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16:07 Mahsa
Hi, I have a problem installing Dataverse.
16:07 Mahsa
The install fails where it is deploying the "war" using glassfish
16:08 Mahsa
I am using the "interactive" install
16:09 Mahsa
I have checked the glassfish username pasword and through the ineractive installation
16:09 Mahsa
I am proving the username/pass I have set up for glassfish
16:10 Mahsa
But the installation still fails
16:12 Mahsa
This is where the error starts in the service.log:
16:12 Mahsa
java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot create scratch directory : /usr/local/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1/generated/ejb/dataverse
16:12 Mahsa
at org.glassfish.javaee.core.deployment.JavaEEDeployer.prepare(JavaEEDeployer.java:229)
16:13 Mahsa
The next error reads:
16:13 Mahsa
Exception during lifecycle processing java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot create scratch directory : /usr/local/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1/generated/ejb/dataverse
16:14 Mahsa
Hi Jri
16:14 Mahsa
I am not sure if you remember me from Friday,
16:15 Mahsa
I have made sure I am using the correct user/pass for glassfish when asked during installation
16:15 Mahsa
but the deployment error is still the same
16:15 Mahsa
Actually, there were no problems with my previously glassfish user/pass, I was using admin user with no password
16:16 pameyer
Hi Mahsa
16:16 Mahsa
Hello
16:17 pameyer
when you're referring to the glassfish username/pass; is this an OS account or a glassfish account?
16:17 Mahsa
glassfish account
16:18 Mahsa
So during installation, dataverse asks for my service account
16:18 Mahsa
which by default is set to my username (I do not modify that)
16:18 Mahsa
but later it asks for glassfisg asadmin account
16:18 Mahsa
That is where I provide my glassfish username/pass
16:19 pameyer
have you tried leaving that password empty?
16:19 Mahsa
This is after all the inputs are provided for installation script to start with
16:19 Mahsa
It was actually empty to begin with
16:19 pameyer
I believe that if you haven't configured a password for glassfish, that password is empty
16:19 Mahsa
but I had the same error, I only modified it to make tings work
16:19 Mahsa
that is correct!
16:21 pameyer
ok - am I correct in assuming that you've run the installer multiple times (because of failures)?
16:21 Mahsa
Yes
16:21 Mahsa
but each time I have to provide a new DB name
16:21 Mahsa
that part I figured :-)
16:21 pameyer
have you tried removing the /usr/local/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1/generated/ejb/dataverse directory?
16:22 Mahsa
no , I have not
16:22 pameyer
yeah, the DB names can be an issue
16:22 Mahsa
That is totally fine, that part is very easy to fix
16:22 Mahsa
So you suggest I remove the dataverse directory
16:22 Mahsa
from glassfish
16:22 pameyer
assuming that directory exists, it might be worth removing it and trying again
16:22 pameyer
correct
16:22 Mahsa
and restart the installation and see how it goes ?
16:23 Mahsa
Sure, Iw ill just give it try , Thanks
16:23 pameyer
right - I'll keep my fingers crossed
16:23 Mahsa
me too :-)
16:24 Mahsa
So here is sth inetresting
16:24 Mahsa
there is no dataverse directory in domain1
16:24 Mahsa
:D
16:24 Mahsa
should one be here ?
16:25 pameyer
:) that tells us more about how things are failing.
16:25 Mahsa
That is great
16:25 pameyer
could you try creating that directory with the same account you're using to run the installer?
16:26 pameyer
if that fails, it means that the permissions on your glassfish directory need fixing
16:26 Mahsa
sure, just an empty dataverse dir ?
16:26 pameyer
with that full path (generated/ejb/dataverse)
16:27 pameyer
Mahsa: I've got step out for a few, but I'll be back online later (probably in an hour or so)
16:27 Mahsa
sure
16:27 Mahsa
I will re run the installation, and look into the permissions on glassfish in the meantime
16:27 Mahsa
Thanks Pameyer
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17:01 Mahsa
So, I get a permission error when trying to create a directory in ejb folder
17:01 Mahsa
I need to use sudo for that
17:01 Mahsa
I will look into glassfish to see how I can change permissions for admin
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17:30 pdurbin
Mahsa: hi! Welcome.
17:30 Mahsa
Thank you
17:31 Mahsa
So I need the tema's help sorting telling me how to change glassfish permissions to allow creating directories in ejb folder
17:33 pdurbin
Mahsa: ok. I'm reviewing what we wrote at http://guides.dataverse.org/en/4.9/installation/prerequisites.html#glassfish
17:34 pdurbin
this seems a little weird: chown -R glassfish:glassfish /usr/local/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1
17:34 pdurbin
I think it should say this instead: chown -R glassfish:glassfish /usr/local/glassfish4
17:34 pdurbin
But the idea is that it's more secure to run Glassifish as "glassfish" (a user you create) rather than root.
17:35 pdurbin
Does that make sense?
17:37 Mahsa
I beleive I have run that command already to set the permissions on the domain1 folder
17:37 Mahsa
I will change the permisison on glassfish4 now and will let you know how it goes
17:37 Mahsa
It does make sense
17:37 Mahsa
but it is not a concern for us at this time
17:38 pdurbin
Mahsa: if it's easier to run Glassfish as root temporarily, you could try that.
17:38 Mahsa
we are only assessing the software at this time and have a small internal user group so we are not worried about security at this time
17:38 Mahsa
That sounds like a greta idea
17:38 Mahsa
I will just do that
17:42 pdurbin
Cool, please just remember to switch to an unprivileged user if you go into production.
17:49 Mahsa
For sure, and Thank you very much
17:49 Mahsa
I was just able to finish the installation!
17:50 pdurbin
Mahsa: nice! Dataverse 4.9?
17:50 pameyer
Mahsa: great, congratulations :)
17:53 donsizemore
@pdurbin I did that because the unprivileged user only needs access to domain1
17:54 donsizemore
@pdurbin ^^ write access
17:54 pdurbin
hmm, ok
17:54 donsizemore
@pdurbin it makes the rest of glassfish slightly less hackable
17:55 pdurbin
Yeah, I guess. Seems a bit more complex though.
17:56 donsizemore
@pdurbin the dataverse-ansible role does the same thing with solr
17:57 donsizemore
er, did. i think i ripped it out with the move to 7
18:00 Mahsa
I beleive it is 4.9. Thanks for your help all! I will check things out in a bit.
18:08 pdurbin
cool
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