hello there We are an ecommerce company looking if Ofbiz is the right choice fo rus I have following questions on Ofbiz 1) For an existing ecommerce application running war files in production to be migrated to Ofbiz, what is the recommeded approach? Build from scratch to get existing JSF2/Seam applications running in screens/widgets form? IS there a way to convert exisint JSF2/JSPS in widgets or screens?
2)We just have one schema. how do we add the entity models for different applications within OFbiz to existing schema? 3) Is it possible to run Ofbiz under tomcat? IS it recommeneded? 3) Trying to run ofbiz under tomcat following the instructions on https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Tomcat I get the following error on both tomcat 5.5 and 6. ANy one to help? D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\bin>catalina.bat run Using CATALINA_BASE: D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31 Using CATALINA_HOME: D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\temp Using JRE_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0 Using CLASSPATH: D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\bin\bootstrap.jar Oct 29, 2010 2:31:08 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init INFO: Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library 1.1.20. Oct 29, 2010 2:31:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init INFO: APR capabilities: IPv6 [true], sendfile [true], accept filters [false], r ndom [true]. Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8443 Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009 Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 3032 ms Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start INFO: Starting service Catalina Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.31 Oct 29, 2010 2:31:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start INFO: XML validation disabled Oct 29, 2010 2:31:21 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:00 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/oagis] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/facility] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/accounting] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/assetmaint] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ExpandWar copy SEVERE: Error copying D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\specialpurpose\cmssite\webapp\ofbiz to D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\temp\4-ofbiz java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\specialpurpose\cmssite\web pp\ofbiz (The system cannot find the file specified) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ExpandWar.copy(ExpandWar.java:308) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.antiLocking(ContextConfig. ava:966) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.beforeStart(ContextConfig. ava:1013) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConf g.java:263) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecyc eSupport.java:120) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java: 043) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:44 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java: 48) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:70 ) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcce sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433) Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart SEVERE: Error starting static Resources java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\special urpose\cmssite\webapp\ofbiz does not exist or is not a readable directory at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext java:141) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardCont xt.java:3895) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java: 064) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:44 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java: 48) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:70 ) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcce sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433) Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error in resourceStart() Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error getConfigured Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/ofbiz] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext stop INFO: Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[ ofbiz] has not been started Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/hhfacility] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/manufacturing] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/bi] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/webpos] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/workeffort] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/ecomclone] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/catalog] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/sfa] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:30 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/ar] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/example] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:41 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:41 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/marketing] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/partymgr] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/humanres] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/ebay] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/content] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/ap] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:47 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:47 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/ecommerce] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/projectmgr] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/exampleext] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:32:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/ismgr] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:32:59 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:34:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/webtools] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ExpandWar copy SEVERE: Error copying D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\applications\workeffort\webapp\ ndar to D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.31\temp\34-iCalendar java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\applications\workeffor app\iCalendar (The system cannot find the file specified) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ExpandWar.copy(ExpandWar.java:308) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.antiLocking(ContextCon ava:966) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.beforeStart(ContextCon ava:1013) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(Context g.java:263) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lif eSupport.java:120) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.j 043) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java: at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:73 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java: at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.jav ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.j 48) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.jav ) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433) Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesS SEVERE: Error starting static Resources java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base D:\apache-ofbiz-09.04\app ions\workeffort\webapp\iCalendar does not exist or is not a readable direct at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirCon java:141) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(Standard xt.java:3895) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.j 064) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java: at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:73 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java: at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.jav ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.j 48) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.jav ) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433) Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error in resourceStart() Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error getConfigured Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/iCalendar] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext stop INFO: Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhos iCalendar] has not been started Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/cmssite] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/googlebase] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:34:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/myportal] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:34:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2010 2:34:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/ordermgr] startup failed due to previous errors Oct 29, 2010 2:34:16 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol start INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Oct 29, 2010 2:34:16 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol start INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8443 Oct 29, 2010 2:34:16 PM org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol start INFO: Starting Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009 Oct 29, 2010 2:34:17 PM org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreLoader load INFO: Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource Oct 29, 2010 2:34:17 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 186750 ms Kapil Garg
