Re: Issues with Ofbiz 9.04

[Jacques Le Roux]

Quick answers inline...

Kapil garg wrote:
hello there
We are an ecommerce company looking if Ofbiz is the right choice fo rus
I have following questions on Ofbiz
1) For an existing ecommerce application running  war files in production to be 
migrated to Ofbiz, what is the recommeded
approach?
Build from scratch to get existing JSF2/Seam applications running in 
screens/widgets form?
IS there a way to convert exisint JSF2/JSPS in widgets or screens?

I don't know any means to convert existing JSF2/JSPs to OFBiz widgets

2)We just have one schema. how do we add the entity models for different 
applications within OFbiz to existing schema?

Just add you entities as OFBiz entities definitions. Also if you have seed data 
follow the OFBiz way to load them

3) Is it possible to run Ofbiz under tomcat? IS it recommeneded?

Possible, not the recommend way, Tomcat embededd is recommended. If you have other applications you can run from (in) OFBiz 
hot-deploy.

Jacques

3)
Trying to run ofbiz under tomcat following the instructions on
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Tomcat
I get the following error on both tomcat 5.5 and 6. ANy one to help?
D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\bin>catalina.bat run
Using CATALINA_BASE:   D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31
Using CATALINA_HOME:   D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\temp
Using JRE_HOME:        C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0
Using CLASSPATH:       D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\bin\bootstrap.jar
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:08 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library 1.1.20.
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: APR capabilities: IPv6 [true], sendfile [true], accept filters [false], r
ndom [true].
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8443
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 3032 ms
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.31
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start
INFO: XML validation disabled
Oct 29, 2010 2:31:21 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:00 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/oagis] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/facility] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/accounting] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/assetmaint] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ExpandWar copy
SEVERE: Error copying D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\specialpurpose\cmssite\webapp\ofbiz
to D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\temp\4-ofbiz
java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\specialpurpose\cmssite\web
pp\ofbiz (The system cannot find the file specified)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ExpandWar.copy(ExpandWar.java:308)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.antiLocking(ContextConfig.
ava:966)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.beforeStart(ContextConfig.
ava:1013)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConf
g.java:263)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecyc
eSupport.java:120)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:
043)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:44
)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:
48)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:70
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcce
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart
SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\special
urpose\cmssite\webapp\ofbiz does not exist or is not a readable directory
        at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext
java:141)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardCont
xt.java:3895)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:
064)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:44
)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:
48)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:70
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcce
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error in resourceStart()
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error getConfigured
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/ofbiz] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext stop
INFO: Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[
ofbiz] has not been started
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/hhfacility] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/manufacturing] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/bi] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/webpos] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/workeffort] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/ecomclone] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/catalog] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/sfa] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:30 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/ar] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/example] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:41 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:41 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/marketing] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/partymgr] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/humanres] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/ebay] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/content] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/ap] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:47 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:47 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/ecommerce] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/projectmgr] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/exampleext] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/ismgr] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:32:59 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/webtools] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ExpandWar copy
SEVERE: Error copying D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\applications\workeffort\webapp\
ndar to D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\temp\34-iCalendar
java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\applications\workeffor
app\iCalendar (The system cannot find the file specified)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ExpandWar.copy(ExpandWar.java:308)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.antiLocking(ContextCon
ava:966)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.beforeStart(ContextCon
ava:1013)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(Context
g.java:263)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lif
eSupport.java:120)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.j
043)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:73
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.jav
)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.j
48)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.jav
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesS
SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\app
ions\workeffort\webapp\iCalendar does not exist or is not a readable direct
        at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirCon
java:141)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(Standard
xt.java:3895)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.j
064)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:73
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.jav
)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.j
48)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.jav
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error in resourceStart()
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error getConfigured
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/iCalendar] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext stop
INFO: Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhos
iCalendar] has not been started
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/cmssite] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/googlebase] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/myportal] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/ordermgr] startup failed due to previous errors
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:16 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:16 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8443
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:16 PM org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:17 PM org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreLoader load
INFO: Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource
Oct 29, 2010 2:34:17 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 186750 ms


Kapil Garg