ALSO: refer to this piost for a gotcha: http://www.nabble.com/jcr-rmi-problems-tf3928960.html#a11143397
qcfireball wrote: > > 1 - install jackrabbit into your app container > note: you will get some errors in the appserver logfile. this is due to > the fact that the repository > is not yet setup. > > 2 - BEFORE you view the URL > "http://{your-hostname-here}:{your-port-here}/jackrabbit-webapp-1.3/"; > edit the following file: > {your-appserver-path}/webapps/jackrabbit-webapp-1.3/WEB-INF/templates/bootstrap.properties > and make sure the following entries have the proper values: > > rmi.port={your-rmi-port-here} > rmi.host={your-hostname-here} > repository.home={your/repository/location/here} > repository.name={your.repository.name.here} > > some notes on these values: > --------------------------- > a) using a port value of zero implies port 1099 > b) for repository.home, it seems you can provide a relative path or an > absolute path. what happened to me was, > i used a value of "jackrabbit/repository". bacause i used tomcat, and the > start script runs out of the "bin" > directory, my repository is located in > "/opt/tomcat/bin/jackrabbit/repository" > > > 3 - create the following file in the > {your-appserver-path}/webapps/jackrabbit-webapp-1.3/META-INF/context.xml > > <Context path="/jackrabbit-webapp-1.3"> > <Resource name="jcr/repository" > auth="Container" > type="javax.jcr.Repository" > > factory="org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.client.ClientRepositoryFactory" > > url="//{your-hostname-here}:{your-rmi-port-here}/{your.repository.name.here}" > /> > </Context> > > i am not sure if this file is entirely required. it was mentioned in a > post somewhere. i used it because i > was having problems, and they seemed to go away after creating this file. > > > 4 - navigate to the URL > http://{your-hostname-here}:{your-port-here}/jackrabbit-webapp-1.3/ > this time you will see an "error" saying that your repository is not yet > created. The message is as follows: > > Error while accessing the repository: The repository is not available. > Check the configuration or use the easy setup wizard. > > > > keep in mind, that what you enter in the text box next to: > > Repository Home: > > must be reflected in the seetings discussed above. for example, i > enetered "jackrabbit", and it created the > directory i mentioned above. > > click the "create" button. > > your repository is now setup > > 5 - you can now connect to your repository. Make sure you have the > jackrabbit-jcr-rmi-1.3.jar AND > jcr-1.0.jar > in your classpath. code to connect is something like this: > > > import javax.jcr.Node; > import javax.jcr.Property; > import javax.jcr.Workspace; > import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeType; > import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeTypeManager; > import org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.client.ClientRepositoryFactory; > import javax.jcr.Repository; > import javax.jcr.Session; > import javax.jcr.SimpleCredentials; > import org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.client.ClientNodeTypeManager; > > > private static final void quickConnect() { > final String sServer = "kelleher-home"; > final String sPort = "1099"; > final String sRepo = "jackrabbit.repository"; > final String sUrl = "//" + sServer + ":" + sPort + "/" + > sRepo; > final String sWorkspace = "default"; > > try { > final ClientRepositoryFactory factory = new > ClientRepositoryFactory(); > final Repository r = factory.getRepository(sUrl); > > final SimpleCredentials sc = new > SimpleCredentials("anonymous", "".toCharArray()); > final Session sess = r.login(sc, sWorkspace); > final Workspace wksp = sess.getWorkspace(); > final NodeTypeManager ntm = wksp.getNodeTypeManager(); > final ClientNodeTypeManager cntm = (ClientNodeTypeManager) > ntm; > log("Everything executed without error."); > } catch (Exception ex) { > ex.printStackTrace(); > } > } > > I have not, as of yet, been able to get things working thru a firewall. > For example, I wanted to connect to my repository at home. This involved > going thru our proxy server at work (which doesn't seem to be a problem, > maybe), and thru my firewall at home. I am using port forwarding at home. > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Quick-RMI-Howto-for-those-in-need-tf3960611.html#a11239282 Sent from the Jackrabbit - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
