On Mar 11, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Naoufel Chbihi > <naoufel.chb...@ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote: >> Thank you for the explanation, Marius. >> >> So, if I'm installing Xwiki on a system that does not have Internet access, >> should I simply ignore this message? Or can I place the required file(s) in >> a local directory and point Xwiki to that directory? > > It depends what you need. If you don't plan to use the distribution > wizard (you will need to cancel it the first time) or extension > manager then you can ignore it or even better make sure XWiki does not > try to access those repositories by setting > extension.repositories= > in WEB-INF/xwiki.properties. This will tell XWiki there is no > repositories, not even the default ones. > > XWiki can also support a repository you would have on your side but > the hard part would be to get the "required" files, we are not really > talking about a few files to put in some folder. > > The "simplest" would be to mirror http://maven.xwiki.org/releases/ and > that's only if you plan to install nothing else than XAR extensions > release by the XWiki team or by official contrib on Maven (it's enough > for Distribution Wyzard for example). The next level would be to > mirror the Nexus[1] repository on > http://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/content/groups/public/ (best probably > being to use Nexus itself for that). > > Mirroring http://extension.xwiki.org would be quite complex, XWiki > access it using REST, it require a running instance of XWiki > Repository[2] and most of all there is no tool right now do the > synchronization (even if that should not be too hard with a script). And I wouldn't really recommend mirroring any of the xwiki servers since that's going going to be expensive for us and if we find people doing this we will need to take some measures to forbid it (as they did on maven central). Thanks -Vincent > [1] http://www.sonatype.org/nexus/ > [2] > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Repository+Application > >> >> Thank you. >> >> Naoufel >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of >> Marius Dumitru Florea >> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 4:15 AM >> To: XWiki Users >> Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki Enterprise Manager 4.5.1: Editing a user >> profile >> >> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Naoufel Chbihi >> <naoufel.chb...@ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote: >>> Hello Vincent >>> >>> I have tested XWiki Enterprise for a few weeks and now I decided to install >>> Xwiki Enterprise Manager to set up multiple wikis. >>> >>> The steps that you described are correct; that's what I did. When I first >>> accessed the application as an Admin, the Distribution Wizard appeared but >>> it was showing the following message at the bottom: >> >>> "We couldn't find any extension with id >>> 'org.xwiki.manager:xwiki-manager-ui' and version '4.5.1'. Make sure you >>> have the right extension repositories configured." >> >> Assuming you haven't modified xwiki.properties file, this message probably >> means that the Distribution Wizard couldn't connect to the default >> configured extension repositories (extensions.xwiki.org and >> maven.xwiki.org). Above this message you should have a warning message that >> tells you the installation process requires internet access. Make sure the >> default extension repositories are accessible. >> >> Hope this helps, >> Marius >> >>> The only options available were "Skip" and "Cancel". So, I clicked "Skip". >>> >>> I have re-run the Distribution Wizard but I ended up with same thing. How >>> can I prevent the above message from appearing in the Distributon Wizard? >>> Am I missing something? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Naoufel >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On >>> Behalf Of Vincent Massol >>> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 2:16 AM >>> To: XWiki Users >>> Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki Enterprise Manager 4.5.1: Editing a >>> user profile >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Mar 7, 2013, at 9:51 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <naoufel.chb...@ssc-spc.gc.ca> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello >>>> >>>> I have just set up XWiki Enterprise Manager 4.5.1 and installed the >>>> Administration application. I logged in and went to the "Administration: >>>> Users" page. However, when I click on the "Edit" icon to edit a user >>>> profile, the popup area that appears doesn't show any fields. It just >>>> says "For more options to edit this user, please go to the user's profile" >>>> and there is a "Save" and "Cancel" button. There is supposed to be a lot >>>> more here. I think that I'm missing an extension. Does anyone know what >>>> I need to do? >>> >>> so if I understand here's what you did: >>> * you installed the XWiki WAR >>> * you started it and skipped the Distribution Wizard >>> * you downloaded the Admini app XAR from >>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Administration+Ap >>> plication >>> * you went to the admin of your wiki and imported the downloaded admin >>> XAR >>> >>> is that right? >>> >>> This will indeed not work since the admin app has probably several >>> prerequisites it needs. Note that normally those should be listed on >>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Administration+Application >>> but we haven't defined them yet since usually the admin app is installed >>> when you install the XE XAR from the Distribution Wizard. >>> >>> So I'd recommend that you go through the Distribution Wizard and install >>> what it proposes instead. >>> >>> What was your use case? To start with a minimal wiki? >>> >>> Actually what we need to do in the future is to find a way to have the user >>> install the Extension Manager first so that he can then decide exactly what >>> he wishes to install. >>> >>> I'll have a look at what you did to try to define the required deps. >>> >>> Thanks >>> -Vincent _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
