[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Improve installer to include database setup

[Thomas Mortagne]

2007/9/8, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net>:
>
> On Sep 8, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Thomas Mortagne wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think it's a good idea. Just a more detailed thing targeting XEM and
> > other multiwiki products: It would be great to have installer with
> > izpack "<pack></pack>" organized one wiki/xar a pack and create sub
> > wiki from attached xar as you said and XWikiServer document at
> > installer runtime.
> >
> > WDYT ?
>
> For XEM I see 3 packs:
>
> * Platform Core
> * XEM Admin XAR
> * XEM Template XAR
>
> Is that what you mean?

Yes it's that, for now. I suppose latter we will have more template
(Blog wiki, Wiki wiki, ...).

>
> Now for creating sub wikis, I think it might be best to leave that to
> the XEM Admin XAR so that when an admin logs in the Admin XAR he has
> the buttons for creating and administrating sub wikis. I don't see
> that as a feature of the installer but more a runtime feature (as
> anyway the admin needs the option of creating/removing sub wikis).

That feature already exists in the Admin wiki but It will be easier
for a user to have theses templates in an installer interface. Plus if
we have lots of template wiki (which I thinks would be great) use
installer lighten Admin wiki.

>
> WDYT?
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
> > 2007/9/6, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net>:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm proposing to improve the generic install to add database
> >> configuration setup:
> >>
> >> 1) include different database driver jars in the installer
> >> 2) have some installation panels to let the user choose the database
> >> to use (using some combo box and fields to modify default DB values)
> >> 3) include the XAR in the installer
> >> 4) use the packager tool to import the XAR in the database at install
> >> time (using the information provided in 2))
> >>
> >> Note: I'd also like to modify the web/standard build so that we
> >> release only a single WAR without database driver and without DB
> >> configuration.
> >>
> >> Advanced users will configure it manually and novice will use the
> >> installer.
> >>
> >> WDYT?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> -Vincent
> >>
> >>
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Thomas Mortagne