Using the Web Application Demo

[m***@tcs.com]

Hello folks,

I'm really in a bad spot... I have to make a reccomendation for a back-end
technology and JackRabbit looks like the right thing to use.

The problem is that I can't do a demo. I deploy the
jackrabbit-webapp-1.3.3.war to my web server (WebLogic), create the
repository without bothering to remember the name, and then...

I can't do nothing. I have the basic screen telling me my options, but they
are not helpful. After 10 minutes of guessing, I figure out the
username/password for the web-based view.

There is no doc on the website or in the WAR that gives any indication.

I can't even use JCR Explorer because the JNDI name to lookup is not
displayed anywhere, I am trying to RMI using JCR Controller, but that
doesn't work either (could not connect to the default port). I try to go
through Windows' WEBDAV feature and it tells me that its invalid.
I've just spent 2 hours of cluelessness on this and I'm sure you can
understand my frustration.

Maybe its obvious to an experienced Web Developer, but you can say that I'm
the representative end-user in this case here...

If I can't find a way to make this work I won't be able to reccomend using
this technology. Is there any brainless HOWTO out there that Google didn't
pick up?

Marc-Andre Laverdiere-Papineau
Tata Consultancy Services
Yantra Park -(STPI)
2nd Pokharan Road,
Opp HRD Voltas Center,Subash Nagar
Thane - 400 601,Maharashtra
India
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[ben short]

Hi,

Im not an expert, but it seems that the webapp provides a JCR server
via the WebDAV protocol, so you will need a WebDAV client to access
it.

I can't see that It provides anyother access method.

Ben

Post by m***@tcs.com
Hello folks,
I'm really in a bad spot... I have to make a reccomendation for a back-end
technology and JackRabbit looks like the right thing to use.
The problem is that I can't do a demo. I deploy the
jackrabbit-webapp-1.3.3.war to my web server (WebLogic), create the
repository without bothering to remember the name, and then...
I can't do nothing. I have the basic screen telling me my options, but they
are not helpful. After 10 minutes of guessing, I figure out the
username/password for the web-based view.
There is no doc on the website or in the WAR that gives any indication.
I can't even use JCR Explorer because the JNDI name to lookup is not
displayed anywhere, I am trying to RMI using JCR Controller, but that
doesn't work either (could not connect to the default port). I try to go
through Windows' WEBDAV feature and it tells me that its invalid.
I've just spent 2 hours of cluelessness on this and I'm sure you can
understand my frustration.
Maybe its obvious to an experienced Web Developer, but you can say that I'm
the representative end-user in this case here...
If I can't find a way to make this work I won't be able to reccomend using
this technology. Is there any brainless HOWTO out there that Google didn't
pick up?
Marc-Andre Laverdiere-Papineau
Tata Consultancy Services
Yantra Park -(STPI)
2nd Pokharan Road,
Opp HRD Voltas Center,Subash Nagar
Thane - 400 601,Maharashtra
India
Website: http://www.tcs.com
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[ben short]

Although having said that, in tomcats std out log there is information
about the rmi and jndi configuration.

Here is what i see for the rmi config..

rmiName: jackrabbit.repository
rmiUri //localhost:1099/jackrabbit.repository
rmiPort 1099
rmiHost localhost

Post by ben short
Hi,
Im not an expert, but it seems that the webapp provides a JCR server
via the WebDAV protocol, so you will need a WebDAV client to access
it.
I can't see that It provides anyother access method.
Ben

Post by m***@tcs.com
Hello folks,
I'm really in a bad spot... I have to make a reccomendation for a back-end
technology and JackRabbit looks like the right thing to use.
The problem is that I can't do a demo. I deploy the
jackrabbit-webapp-1.3.3.war to my web server (WebLogic), create the
repository without bothering to remember the name, and then...
I can't do nothing. I have the basic screen telling me my options, but they
are not helpful. After 10 minutes of guessing, I figure out the
username/password for the web-based view.
There is no doc on the website or in the WAR that gives any indication.
I can't even use JCR Explorer because the JNDI name to lookup is not
displayed anywhere, I am trying to RMI using JCR Controller, but that
doesn't work either (could not connect to the default port). I try to go
through Windows' WEBDAV feature and it tells me that its invalid.
I've just spent 2 hours of cluelessness on this and I'm sure you can
understand my frustration.
Maybe its obvious to an experienced Web Developer, but you can say that I'm
the representative end-user in this case here...
If I can't find a way to make this work I won't be able to reccomend using
this technology. Is there any brainless HOWTO out there that Google didn't
pick up?
Marc-Andre Laverdiere-Papineau
Tata Consultancy Services
Yantra Park -(STPI)
2nd Pokharan Road,
Opp HRD Voltas Center,Subash Nagar
Thane - 400 601,Maharashtra
India
Website: http://www.tcs.com
____________________________________________
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[m***@tcs.com]

This is already a huge step forward! I'm able to use JCR controller to
visualize the repository.

It doesn't get me very far, though, since adding content is a problem. Its
a start, at least!

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[Marcel Reutegger]

Post by m***@tcs.com
This is already a huge step forward! I'm able to use JCR controller to
visualize the repository.
It doesn't get me very far, though, since adding content is a problem. Its
a start, at least!

the jackrabbit demo web application in 1.4 comes with a population tool that
automatically downloads documents from the internet based on a seed word and the
results of a google search.

when deployed in tomcat the URL is:
http://localhost:8080/jackrabbit-webapp-1.4-rc1/populate.jsp

regards
marcel

[ben short]

Have a peek at the wiki page [1] theres lots of resources, something
on there might be of help.

[1] http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/JcrLinks

Post by m***@tcs.com
This is already a huge step forward! I'm able to use JCR controller to
visualize the repository.
It doesn't get me very far, though, since adding content is a problem. Its
a start, at least!
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[Marcel Reutegger]

we have recently polished the web application and added documentation. please
try the preview version jukka published:
http://people.apache.org/~jukka/jackrabbit/1.4-rc1/

regards
marcel

Post by m***@tcs.com
Hello folks,
I'm really in a bad spot... I have to make a reccomendation for a back-end
technology and JackRabbit looks like the right thing to use.
The problem is that I can't do a demo. I deploy the
jackrabbit-webapp-1.3.3.war to my web server (WebLogic), create the
repository without bothering to remember the name, and then...
I can't do nothing. I have the basic screen telling me my options, but they
are not helpful. After 10 minutes of guessing, I figure out the
username/password for the web-based view.
There is no doc on the website or in the WAR that gives any indication.
I can't even use JCR Explorer because the JNDI name to lookup is not
displayed anywhere, I am trying to RMI using JCR Controller, but that
doesn't work either (could not connect to the default port). I try to go
through Windows' WEBDAV feature and it tells me that its invalid.
I've just spent 2 hours of cluelessness on this and I'm sure you can
understand my frustration.
Maybe its obvious to an experienced Web Developer, but you can say that I'm
the representative end-user in this case here...
If I can't find a way to make this work I won't be able to reccomend using
this technology. Is there any brainless HOWTO out there that Google didn't
pick up?
Marc-Andre Laverdiere-Papineau
Tata Consultancy Services
Yantra Park -(STPI)
2nd Pokharan Road,
Opp HRD Voltas Center,Subash Nagar
Thane - 400 601,Maharashtra
India
Website: http://www.tcs.com
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[m***@tcs.com]

Looks like it doesn't like BEA :(

[HTTP:101216]Servlet: "RepositoryStartup" failed to preload on startup in
Web application: "jackrabbit-webapp-1.4-rc1.war". java.lang.InternalError:
erroneous handlers at
org.apache.jackrabbit.j2ee.RepositoryStartupServlet.startup(RepositoryStartupServlet.java:237)
at
org.apache.jackrabbit.j2ee.RepositoryStartupServlet.init(RepositoryStartupServlet.java:210)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:256) at
weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:276)
at
weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
at
(... many more such lines)

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