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[Chris Hyzer <>]

It works for me I think, can you send a more detailed description about what 
you did and what the output was etc?

Thanks,
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Roddy 
[mailto:]
 
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 2:13 PM
To: Chris Hyzer; 

Subject: Re: [grouper-users] Grouper installer without network connectivity

Right.  What I am saying is, that still fails, when run as documented at
that link.

On 9/22/15 2:04 PM, Chris Hyzer wrote:
> See this section:
> 
> https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/Grouper/Grouper+Installer#GrouperInstaller-Runningwithoutnetwork
> 
> thanks,
> chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> 
>  
> [mailto:]
>  On Behalf Of Shannon Roddy
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 2:01 PM
> To: Chris Hyzer; 
> 
> Subject: Re: [grouper-users] Grouper installer without network connectivity
> 
> 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
>>>>