On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Naoufel Chbihi < naoufel.chb...@ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
> I think that the simplest solution in my scenario is to edit the > xwiki.properties file and leave the extension.repositories property empty, > as suggested. As long as the data is migrated properly to the new release, > I don't think that I need to run the distribution wizard. > > What does the Distribution Wizard do? It seems that it's mostly used for > migrating extensions, but I'm not sure what else it does. > Right now it install/upgrades all wiki pages (what you import as a XAR when you don't use it). In XWiki world everything is extensions working with each other. > Thank you. > > Naoufel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On Behalf > Of Vincent Massol > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:09 AM > To: XWiki Users > Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki Enterprise Manager 4.5.1: Editing a user > profile > > > 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+Applic > > ation > > > >> > >> 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+Applicationbut > 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 > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
