First let me say I have not been in this list for a while. My interest in OFBiz has been renewed.
1. Database Setup: I was able to setup OFBiz 13.07 to use MySql (MariaDB) successfully following the documentation. Now that I would like to work with the latest code 16.11 I followed the Gradle docs which state the same process but there is no ${ofbiz install dir}/framework/entity/lib/jdbc directory. The system works perfectly fine with the derby database but I cannot find any way to use an alternate database? (Like I said, confused) 2. IP configurations: I was able to get OFBiz (ant and gradle) to respond to my hostname properly by modifying ${ofbiz install dir}/framework/webapp/config/url.properties and set the host name for 8443 and 8080. I see many posts and web articles referencing ${ofbiz install dir}/framework/base/config/ofbiz-containers.xml to set the IP address of the system. i.e. to configure OFBiz with NGINX. Editing this file I see no reference to <property name=“address” value=“0.0.0.0”/> in this file. #1 is probably the most pressing for us. As we see this a required for a production system.