JForum on JBoss for the simple minded

For those like me that are fairly simple minded, would someone be kind enough to supply a clear set of instructions for using JForum with a working JBoss installation? I've searched the forums and have a few questions.

Installing doesn't appear to be as simple as unzipping. If so, into what directory?

If not, does a war or ear file need to be created? Has someone already done this for 2.1.4 or 2.1.5?

I also get the impression from the fine print (screen shot) that the database must exist before running the install wizard. Do the tables need to be defined as well? Populated?

Using JVM 1.4.2, JBoss 4.0.2, MySql 4.1.8.

Thanks.

fastbob
[originally posted on jforum.net by fastbob]

Well, about the last question, you should have the database created, but not the tables. If you run the web installer, it will create them for you.

If you do manuall installation, then you just have to run the db_struct.sql and data_dump.sql scripts.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

Im kinda new to this.. so this is what I did.. and I got it to work

1. I unzipped the file and moved the unzipped files to my c:\ directory (made it easy for navigation)

2. I went to the root of that directory and did

jar cvf c:\JForum[version].war . (the last period means WAR the current directory)

that WAR's up the file

I installed this file on our Jonas application server

In the meantime I created the database and the user in MySQL

mysql> create database jforumdb;
mysql> grant all privileges on jforumdb.* to 'jforumuser'@'%';
mysql> set password for 'jforumuser'@'%' = password('mypassword');

Then when you go to http://www.whatever.com/JForum[version]

It will take you to the install application..

badda bing.. badda boom.. That should be it..

Hope that helps.

--Dave
Univ of Southern Maine
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

Dave
Finally got a chance to try your instructions. Worked great! Thanks.

fastbob
[originally posted on jforum.net by fastbob]