Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Shannon Roddy <>]

With the files staged in the target directory, the installer will prompt
for one to use local files.  However, when the installer looks for
patches, it will still reach out to the network and then die when it
can't find "the next" patch file.  For example, if there are 25 patches
staged in the install directory (the number found at
http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/patches/), once the
installer has installed patch #25, it tries to download a nonexistent
patch #26 and times out.

Our workaround was to set

download.server.url = http://localhost/

and then stage all the files in /var/www/html/...

In this case, the installer presumably receives a 404 error from Apache,
and then assumes it has all the patches rather than continuing to look
for patch #26.

Can the installer be updated to either

A) make use of a http_proxy?
B) not fail on attempting to download a non-existent patch?

Thanks,
Shannon

On 9/16/15 4:49 PM, Shannon Roddy wrote:
> I think I figured out the problem.  The download files need to be
> mirrored in the target directory of the install, not the source
> (working) directory that the installer is run from.  This is quite
> counter-intuitive to me.
> 
> We'll continue testing and see if we can get it going with the above.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shannon
> 
> On 9/16/15 3:02 PM, Chris Hyzer wrote:
>> Try to do everything the install, and the files and everything in the same 
>> directory.  Send me the output if it doesn’t work, I will take a look 
>> tonight.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Shannon Roddy 
>> [mailto:]
>>  
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 2:59 PM
>> To: Chris Hyzer; 
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [grouper-users] Grouper installer without network connectivity
>>
>> Thanks, Chris.  Unfortunately though, it still fails.  Do the files need
>> to be in a special directory or something?  I.e. is there a hardcoded
>> path for the locally downloaded files?  They are in the same working
>> directory as I run the installer from at present.
>>
>> #cat grouper.installer.properties
>>
>> # this should be before the version number
>> #download.server.url = http://localhost:8090/grouper-ws/temp
>> download.server.url = http://software.internet2.edu/grouper
>>
>> # default version to install
>> grouper.version = 2.2.1
>>
>> # if should use local files only for development
>> grouperInstaller.useLocalFilesOnlyForDevelopment = t
>>
>> # java -cp .:grouperInstaller.jar
>> edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.GrouperInstaller
>> Do you want to 'install' a new installation of grouper, 'upgrade' an
>> existing installation,
>>   'patch' an existing installation, or 'createPatch' for Grouper developers
>>   (enter: 'install', 'upgrade', 'patch', 'createPatch' or blank for the
>> default) [install]:
>> Enter in the Grouper install directory (note: better if no spaces or
>> special chars) [/usr/local/src/grouper]: /opt/local
>> Enter the default IP address for checking ports (just hit enter to
>> accept the default unless on a machine with no network, might want to
>> change to 127.0.0.1): [0.0.0.0]:
>> Installing grouper version: 2.2.1
>> ............Sep 16, 2015 2:52:28 PM
>> edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstallerExt.org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector
>> executeMethod
>> INFO: I/O exception (java.net.ConnectException) caught when processing
>> request: Connection timed out
>> Sep 16, 2015 2:52:28 PM
>> edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstallerExt.org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector
>> executeMethod
>> INFO: Retrying request
>> .^C
>>
>> On 9/16/15 2:45 PM, Chris Hyzer wrote:
>>> I updated the wiki with new instructions that work :)
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>         Running without network
>>>
>>> The Grouper installer requires the internet to download the Grouper
>>> tarballs.  If you want to run this without the network, download all the
>>> tarballs (example links for 2.2.1) (installer
>>> <http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/grouperInstaller.jar>, 
>>> apiBinary
>>> <http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/grouper.apiBinary-2.2.1.tar.gz>,
>>>  ui
>>> <http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/grouper.ui-2.2.1.tar.gz>,ws
>>> <http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/grouper.ws-2.2.1.tar.gz>, 
>>> client
>>> <http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/grouper.clientBinary-2.2.1.tar.gz>,
>>>  psp
>>> <http://software.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/grouper.psp-2.2.1.tar.gz>)
>>> and the subjects file
>>> <http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/subjects.sql> (into
>>> subjects.sql), and quickstart file
>>> <http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/quickstart.xml> (into
>>> quickstart.xml), ant
>>> <http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/downloads/tools/apache-ant-1.8.2-bin.tar.gz>,
>>>  tomcat
>>> <http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/downloads/tools/apache-tomcat-6.0.35.tar.gz>
>>>  to
>>> the install directory.  Download all the patches
>>> <http://software.internet2.edu/grouper/release/2.2.1/patches/>.  When
>>> the script asks if you want to use the local files, type: t (or just
>>> <Enter> since the default is t)
>>>
>>> Make a grouper.installer.properties
>>>
>>> |#| |this| |should be before the version number|
>>>
>>> |#download.server.url = http://localhost:8090/grouper-ws/temp|
>>>
>>> |download.server.url = http://software.internet2.edu/grouper|
>>>
>>> | |
>>>
>>> |#| |default| |version to install|
>>>
>>> |grouper.version =| |2.2.1|
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> |#| |if| |should use local files only| |for| |development|
>>>
>>> |grouperInstaller.useLocalFilesOnlyForDevelopment = t|
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Run the installer like this (note use a semicolon instead of a colon on
>>> windows):
>>>
>>> |java -cp .:grouperInstaller.jar
>>> edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.GrouperInstaller|
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 
>>> 
>>> [mailto:]
>>>  On Behalf Of Shannon Roddy
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 12:50 PM
>>> To: 
>>> 
>>> Subject: [grouper-users] Grouper installer without network connectivity
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> According to the grouper wiki one can install grouper using local copies
>>>
>>> of the install files if the target machine does not have networking, or
>>>
>>> as in our case, is on a RFC1918 address space which is not NAT'd or
>>>
>>> routable to the public Internet.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Running without network
>>>
>>> The Grouper installer requires the internet to download the Grouper
>>>
>>> tarballs.  If you want to run this without the network, download all the
>>>
>>> tarballs (example links for 2.0.2) (apiBinary, ui, ws, client) and the
>>>
>>> subjects file (into subjects.sql), and quickstart file (into
>>>
>>> quickstart.xml), ant, tomcat to the install directory.  When the script
>>>
>>> asks if you want to use the local files, type: t (or just <Enter> since
>>>
>>> the default is t)
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> We have downloaded all of the files as documented above, but the
>>>
>>> installer never prompts for local files to be used.  See below:
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> # ls -1
>>>
>>> grouper.api-2.2.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>> grouper.apiBinary-2.2.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>> grouper.client-2.2.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>> grouper.clientBinary-2.2.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>> grouper.installer-2.2.1
>>>
>>> grouper.installer-2.2.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>> grouper.installer-2.2.1.tar.gz.20141115
>>>
>>> grouperInstaller.jar
>>>
>>> grouperInstaller.jar.20141115
>>>
>>> grouper.psp-2.2.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>> grouper.ui-2.2.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>> grouper.ws-2.2.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>> index.html
>>>
>>> patches
>>>
>>> patches.1
>>>
>>> quickstart.xml
>>>
>>> subjects.sql
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> # java -jar grouperInstaller.jar
>>>
>>> Do you want to 'install' a new installation of grouper, 'upgrade' an
>>>
>>> existing installation,
>>>
>>>   'patch' an existing installation, or 'createPatch' for Grouper 
>>> developers
>>>
>>>   (enter: 'install', 'upgrade', 'patch', 'createPatch' or blank for the
>>>
>>> default) [install]:
>>>
>>> Enter in the Grouper install directory (note: better if no spaces or
>>>
>>> special chars) [/usr/local/src/grouper]: /opt/local
>>>
>>> Enter the default IP address for checking ports (just hit enter to
>>>
>>> accept the default unless on a machine with no network, might want to
>>>
>>> change to 127.0.0.1): [0.0.0.0]:
>>>
>>> Installing grouper version: 2.2.1
>>>
>>> ............Sep 15, 2015 12:41:02 PM
>>>
>>> edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstallerExt.org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector
>>>
>>> executeMethod
>>>
>>> INFO: I/O exception (java.net.ConnectException) caught when processing
>>>
>>> request: Connection timed out
>>>
>>> Sep 15, 2015 12:41:02 PM
>>>
>>> edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstallerExt.org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector
>>>
>>> executeMethod
>>>
>>> INFO: Retrying request
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Alternatively to installing from local files, we do have an HTTP proxy
>>>
>>> set up for the host, and are able to do things like wget, curl, etc. if
>>>
>>> someone knows how to get the installer to pick up the proxy value.
>>>
>>> e.g., this also fails:
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> # export JAVA_FLAGS="-Dhttp.proxyHost=xxxx.psu.edu -Dhttp.proxyPort=3128"
>>>
>>> # java ${JAVA_FLAGS} -jar grouperInstaller.jar
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Shannon Roddy
>>>