*over a https channel
On 31 January 2014 09:56, Vishwas Babu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Tod,
>
> >>Is SSL required?
> Yes, by design the platform can only be accessed over a http channel.
> However, I would think that we are open to having a discussion about having
> a build without this restriction.
>
> @ Keith, John
> What are your views on this?
>
> >>Here is the error I am getting, in Firefox, when I attempt to launch
> Mifos X.
> Could you please share your tomcat logs?
>
> Regards,
> Vishwas
>
>
>
>
>
> On 30 January 2014 13:56, Todd Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello, Mifos community.
>>
>>
>> I have recently begun volunteering with Mifos, and I am currently working
>> on the Windows Installation Guide for Mifos X (see project page
>> here<https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/MIFOSX/Windows+Installation+Guide+for+Mifos+X>in
>> the documentation wiki). Many thanks to Ed Cable for helping me get
>> started.
>>
>> As part of learning Mifos X and writing this installation guide, I have
>> installed Mifos X on my own personal machine, a Windows 7 laptop. I am
>> following the technical installation guide
>> here<https://github.com/openMF/mifosx/blob/develop/INSTALL.md>
>> .
>>
>> I am experiencing an error in my installation. Please assist me in
>> getting Mifos X running on my machine.
>>
>>
>> Below are a few relevant notes:
>>
>>
>> (1) I have a fairly technical background, but am not specifically an
>> engineer or IT person.
>>
>>
>> (2) I would like to use this process to learn about the support provided
>> via this mailing list. If possible, please help me get Mifos X running
>> using techniques that a non-technical but computer-savvy user would be
>> capable of. (If this is not currently possible, that is fine for now -- it
>> is just a preference that would assist in my documentation work for
>> non-technical users.)
>>
>>
>> (3) Once I get my personal installation running, I will have several
>> technical questions that Ed has asked me to post to this mailing list.
>> These questions relate to writing the non-technical Windows Installation
>> Guide for Mifos X. I will ask these questions on a separate post, once I
>> get my own installation running.
>>
>>
>> (4) There is one technical question I need to bring up now. I am
>> attempting to run Mifos X without SSL, in order to simulate a non-technical
>> user's environment (and also, it's been years since I configured SSL on a
>> web server, so I would prefer to skip that step on my own machine).
>>
>> Here is my question to Ed about this, and his response:
>>
>> Todd: Is SSL required? --- This appears to add quite a bit of
>> complexity to the installation process. I assume the target audience for
>> the Windows install doc will run Mifos on a single computer, or across
>> their local private network, which presumably has already been secured.
>>
>> Ed: I think this is a fantastic question to pose to the mailing list. I
>> was surprised that for any installation we required SSL by default and we
>> should have an open discussion on the mailing list about that. The target
>> audience for this would be those who are installing on a single computer or
>> local network. Where we're looking to scale deployments the most is through
>> our partners, who should be capable enough to configure SSL for their
>> production installs.
>>
>> I bring up this topic in case my lack of SSL usage is negatively
>> affecting my personal Mifos X installation (other than the obvious lack of
>> encryption without SSL).
>>
>>
>> (5) I previous had an all-in-one WAMP stack on my machine, called Uniform
>> Server <http://www.uniformserver.com/>. This was useful for some PHP
>> web apps I was writing, but caused problems with the Mifos X install
>> (especially MySQL) and was very difficult to remove. I believe I have
>> completely removed all traces of Uniform Server, including registry
>> entries, and MySQL is now running fine. I do not think this is related to
>> the error I am getting when launching Mifos, but I wanted to mention for
>> full disclosure.
>>
>>
>> (6) Here is the error I am getting, in Firefox, when I attempt to launch
>> Mifos X.
>>
>> ( URL =
>> http://127.0.0.1:8080/mifosng-provider/api/v1/offices?tenantIdentifier=default&pretty=true)
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>> HTTP Status 404 - /mifosng-provider/api/v1/offices
>>
>> type Status report
>>
>> message /mifosng-provider/api/v1/offices
>>
>> description The requested resource is not available.
>>
>> Apache Tomcat/7.0.47
>> ----------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Todd Robinson
>> Oregon, USA
>>
>>
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