>>>
>>>> email: s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk
>>>> phone: +44 (0) 1524 594870
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1 Apr 2009, at 11:52, Emiliano Jankowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oh yes! I've checked the files and you are correct! And It is possible
>>>> to not save the documents into the database, and do that in the file system?
>>>> Is it just a config option in sakai?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Steve Swinsburg <
>>>> s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> are you storing content in the database as opposed to the filesystem?
>>>>> Is it MySQL? By default MySQL has a 1Mb limit it can store as binary. You
>>>>> need to adjust the max_allowed_packet from 1048576 (ie 1Mb) to be something
>>>>> higher.
>>>>>
>>>>> See here:
>>>>> http://steve-on-sakai.blogspot.com/2008/11/sakai-mysql-and-storing-content-in.html
>>>>>
>>>>> That, or check the memory assigned to your JVM in JAVA_OPTS (post them
>>>>> here) as you are running out of resources:
>>>>>
>>>>> From the Javadoc: ServerOverloadException is thrown whenever a request
>>>>> cannot be completed at this time due to some critical resource of the server
>>>>> being in too short supply.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Steve Swinsburg
>>>>> Portal Systems Developer
>>>>> Centre for e-Science
>>>>> Lancaster University
>>>>> Lancaster
>>>>> LA1 4YT
>>>>>
>>>>> email: s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk
>>>>> phone: +44 (0) 1524 594870
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1 Apr 2009, at 11:42, Emiliano Jankowski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi there! I'm having an strange error when I try to upload a resource
>>>>> in "My workspace"
>>>>> I've uploaded 4 ppt, when I want to add one more I have " Alerta:
>>>>> Unable to add item: TRABAJO EN EQUIPO (2).ppt" and in catalina.out I
>>>>> have
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> WARN: failed to write file from byte-array to database (2009-04-01
>>>>> 12:35:39,762
>>>>> TP-Processor10_org.sakaiproject.content.impl.DbContentService)
>>>>>
>>>>> org.sakaiproject.exception.ServerOverloadException id=failed to write
>>>>> file from byte-array to database
>>>>>         at
>>>>> org.sakaiproject.content.impl.DbContentService$DbStorage.commitResource(DbContentService.java:1669)
>>>>>
>>>>>         at
>>>>> org.sakaiproject.content.impl.BaseContentService.commitResourceEdit(BaseContentService.java:5450)
>>>>>
>>>>>         at
>>>>> org.sakaiproject.content.impl.BaseContentService.commitResource(BaseContentService.java:5413)
>>>>>
>>>>>         at
>>>>> org.sakaiproject.content.cover.ContentHostingService.commitResource(ContentHostingService.java:519)
>>>>>
>>>>>         at
>>>>> org.sakaiproject.content.tool.ResourcesAction.createResources(ResourcesAction.java:1384)
>>>>>
>>>>>         at
>>>>> org.sakaiproject.content.tool.ResourcesAction.finishAction(ResourcesAction.java:7207)
>>>>>
>>>>>         at
>>>>> org.sakaiproject.content.tool.ResourcesAction.buildMainPanelContext(ResourcesAction.java:4762)
>>>>>         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
>>>>> Method)
>>>>>         at
>>>>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
>>>>>
>>>>>         at
>>>>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
>>>>>
>>>>>         at
>>>>> java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
>>>>>
>>>>>         at
>>>>> org.sakaiproject.cheftool.VelocityPortletPaneledAction.toolModeDispatch(VelocityPortletPaneledAction.java:392)
>>>>>
>>>>> What does it mean? the strange thing is that if i try to upload a txt
>>>>> file for instance, it does ok, with no error.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jankowski Emiliano
>>>>> Lic. en Sistemas
>>>>>
>>>>> http://ejankowski.blogspot.com
>>>>> http://provincianito.blogspot.com/
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jankowski Emiliano
>>>> Lic. en Sistemas
>>>>
>>>> http://ejankowski.blogspot.com
>>>> http://provincianito.blogspot.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jankowski Emiliano
>>> Lic. en Sistemas
>>>
>>> http://ejankowski.blogspot.com
>>> http://provincianito.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jankowski Emiliano
>> Lic. en Sistemas
>>
>> http://ejankowski.blogspot.com
>> http://provincianito.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jankowski Emiliano
> Lic. en Sistemas
>
> http://ejankowski.blogspot.com
> http://provincianito.blogspot.com/
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