FreeBSD : alfresco + jdk1.5.0 + mysql = no joy
I was playing with Alfresco on FreeBSD 6.3 with no success. With mysql 5 and jdk1.5 installed from the FreeBSD ports, I downloaded alfresco community version 2.1.0 which bundled with tomcat and mysql-java-connector 5.0.3. Alfresco ran fine with default setup with minimum configuration for data, index and logging paths.
If I changed db to MySQL and restarted the alfresco tomcat, it failed to start alfresco web client. It complains of missing modules. Too bad I don’t speak much of Java. Seymores, the Java guy, advised me to give it a try on Linux and I managed to get it running within 20 minutes. Everything works like charm.
Anyone has had experience with Alfresco on FreeBSD? Please shed some light.
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
