JA-SIG Day1 Notes: uPortal for Implementators (not verified)

This is my notes. The official presentation slides will be at:

http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JCON/Denver+2007+presentations

Version: uPortal 2.6 (uPortal_rel-2-6-0-RC2 that includes the HSQL already)

ref: http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/UPC/uPortal+2+Implementors

1. edit build.properties --> server.home ==> /opt/uportal (my path)
   
2. under the source tree:
   ant hsql
   => rdbm.properties
   
3. under the source tree root:
   ant initportal
   The uPortal should be deployed already. I had to restart tomcat
   
   For updates: ant deploy
   
   
4. Users (User Name + Attributes) and Groups and Layout
   
1. User name and password for auth.
   
2. Groups
   
3. Layouts (what you allow to see)
4. Permissions (what you allow to do for what you allow to see)
5. Security Context => security.properties
1. Single Source
   # This is the factory that supplies the concrete authentication class
   root=org.jasig.portal.security.provider.TrustSecurityContextFactory
   # Trust allows you to use any user name and password
   #root=org.jasig.portal.security.provider.SimpleSecurityContextFactory
2. Union Source
   ## This is the factory that supplies the concrete authentication class
   #root=org.jasig.portal.security.provider.UnionSecurityContextFactory
   #root.cas=org.jasig.portal.security.provider.cas.CasFilteredSecurityContextFactory
   #root.simple=org.jasig.portal.security.provider.SimpleSecurityContextFactory
6. Personal Attributes ==> personalDirectory.xml
   "mergedPersonAttributeDao" class="org.jasig.portal.services.persondir.support.MergingPersonAttributeDaoImpl"
   
7. Groups ==> Groups/*
1. PAG --> allowing link to external group, i.e. LDAP/AD or logical group configurations. PAGSGroupStoreConfig.xml
8. Layout ==> dlm.xml
   To enable AJAX== > dlmContext.xml -> This is turned off by default!
   * Look into this more ..
   
9. Permissions Manager
   
10. Add a new channel or portlet:
1. source/ -> add the source code to uPortal dist source code directory
2. webapges/dtd -> add the DTD files
   
3. or anything else
4. ant deploy
5. Channels can be configured from properties/chanpub/
   * copy channel manager and make modifications
   and do: ant pubchan
   
6. Portlet --> see example Bookmark portlet..
   Portlets are bringing by a channel
1. copy the portlet war file to lib/portlets/ directory
2. ant deployPortletApp