Important note

This application is working with these requirments :

• Java 1.6
• uPortal 2.6
• If using MySQL InnoDB mod is required
• All tests and srcipts are made to works with charset UTF-8 (database and tables with utf-8).

Installation

Installing the portlet

• Download esup-news<version>.zip from https://sourcesup.cru.fr/frs/?group_id=806

• unzip the file in a working directory

• make a copy of
  • build_exemple.properties to build.properties
  • properties/news.properties.exemple to properties/news.properties
  • properties/log4j.properties to log4j.properties
    and adapt these files (see on next sections for more details)

• Initializing the database
  • ant db-init

    This Command will erase all existing data in your database !!!!
    Your database (configured in build.properties) must exists.

• Updating the database
  • select the script of you version for the update in build.properties
  • ant db-update

• Deploying the application
  • ant init
  • ant deploy

Configuration

• file properties/news.properties

  # Attribute for user search (cn ou sn)
  ldap.userSearchAttr=cn
  # Attribute name list of LDAP user's attributes to show in users details
  ldap.searchDisplayedAttr=displayName, mail, uid, escouai
  # Id/uid attribute used to identify the user in LDAP
  ldap.userId=uid
  # LDAP attribute name to display the name of the user
  ldap.userDisplayName=displayName
  # LDAP attribute name for the user mail
  ldap.userEmail=mail
  
  # List of LDAP attributes used to make filter search.
  ldap.filterSearchUserAttr=escouai, ENTEleveClasses, ENTEleveGroupes, ENTAuxEnsClasses, ENTAuxEnsGroupes