Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

["Imholz, John J." <>]

I've got an initial setup of grouper for our institution (at least the 
command line interface is working.)  My host machine is Ubuntu, the database 
is SQL Server.

While I've seen a few "getting started" docs on-line (which have been very 
helpful,) I haven't come across anything that indicates any best practices 
for the server configuration/administration.

I'm looking for advice on what to put where.

For example, I've set up a SVN working copy of:  
http://anonsvn.internet2.edu/svn/i2mi/branches/GROUPER_1_5_BRANCH in 
/usr/local/grouper

Example questions:

Is that a good idea?  

Should I have just svn exported the repo into /usr/lib/tomcat/webapps ?

Should I symbolic link the UI into /usr/lib/tomcat/webapps ?

How will I deal with upodates in the repo, since I have to modify some of 
them?  Maybe files that will be edited at implementation shouldn't be in the 
repo only templates (*.tmplate) of them?

Did I miss a guide that might help me with this setup?  (while there is an 
"Overview" it's an overview of the directory structure within Grouper, not 
how that should be put on the server.)

I should note that my unfamiliarity of Java/Tomcat may be what's causing some 
of my confusion. 



jji