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The version numbers indicated below are from the version of the quickstart distribution as of the last time this page was edited. The version numbers will most likely be diffrent depending on which version you have downloaded |
What is included?
The uPortal-only distribution is downloaded as a zip file which extracts to directory called uPortal_rel-2-5-1.zip . The directory contains the following...
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What do you need to know?
Use of this distribution requires knowledge of J2EE environments and the Ant tool from the Apache Jakarta project.
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- The Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.4 or higher must be installed. For version 2.5.1 and later JDK 1.5 is preferred. JDK version 1.4 is preferred for earlier versions of uPortal.
- JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set.
- The Jakarta-Ant build tool (version 1.6.2 or later).
- A web application environment such as Tomcat or IBM Websphere
- An SQL database such as HypersonicSQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL
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Do not blindly run the ant build against a production database. There are Ant targets in this build Do not blindly run the ant build on a production system. There are Ant targets in this build which Backup your work before running builds. |
For detailed instructions on how to compile and deploy uPortal go to the documentation page at:
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The uPortal system can be deployed such that a database from several different vendors may be used. Installation and configuration information about databases can be found on the:
05 Database Configuration page.
Complete the Installation
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The Logger.properties file comes configured such that the portal.log file is written in a directory relative to where to web application server was started. You may wish to modify the following line such that it references an absolute file page: log4j.appender.R.File=portal.log |
Issues and known problems
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