Apache Roller 4.0 - Beginner's Guide: A comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to set up, customize, and market your blog using Apache Roller

Open your web browser and go to http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi. Scroll down through the web page until you locate the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x section. In this section, there are several links to choose from. Click on the link for the Win32 Binary without crypto (no mod_ssl) (MSI Installer) file, as shown in the following screenshot:

Next, your web browser will ask if you want to download and save the file. Click on the Save File button to download the file. When finished, double-click on the downloaded file in the Downloads dialog box, and then click on the OK button to start installing the Apache Web server.

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 If you have an open web browser window from the previous exercise, go to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp and look for the most recent Java SE Development Kit (JDK) version:

Click on the Download button to start downloading the JDK 6 to your computer. You'll need to provide some information about your operating system, as shown in the following screenshot:

Select Windows in the Platform drop-down list. Select I agree to the Java SE Development Kit 6 License Agreement and click on Continue.

Scroll down to the Available Files section on the next web page, and click on the jdk-6u13-windows-i586...

Open your web browser and go to http://tomcat.apache.org. Look for the Download section and click on the Tomcat 6.x link:

Scroll down the Tomcat 6 Downloads web page, until you locate the Binary Distributions section, and click on the Windows Service Installer link:

Click on the Save File button in the Open apache-tomcat dialog box and wait for the file to download. When finished, go to the directory where you downloaded the file and double-click on it to start the installation process, and click on the Run button in the Open File dialog box that will show up. The Apache Tomcat Setup Wizard will appear afterwards...

Open your web browser and go to the MySQL downloads web page on http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/. Then, scroll down until you locate the MySQL Community Server Download link, and click on it:

You'll be taken to the MySQL 5.1 Downloads page. Scroll down until you locate the Windows downloads section, and click on the Windows Essentials (x86) Pick a mirror link:

On the Select a Mirror web page, select the No thanks, just take me to the downloads! link:

Scroll down the Select a Mirror web page until you find a mirror near your location, and click on...

Open your web browser and type http://java.sun.com/products/ javamail/downloads/index.html. Scroll down through the page until you find the Download JavaMail 1.4.2 link:

Click on the Download button to go to the download page. Select the I agree to the JavaMail 1.4.2 License Agreement box and click on the Continue button:

On the next download page, click the javamail-1.4.2.zip link to open the Opening javamail-1.4.2.zip dialog. Select the Save File radio button and click on the OK button to start the download process.

Once the download completes, go to the directory where you downloaded the javamail-1.4.2.zip file.

Unzip the javamail-1.4.2.zip file and locate the mail.jar file inside the javamail-1.4.2 folder. Right-click on the mail.jar...

Open your web browser and go to http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/javabeans/jaf/downloads/index.html. Scroll down through the page until you find the Download JavaBeans Activation Framework 1.1.1 release Download link, and click on it:

Select I agree to the Software License Agreement and click on Continue:

Click on the jaf-1_1_1.zip link to open the Opening jaf-1_1_1.zip dialog. Select the Save File radio button and click on the OK button:

Once the download is complete, go to the directory where you downloaded the jaf-1_1_1.zip file.

Unzip the jaf-1_1_1.zip file and locate the activation.jar file inside the jaf-1_1_1 folder. Right-click on the activation.jar file and select Copy from the pop-up menu:

Use Windows Explorer to navigate to Tomcat's lib directory and paste the...

Open your web browser and go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ connector/j/5.1.html. Scroll down until you locate the Source and Binaries (zip) Download link:

Click on this link to start the download. Select the Save File radio button in the Opening mysql-connector-java-5.1.7.zip dialog and click on the OK button.

Once the file has been downloaded, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file.

Unzip the file and double-click on the mysql-connector-java-5.1.7 folder. Look for the mysql-connector-java-5.1.7.jar file, right-click on it and select Copy:

Now go to Tomcat's lib folder (C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\lib), right-click on an empty space in Windows Explorer's right panel and select Paste from the pop-up menu to paste the mysql-connector-java-5.1.7.jar file:

You can close Windows Explorer and...

Go to the Apache Roller downloads web page (http://roller.apache.org/downloads.html) and click on the Roller 4.0.1 ("best available") link from the General Availability (GA) Releases section:

Scroll down to the Roller 4.0.1 section of the next page, and click on the apache-roller-4.0.1.zip link:

Select the Save File radio button from the Opening apache-roller-4.0.1.zip dialog and click on OK to start the download process. The file will take several seconds to download (or minutes, depending on your Internet connection speed).

Go to the directory where you downloaded the apache-roller-4.0.1.zip file.

Unzip the file and double-click on the apache-roller-4.0.1 folder that you've just unzipped. Then double-click on the webapp folder, right-click on the roller folder and select Copy from the pop-up menu:

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Open a command prompt window (Start | All Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt) and type mysql -u root -p.

The MySQL monitor will ask you to Enter Password. This is the password you used when installing MySQL Server. Type it and press Enter. If the password is correct, the following screen shall appear:

Now type the following lines after the mysql> prompt (remember to replace password with a secure password) and press Enter after each line:

create database rollerdb;
grant all on rollerdb.* to roller_user@'%' identified by 'password';
grant all on rollerdb.* to roller_user@localhost identified by 'password';

When finished, your screen should look like this:

Notice the Query OK, 0 rows affected (X.XX sec) line after each line you typed. It means there were no errors with the commands you entered. Now type exit and press Enter to exit...

Open the Notepad editor (Start | All Programs | Accessories | Notepad) and write the following lines:

installation.type=auto
database.configurationType=jndi
database.jndi.name=jdbc/rollerdb
mail.configurationType=jndi
mail.jndi.name=mail/Session

Select File | Save from the Notepad menu bar. In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\roller\WEB-INF\classes folder, type roller-custom.properties in the File name listbox, select All Files in the Save as type listbox and click on the Save button:

You can close Notepad now.

Open Notepad and type or copy the following lines:

<Context path="/roller"
docBase="c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\roller" debug="0">
<Resource name="jdbc/rollerdb" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource" driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver...

Use Windows Explorer to navigate to Roller's WEB-INF folder (C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\ roller\WEB-INF), and open the security.xml file with Notepad, WordPad, or some other text editor.

Scroll down through the file until you locate the following lines:

<bean id="anonymousAuthenticationProvider" class="org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous. AnonymousAuthenticationProvider">
<property name="key" value="anonymous"/>
</bean>

Replace the value in bold text (anonymous) with any other value of your choice. Use only letters and numbers.

Now locate the following lines:

<bean id="anonymousProcessingFilter" class="org.acegisecurity. providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter">
<property name="key" value="anonymous"/>

Replace the value in bold text (anonymous)...

First, let's check that your Tomcat server is up and running. Select Start | All Programs | Apache Tomcat 6.0 | Configure Tomcat to open the Apache Tomcat 6 Properties dialog box. Click on the General tab and make sure the Startup type option is on Automatic. Also, check the Service Status option to see if it says Started. If it says Stopped, click on the Start button and wait until Tomcat starts, then click on the OK button to close the dialog:

Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8080/roller. You should see the following screen:

This screen indicates that Roller can connect to the JDBC driver you configured before, and so the installation can proceed. Click on the Yes - create tables now button to continue.

Wait until the Tables created successfully page appears, as shown in the following screenshot:

Click on the here link to complete the installation...

 Open your web browser and go to http://tomcat.apache.org/ download-connectors.cgi. Scroll down through the page until you locate the Tomcat Connectors JK 1.2 section:

Click on the Binary Releases link. On the mirror web page, locate the Win32 folder and click on it:

Now locate the jk-1.2.28 folder and click on its link:

On the next web page, look for the mod_jk-1.2.28-httpd-2.2.3.so link and click on it to start downloading the connector:

The Opening mod_jk dialog box will appear next. Click on the OK button to save the mod_jk file on disk.

Now navigate to the directory where you downloaded the mod_jk file, select it and then click on Edit | Copy To Folder:

The Copy Items dialog box will appear next. Now navigate to the...