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authorBrett Porter <brett@apache.org>2008-03-20 03:09:59 +0000
committerBrett Porter <brett@apache.org>2008-03-20 03:09:59 +0000
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[MRM-701] correct some missing information in the documentation for setting up a separated installation base
Submitted by: Martin Höller Merged from: r639128 git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/archiva/trunk@639129 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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@@ -27,15 +27,16 @@ Installing Standalone Distribution of Apache Archiva
This is achieved by the following steps:
- [[1]] Creating the base location. For example, you might install Archiva in <<</opt/archiva-1.0>>> and the data in <<</var/archiva>>>
+ [[1]] Creating the base location. For example, you might install Archiva in <<</opt/archiva-1.0>>> and the data in <<</var/archiva>>>. Create the directories <<</var/archiva/logs>>>, <<</var/archiva/data>>> and <<</var/archiva/conf>>>.
- [[2]] Move the <<<conf>>> and <<<data>>> directories from the Archiva installation to the new location. If you've previously run Archiva, you may need to edit
- <<<conf/archiva.xml>>> to change the location of the repositories
+ [[2]] Copy the configuration files from the Archiva installation (eg <<</opt/archiva-1.0/conf>>> to the new location (eg. <<</var/archiva/conf>>>). If you've previously run Archiva, you may need to edit <<<conf/archiva.xml>>> to change the location of the repositories
- [[3]] Set the environment variable <<<PLEXUS_BASE>>> to the data location (in bash, be sure to export the variable).
+ [[3]] Set the environment variable <<<PLEXUS_BASE>>> to the data location (eg. <<</var/archiva>>>). In bash, be sure to export the variable.
[[4]] Start Archiva standalone as described above from the installation location
+ Note, that Archiva still needs write access to the installation directory, as the application server needs to extract the WAR and services.
+
* Configuring Archiva
Archiva's configuration is loaded from the following files, in order of most precedent: