Author: wsmoak
Date: Fri Mar 26 20:51:40 2010
New Revision: 928055
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=928055&view=rev
Log:
Improve instructions for separating the installation and configuration. Other
minor edits.
Modified:
archiva/trunk/archiva-docs/src/site/apt/adminguide/standalone.apt
Modified: archiva/trunk/archiva-docs/src/site/apt/adminguide/standalone.apt
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/archiva/trunk/archiva-docs/src/site/apt/adminguide/standalone.apt?rev=928055&r1=928054&r2=928055&view=diff
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--- archiva/trunk/archiva-docs/src/site/apt/adminguide/standalone.apt (original)
+++ archiva/trunk/archiva-docs/src/site/apt/adminguide/standalone.apt Fri Mar
26 20:51:40 2010
@@ -41,22 +41,24 @@ Installing Standalone Distribution of Ap
* Separating the base from the installation
- The standalone instance of Archiva uses the Plexus application server, which
is capable of separating it's configuration from installation,
- in much the same way Tomcat does for example.
+ The standalone installation of Archiva is capable of separating its
configuration from installation
+ in much the same way Tomcat does.
This is achieved by the following steps:
- [[1]] Creating the base location. For example, you might install Archiva in
<<</opt/archiva-1.0>>> and the data in <<</var/archiva>>>. Create the
directories <<</var/archiva/logs>>>, <<</var/archiva/data>>> and
<<</var/archiva/conf>>>.
+ [[1]] Create the base location. For example, you might install Archiva in
<<</opt/archiva-1.4>>> and the data in <<</var/archiva>>>. Create the
directories <<</var/archiva/logs>>>, <<</var/archiva/data>>> and
<<</var/archiva/conf>>>.
- [[2]] Copy the configuration files from the Archiva installation (eg
<<</opt/archiva-1.0/conf>>> to the new location (eg. <<</var/archiva/conf>>>).
If you've previously run Archiva, you may need to edit <<<conf/archiva.xml>>>
to change the location of the repositories
+ [[2]] Move the configuration files from the Archiva installation (e.g.
<<</opt/archiva-1.4/conf>>> to the new location (e.g. <<</var/archiva/conf>>>).
If you've previously run Archiva, you may need to edit <<<conf/archiva.xml>>>
to change the location of the repositories.
- [[3]] Set the environment variable <<<ARCHIVA_BASE>>> to the data location
(eg. <<</var/archiva>>>). In bash, be sure to export the variable.
+ [[3]] (Optionally, leave a README file in the old conf location as a
reminder of where you moved the config files.)
- [[4]] Start Archiva standalone as described above from the installation
location
+ [[4]] Set the environment variable <<<ARCHIVA_BASE>>> to the new location
(e.g. <<</var/archiva>>>). In bash, be sure to export the variable.
+
+ [[5]] Start Archiva standalone as described above from the installation
location
* Configuring Archiva
- Archiva's configuration is loaded from the following files, in order of most
precedent:
+ Archiva's configuration is loaded from the following files, in order of
precedence:
* <<<~/.m2/archiva.xml>>>
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ Installing Standalone Distribution of Ap
* <<<conf/archiva.xml>>> in the Archiva installation
- When Archiva saves it's configuration, all configuration is stored to a
single file. The file chosen is by the following rules:
+ When Archiva saves its configuration, all configuration is stored in a
single file. The file chosen is by the following rules:
* If <<<~/.m2/archiva.xml>>> exists, it is saved there
