Extending the bootstrap process - follow on from post: 1516

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lnagra

Follow on from: http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?t=1516

Hi,

I would be interested to know if either felipe or thaneshk got this to work successfully.

I am trying to create spaces and categories at bootstrap in Alfresco ECMS 1.4. We had this working successfully by modifying /alfresco/bootstrap/categories.xml and /alfresco/bootstrap/spaces.xml in Alfresco 1.2.

However, this approach doesn't work very well for upgrading at a later date and it would be nice to try keeping our code seperate from Alfresco's.

I have created a JAR that contains:

alfresco.extension.custom-bootstrap-context.xml
alfresco.extension.bootstrap.custom-categories.xml
alfresco.extension.bootstrap.custom-spaces.xml
alfresco.extension.messages.custom-bootstrap-spaces

The idea is to have the -context.xml read automatically and refer to the custom-categories.xml and custom-spaces.xml

e.g.

alfresco.extension.custom-bootstrap-context.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>

<beans>

   <bean id="spacesBootstrap" parent="spacesStoreImporter">
               <property name="bootstrapViews">
                   <list>
                       <props>
                           <prop key="path">/</prop>
                           <prop key="location">alfresco/extension/bootstrap/custom-spaces.xml</prop>
                           <prop key="messages">alfresco/extension/messages/custom-bootstrap-spaces</prop>
                       </props>
                       <props>
                           <prop key="path">/</prop>
                           <prop key="location">alfresco/extension/bootstrap/custom-categories.xml</prop>
                       </props>
                   </list>
               </property>
   </bean>
   
</beans>
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e.g.

alfresco.extension.bootstrap.custom-spaces.xml

<view:view xmlns:view="http://www.alfresco.org/view/repository/1.0"
           xmlns:cm="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0"
           xmlns:app="http://www.alfresco.org/model/application/1.0">

    <!– NOTE: all replaced properties referenced from repository.properties file must also be
              mapped in the bootstrap-context.xml spacesBootstrap/configuration section –>
   <cm:folder view:childName="${spaces.company_home.childname}">
        <view:acl view:inherit="false">
            <view:ace view:access="ALLOWED">
                <view:authority>GROUP_EVERYONE</view:authority>
                <view:permission>Consumer</view:permission>
            </view:ace>
        </view:acl>
      <app:uifacets />
      <cm:name>${spaces.company_home.name}</cm:name>
      <app:icon>space-icon-default</app:icon>
      <cm:title>${spaces.company_home.name}</cm:title>
      <cm:description>${spaces.company_home.description}</cm:description>
      <cm:contains>
           <cm:folder view:childName="${spaces.published.name}">
                <view:acl view:inherit="false">
                    <view:ace view:access="ALLOWED">
                        <view:authority>guest</view:authority>
                        <view:permission>Consumer</view:permission>
                    </view:ace>
                    <view:ace view:access="ALLOWED">
                        <view:authority>GROUP_EVERYONE</view:authority>
                        <view:permission>Consumer</view:permission>
                    </view:ace>
                </view:acl>
                <app:uifacets />
            <cm:name>${spaces.published.name}</cm:name>
            <app:icon>space-icon-default</app:icon>
            <cm:title>${spaces.published.name}</cm:title>
            <cm:description>${spaces.published.description}</cm:description>
            </cm:folder>
      </cm:contains>
   </cm:folder>

</view:view>
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I've dropped the packaged JAR into a clean Alfresco exploded tomcat install in WEB-INF/lib

They don't appear to show. Is this because the bootstrap has already happened?

Is this approach the recommended method for seperating bootstrap configuration from Alfresco code?

Is there a way to force the bootstrap to occur?

Many thanks,

Lakhdip

lnagra

This now seems to get past the bootstrap process and use my extension.
However, Alfresco presents the login screen and upon submitting valid login credentials I get the following error:

javax.faces.FacesException: Error calling action method of component with id loginForm:submit
at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:74)
at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:106)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._broadcastForPhase(UIViewRoot.java:90)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:164)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.invokeApplication(LifecycleImpl.java:316)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:86)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:86)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: Exception while invoking expression #{LoginBean.login}
at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:153)
at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:63)
… 23 more
Caused by: org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: Required people system path not found: /sys:system/sys:people
at org.alfresco.repo.security.person.PersonServiceImpl.getPeopleContainer(PersonServiceImpl.java:275)
at org.alfresco.repo.security.person.PersonServiceImpl.createPerson(PersonServiceImpl.java:264)
at org.alfresco.repo.security.person.PersonServiceImpl.createMissingPerson(PersonServiceImpl.java:244)
at org.alfresco.repo.security.person.PersonServiceImpl.getPerson(PersonServiceImpl.java:112)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:335)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:181)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:148)
at org.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:116)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
at net.sf.acegisecurity.intercept.method.aopalliance.MethodSecurityInterceptor.invoke(MethodSecurityInterceptor.java:80)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
at org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions.impl.ExceptionTranslatorMethodInterceptor.invoke(ExceptionTranslatorMethodInterceptor.java:41)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditComponentImpl.auditImpl(AuditComponentImpl.java:210)
at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditComponentImpl.audit(AuditComponentImpl.java:156)
at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditMethodInterceptor.invoke(AuditMethodInterceptor.java:61)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:176)
at $Proxy45.getPerson(Unknown Source)
at org.alfresco.web.bean.LoginBean.login(LoginBean.java:297)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:129)
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Any pointers or help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,