On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:45 PM, zoe slattery <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Angelo >> >> Judging from the steps you described, it seems you missed the 'retrieve' >> and 'store' steps, which I glossed over in the video. Perhaps >> http://incubator.apache.org/ace/getting-started-with-the-web-ui-based-server.html >> is of more help. >> > Yes - that's exactly right. I ran through it again and can now replicate > what you did in the video. Thank you so much for your help.
I could get it to work as well. Thanks for the help folks. > > Do you think it's worth updating the getting started instructions as > follows: > > 1) Remove this > http://incubator.apache.org/ace/getting-started-with-the-file-based-server.html > - unless there is a way to make it work? > > 2) Update the Web based instructions to: > (a) specify Chrome or Safari, or at least provide a warning about FF. > (b) point to the new location of the ace-server and ace-target > (c) Add a link to your videos. > (d) Add the explanation of what the web ui (see Marcel's note) is doing > under the "how does it work' section. > > I'd be happy to provide some updated text - but possibly if you are in the > middle of refactoring the Web UI it's not worth changing the instructions > just yet. Wdyt? +1 for updating the on-line documentation. Thanks, Hiranya >> >> On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:08 AM, zoe slattery wrote: >> >>> On 06/10/2010 21:41, Hiranya Jayathilaka wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Angelo van der Sijpt >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hm, yes, about the drag and drop... It's very well possible this does >>>>> not work on Firefox. Last time I checked, Safari and Chrome were both >>>>> fine. >>>>> This has something to do with the dnd plugin we use. >>>> >>>> I tried on FF3 and Chrome. No luck so far :( >>> >>> I got further with Chrome. Using Chrome I can: >>> >>> 1) Add artifacts >>> 2) Add a feature and associate artifacts with it using drag and drop >>> 3) Add a distribution and associate features with it >>> 4) Drag and drop the distribution to the gateway.... >>> >>> Then nothing. Listing the bundles in the gateway shows no servicebased* >>> bundles. The frequency of the "[Info ] [ ] Highest remote: null / Highest >>> local: null" makes it very difficult to do much with the gateway console :-/ >>> I would also have expected that teh servicebased* files would show up on >>> disk under the gateway somewhere. They don't, but I may be misunderstanding >>> how this should work :-) >>> >>> Zoe >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Hiranya >>>> >>>>> Angelo >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 6, 2010, at 8:45 PM, Hiranya Jayathilaka wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Zoe, >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:06 AM, zoe slattery<[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 06/10/2010 18:34, Hiranya Jayathilaka wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Angelo van der Sijpt >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Indeed, I created a set of screencasts quite some time ago. You can >>>>>>>>> find >>>>>>>>> links to them at >>>>>>>>> http://changelos.com/2009/11/08/apache-ace-visuals/ . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks for the reference Angelo. Will try this out and get back if I >>>>>>>> run into any issues. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi - I followed through Angelo's 'Simple Deployment' video and got up >>>>>>> to the >>>>>>> point where I could add the three files (servicebased-host.jar etc) >>>>>>> as >>>>>>> 'Artifacts'. The next step in the video shows creating 'Group's and >>>>>>> associating the artifacts with groups. In the current WebUI the >>>>>>> 'Group' >>>>>>> column is replaced with 'Feature'. I was hoping that this was just a >>>>>>> name >>>>>>> change - however, although I could create 'Feature's, the drag and >>>>>>> drop >>>>>>> which should associate Artifacts with Features does not work for me. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm also stuck at this point. I can add any OSGi bundle into the >>>>>> artifact column. I can create new features and distributions in the >>>>>> corresponding columns. But the drag-n-drop across different columns >>>>>> doesn't seem to do anything. Any help would be much appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Hiranya >>>>>> >>>>>> Any >>>>>>> >>>>>>> suggestions on how to figure out what is not working would be welcome >>>>>>> :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Zoe >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Hiranya >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Angelo >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Oct 6, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Toni Menzel wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi Zoe, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> glad to see you + aries people here on ace. ;) >>>>>>>>>> The log message "Highest remote: null / Highest local: null" was >>>>>>>>>> also >>>>>>>>>> a little confusing to me, but it just says, that there is nothing >>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>> be deployed on the managementagent (old speak: gateway) yet. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> About: "The WebUI is there but looks a little odd" >>>>>>>>>> Its a rush GWT port of a commercial UI that has not been open >>>>>>>>>> sourced >>>>>>>>>> by luminis. Currently, Marcel is doing a Vaadlin Version instead - >>>>>>>>>> heard its much more straightforward to develop such a ui than raw >>>>>>>>>> GWT. >>>>>>>>>> So, better we'll wait for him here. But i agree the current webUI >>>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>>> not the best thing since sliced bread. >>>>>>>>>> But it works, i believe there was a screencast on how to use it by >>>>>>>>>> Angelo ? Not sure. If not we should make one. Otherwise its quite >>>>>>>>>> hard >>>>>>>>>> to get started. >>>>>>>>>> As a quick hint: you need to add bundles the repository by copying >>>>>>>>>> them to the upload folder (not sure, its called repository i guess >>>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>>>> the server folder). They should appear on the left column in the >>>>>>>>>> ui. >>>>>>>>>> Also, when running one or more gateways, they should appear in the >>>>>>>>>> UI, >>>>>>>>>> too. >>>>>>>>>> Now you can bring the "two" together by wiring them: create a >>>>>>>>>> group, >>>>>>>>>> drag the artifact (left) on the group, and so on. So its drag an >>>>>>>>>> drop >>>>>>>>>> based. Coloring indicate "wired" pieces. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Bottomline: >>>>>>>>>> Your builds are fine, just the UI needs assistance and/or a >>>>>>>>>> replacement. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Toni >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:31 AM, zoe >>>>>>>>>> slattery<[email protected]> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 05/10/2010 22:59, Hiranya Jayathilaka wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Devs, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> As I understand the two main tutorials available on the website >>>>>>>>>>>> (Getting started with file based server, Getting started with >>>>>>>>>>>> Web UI >>>>>>>>>>>> server) deal with the legacy module in the Ace trunk. So I guess >>>>>>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>>>>> have to build the legacy module using Ant to follow these >>>>>>>>>>>> articles. Am >>>>>>>>>>>> I correct? Are there any similar documents for the Maven based >>>>>>>>>>>> build? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I have exactly the same problem. I followed the build >>>>>>>>>>> instructions for >>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>> maven build, got the server running and the gateway (albeit with >>>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>>> distracting info message every second(?) "Highest remote: null / >>>>>>>>>>> Highest >>>>>>>>>>> local: null") - did not get any further than this so far. The >>>>>>>>>>> WebUI is >>>>>>>>>>> there >>>>>>>>>>> but looks a little odd - I'd like to get the command line >>>>>>>>>>> instructions >>>>>>>>>>> working, any pointers would be much appreciated. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Zoė >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Toni Menzel || http://okidokiteam.com >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Hiranya Jayathilaka >>>>>> Senior Software Engineer; >>>>>> WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.org >>>>>> E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +94 77 633 3491 >>>>>> Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com >>>> >> > > -- Hiranya Jayathilaka Senior Software Engineer; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.org E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +94 77 633 3491 Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com
