RPMs for CentOS

Open Mentor can now be built into RPMs which are compatible with Apache Tomcat 6 under CentOS. This is helpful for a maintainable deployment. In future, RPMs will be created to help with updates.

This is a very new development, and it has not yet been widely tested. Feedback (through issues) will be very helpful.

Notes:

• Under CentOS, a new configuration file is created at /etc/openmentor/openmentor-config.groovy - this is loaded on application start, and is the best place to configure the application.
• The installer does not set up databases for you. You will need MySQL or an equivalent database, and that will need to be configured, as described in [Configuring for MySQL](Configuring for MySQL).
• The installer does not set up LDAP authentication for you. You will need to set up authentication, as described in [LDAP configuration](LDAP configuration)
• Tomcat is fiddly to set up and debug effectively under CentOS, especially when using the modified version shipped in the CentOS RPMs. We can't, unfortunately, provide front-line support on Tomcat.
• Building the RPM requires Grails - we may move to using Maven in the near future to assist with this process, but we have not done so yet.