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