The configuration in config.properties currently specifies several directories
to live in ${java.io.tmpdir}, a directory which is set by the java virtual
machine but can be overwritten at startup time (-Djava.io.tmpdir=). On some
systems, that tmp directory will automatically be set to a location that is
automatically being cleaned up upon restart, leading to a loss of data as
Matterhorn stores the default database, the working file repository, the
workspace and other data there.
Even though this setup perfectly suits test installations (no need to fiddle
with write permissions, as tmp directories are usually writable to every user),
people keep running into this issue and wondering where their data went.
As discussed at the last dev meeting, I propose to define the matterhorn tmp
directory to be $FELIX_HOME/tmp. Please let me know if you see issues with this
proposal, otherwise I am going to implement that change for 1.3.x [1]
Tobias
[1] http://opencast.jira.com/browse/MH-8455
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