On Jan 24, 2008 12:13 PM, Gian Luca Decurtins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list > > I'm trying to install apache Roller 4.0 on my system. My system is an > OpenSUSE 10.3 Linux installation with apache tomcat 5.5 and Java 1.5 patch > 13. > > With the installation guide [1] I wasn't able to get Roller running. I've > put derby.jar into the /srv/www/tomcat55/base/webapps/roller/WEB-INF/lib > folder.
You should put the Derby jar in the Tomcat common/lib directory so that Tomcat can find it when creating a JDBC connection. > After that I've created > webapps/roller/WEB-INF/classes/roller-custom.properties with the following > content: > > -- 8< -- > installation.type=auto > database.configurationType=jdbc > database.jdbc.driverClass=org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver > database.jdbc.connectionURL=jdbc:derby:/srv/www/tomcat55/base/rollerdb;creat > e=true > mail.configurationType=properties > mail.hostname=localhost > -- >8 -- That doesn't look like a good connection URL. Shouldn't it be something like this: jdbc:derby:file://srv/www/tomcat55/base/rollerdb;create=true But I usually run Derby in it's own process, so I'm not familiar with the embedded DB form of URL. - Dave
