FC4 Installation difficulties

[spledger]

I tried to install scalix on my FC4 box that meets all of the hardware requirements posted on the scalix website. I downloaded and printed the install guide and followed the instructions. I do not know what I am doing wrong, but after installing scalix, I am unable to access it from any browser on any machine. I do not use a domain because I want to test it at my home before using it for my church, which currently uses MSExchange. I do, however use MS Workgroups, because of this, I think the problem might be that I am not using a domain, however, at using Linux for a little under a year and being at the age of 15, I do not fully comprehend the linux OS and its networking requirements. Please Help!

[ScalixSupport]

Could you give some details on what you are trying, i.e. what Scalix component you are trying to access: webclient or admin console ? Also, what URLs are you using ?

Can you also check that you have tomcat running.

Cheers

Dave

[spledger]

I checked and have Tomcat running. I am unable to access any component of scalix. I used the URLS that are in the QuickInstall guide.

[ScalixSupport]

I checked and have Tomcat running. I am unable to access any component of scalix. I used the URLS that are in the QuickInstall guide.

Please can you post them ( you can edit the server name for privacy ) and the errors that are being reported in the browser.

Cheers

Dave

[spledger]

When I go to the url http://linuxsever:8080/webmail or http://linuxserver:8080/sac I get a reply that says (in Firefox) Unable to establish a connection to linuxserver:8080. In IE, I get an error message saying that the server refused the connection when attempting to connect to http://linuxserver:8080/

It appears to me that the port 8080 does not work or is incorrectly routed.

[ScalixSupport]

Connection refused usually indicates that you don't have anything listening on port 8080.

From your PC, are you able to resolve the name linuxserver ? Can you ping it.

A quick test from your PC would be to run:

ping linuxserver

followed by

telnet linuxserver 8080

If the first works but the second returns an error, you should sign in to the server and run the command:

lsof -i :8080

This will show you which processes have that port open.

If java is listed, tomcat is listening so it's likely to be a firewall (iptables) problem. You should configure your firewall to allow port 8080.

Cheers

Dave

[spledger]

When I ran the

lsof -i :8080

command, All it returned was:

"You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root"

Nothing else was listed. Does this mean that Java is not started? If so, how do I start it?

[ScalixSupport]

This means nothing is listening on port 8080.

To start tomcat, you need to run the command:

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$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh

where $TOMCAT_HOME is, obviously, the place you installed tomcat.

In the admin_resource_kit/ directory in the Scalix software package, there is a sample init.d script which can be used to start tomcat at boot time.

Cheers

Dave

[spledger]

Thank you very much for all of your help! I very much appreciate it. I do, however, have one question remaining:

Is the reason it is running slow because I only have a 400MHz Pentium III processor? -- if so, I will upgrade when I put it to use at my church.

Thanks again!

[jch]

A 400Mhz PIII probably is a bit on the slow side. I run a server for five of us at home on a 733Mhz PIII -- it's fine for just five of us using Thunderbird, but I'm pretty sure it would be painful if we used SWA.

jch

[florian]

Generally speaking, Scalix is not a very CPU-intensive application when using Outlook or Thunderbird or so as a client; sufficient RAM (min. 512 MB) will be more important. However, when using SWA, a lot of the processing is done by the Tomcat Java Application Server - which, as most things that have to do with Java, need a bit more horsepower. We would probably recommend a P4-class CPU system with 512 MB as a useful minimum; details certainly depend on the number of users and type of client they use. Disk performance plays a role as well.

On the other hand, during trainings, we usually run a Scalix Server in a VMWare workstation client; that works reasonably well..

Cheers,
Florian.