Time for action — creating roller-custom.properties

In this exercise, you'll create a roller-custom.properties file with the basic parameters and I'll show you where it has to be saved.

1. 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
   

2. 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:

   

3. You can close Notepad now.

What just happened?

The roller-custom.properties file you've just created is used by Roller to look for the database and mail configuration; in this case, the name of the resources it has to look for in the Context.xml file that you...