System Info

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System Info

• OS Fedora Core 3 (2.6.11 kernel)
• Processor/Memory Pentium 4, 256 MB
• Browser Mozilla Firefox v1.0.3
• uPortal Quick Start v2.4.2
• JDK v1.4.2 v1.5.0

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Configuration

• Download zip file
• Extract
• Set JAVA_HOME, PATH env variables
• Start up HSQL server and Tomcat server
• On browser, http//localhost8080/uPortal
• Login as admin, developer, demo, student,
  faculty, staff

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My Channel

• A campus news channel
• current happenings
• discussion forums
• student comments
• Weather channel
• Usage-tracking functionality (implement?!)

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uPortal subtleties

• Environment variable setting
• Set them once-and-for-all
• Running uPortal
• First time, start both servers as root user
• Subsequent startup, no need to be root
• Not mentioned in README!!
• JDK 1.4 or higher....but JDK 1.5.0?
• RSS Portlet example fails to render with 1.5.0