[Using Sakai] sakai 2.7 installation help needed

[Anthony Whyte]

Regarding sakai.properties: using the /config project's default.sakai.properties as the basis for your local $CATALINA_HOME/sakai/sakai.properties file is actually a fine idea.   It is the default configuration file that, in conjunction with kernel.properties, is loaded by Sakai on start up.  

You override these default settings by providing a "local" sakai.properties file for Sakai to load and consume, typically located in $CATALINA_HOME/sakai although you can also locate the file outside Tomcat.  default.sakai.properties includes the key settings you need to begin to configure your Sakai instance according to your local needs; however note that it is by no means comprehensive.  There are many properties (optional and otherwise) that are not listed in it.

As I noted below the fun begins when you start to adjust the default settings to meet your local needs.

Cheers,

Anthony

On Nov 10, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Anthony Whyte <arwhyte at umich.edu> wrote:
>> STEP 6.  Good practice but strictly speaking all you've done at this point
>> is set yourself up with a sakai.properties file that, as an exact copy of
>> default.sakai.properties, overrides no default settings.  The fun truly
>> starts when you begin to modify the defaults for local usage.
> Ok but we are using only US English so can that also be a problem.
>  if I create a folder sakai in $CATALINA_HOME and copy the
> default.sakai.properties in this given that I followed what you
> mentioned above will that be a wrong step in your opinion?
> What I see is sakai binary does not comes with a default
> sakai.properties file so I had to download it from the instructions
> page.
> 
>> STEPS 7-8.  Per the bin instructions you download the archive into
>> $CATALINA_HOME and unpack the archive. Then you start up Tomcat by running
>> the Tomcat startup script in $CATALINA_HOME/bin.
>> Unfortunately, the location that you specified unpacking sakai-bin-2.7.1
>> into is incorrect.
> Ok.
>> So delete this folder: CATALINA_HOME/webapps/sakai-bin.  Download or copy
>> sakai-bin-2.7.1.tgz int
> Thanks for pointing out these errors.
> I have changed them as you mentioned.
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