SPP Configuration Guide
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SPP Configuration Guide
Revision History
Revision 0.8
16th September 2004
Converted MS doc to DocBook format.
Table of Contents
1. Getting Started
Downloading and installing the pre-requisites
Downloading the SPP package
WAR archive
Source code bundles
CVS
2. Installation
WAR archive
Building from the source code
Code layout
build.properties file
Building and Deploying
Starting the portal
3. Configuration
Before the first run
Localisation
Deploying a localised version
Creating a WAR archive
Changing the look and feel
Configuring navigation and layouts
PSML files
Portlets
Changing the portlets available in your installation
Writing a portlet definition
Service configuration
Mail
Account Management
Account Creation
AM Generic Properties
AM Properties for NAS
AM Properties for LAS
LDAP Server
SSL Protection
User Entries
Role Entries
Group Entries
Permission Entries
AM SOAP Properties
Storage
Searching
Selecting targets to display
Adding new targets
Newsfeeds
Z39.50
OAI
Alerting
Alerting Sources
Subject Taxonomy
Mail options
Newsfeeds
4. Running the Portal
5. Upgrading
6. Extending the SPP
Creating an SPP portlet
File locations
Backend functionality
The Portlet class
Views
State
Producing a view
User interactions
Convenience methods
Error handling
7. Setting up an SPP LDAP server
LDAP Server Installation and Configuration
sppSlapd.conf
sppEntries.ldif
sppLDAP.schema
edupersonLDAP.schema
TLS/SSL CA and Certificates Generation
LDAP Server Operation
SPP configuration
8. Known problems (and some solutions)
Ant
Empty newsfeeds
Working with a firewall