OpenPortal WSRP Install Instructions on Tomcat 5.5

Here is the install instruction for installing OpenPortal WSRP on Tomcat 5.5. Tomcat installation is supported only starting from WSRP version 2.0 milestone 3 binary, the older WSRP binaries do not support Tomcat automatic installation rather the installation is manual in older releases

Step 1:Install and verify Tomcat 5.5

1. Download and Install Tomcat 5.5 from this link.
   
2. Verify the installation by accessing the catalina home page in the browser.
   
   

Step 2:Install and verify Portlet Container 2.0 on Tomcat

Every WSRP stable binary works with a particular version of OpenPortal PortletContainer binary. The OpenPortal WSRP download page would provide a link to the corresponding OpenPortal PortletContainer binary. Make sure you download the correct OpenPortal PortletContainer binary.

1. Download the corresponding OpenPortal PortletContainer.
2. Follow the instructions for Portlet Container configuration on Tomcat. Make sure that the JSTL 1.1 libraries and tld files are in /common/lib.
   
3. Restart the tomcat server and verify the portlet-container configuration by accessing the portlet driver admin page.
   
   

Step 3:Install Metro 1.1

1. Download and unzip Metro 1.1 from here.
   
2. Install Metro on Tomcat by following these instructions.
   
3. Copy the jar files from <METRO_INSTALL_DIR>/lib to <TOMCAT_INSTALL_DIR>/common/lib
4. Restart the tomcat server

Step 4:Install and Configure WSRP

1. Set the environment variable ANT_HOME to the ant install directory.
   
2. Execute the following command:
   

              java -jar <path-to-file>/wsrp-configurator.jar <TOMCAT_HOME> <TOMCAT_WEBAPPS_DIR> Tomcat

For eg, 

             java -jar wsrp-configurator.jar /space/apache-tomcat-5.5.26/  /space/apache-tomcat-5.5.26/webapps/  Tomcat

Related documents:

1. WSRP installation on Glassfish
2. WSRP User Guide
3. Sample Portlets from OpenPortal Portlet Repository