Can anyone help?
I have setup a new Ubuntu server and installed Mysql 5 and Alfresco 3 stable. Before starting Alfresco, I edited the custom-repository.properties to change the database directory to mysql, remove the Derby config and add the mysql. I also edited the custom-hiberate-dialect.properties file to remove Derby and add Mysql. Then I edited the Alfresco.sh to configure the JAVA_HOME.
When I start up, tomcat runs (I tested it with an index.html file), but Alfresco fails with a 404 error. From everything I have read, it appears that the mysql-connector-java-5.0.3-bin.jar was missing. I downloaded this and placed it in the /tomcat/lib folder, but I am not sure how it gets called? In anycase, it still does not work.
One last point, Before doing this clean install, I did the standard Derby install and it worked, so it is definitely something to do with the mysql connection. I can connect manually to the Alfresco database, so I know that the MYsql itself is okay.