
Basic Installation of Liferay
mansoor BASIC STEPS TO START A SERVER AND TO OPEN A LIFERAY PAGE…
Step 1 :
Create a new folder…in that insert plug-ins, server and
portal.
Step 2:
In plug-in folder just copy the “build.ur pcname” properties… It just look like-
build.AHAMED-PC.properties
Then goto server->tomcat->webapps->select (sevencogs hooks,sevencogs mobile,sevencogs themes)and now delete all selected items Now goto server->tomcat->webapps->root->webinf- >classes-> Here copy that portal.ext properties file…open and edit the content
portal-ext.properties
jdbc.default.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver jdbc.default.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/kumar?useUnicode=true& characterEncoding=UTF-8&useFastDateParsing=false jdbc.default.username=root jdbc.default.password=root
Replace kumar to your database name
Which is used to give connection between Mysql and
liferay….
Step 3 :
Now open Mysql and create one database….using (create database db name;)
Step 4:
Now open eclipse then browse and choose the target
folder…
In eclipse click window in top menu bar…
Give window->show view->navigator
In navigator right click->new->other->javaproject-
>click next……
now enable the existing file and choose the plugins-
>click finish.
Similarly for server………..
In menu bar goto RUN->Run configuration-java
application….
This will open a window like this…..
For main class:
goto server->tomcat->bin->catalina…open that in
notepad and find the org.startup….now copy that and
paste that in main class..
For arguments :
goto server->tomcat->bin->setenv….open that
in notepad and copy this path (-Xmx1024m -
XX:MaxPermSize=256m) to VMarguments….
Now click on working directory Goto other-
>workspace->server->tomcat and click ok
For JRE :
There is no changes in JRE
Class path :
Click on server(default) and remove that….then click
User entities->Add External jars..
Don’t make any changes in Source and Environment
Common :
Enable run and debug….and click ok