Installing JIRA on Caucho Resin 2.1

(if you don't already have Resin installed)

Download Resin from http://www.caucho.com/download/index.xtp and expand the distribution to a directory.

Add extra Resin jars

Resin does not come with a few libraries that JIRA needs to run properly. These files have been placed in a zip file that you can download here. Unzip the jars in this file into the resin/lib directory.

2.1 Define database connection

You'll need to add a datasource for JIRA to use. The configuration of this datasource depends on which database you are using. Basically you need to copy your JDBC driver JAR file into the resin/lib directory and edit conf/resin.conf as follows (this example uses a hsql database):

          <resource-ref>
            <res-ref-name>jdbc/xa/JiraXADS</res-ref-name>
            <res-type>javax.sql.XADataSource</res-type>
            <init-param driver-name="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"/>
            <init-param url="jdbc:hsqldb:C:\database\jiraresindb"/>
            <init-param user="sa"/>
            <init-param password=""/>
        </resource-ref>

(If you are using a different database, please see the Resin DB Configuration guide for more information on datasources in Resin and the full configuration syntax.).

3.1 Modify transaction factory attribute

Modify the transaction factory in the entityengine.xml file, located in the edit-webapp/WEB-INF/classes directory.

Ensure that the <transaction-factory> tag looks like this (By default, JIRA's entityengine.xml should already look like the following):

<transaction-factory
      class="org.ofbiz.core.entity.transaction.JNDIFactory">
      <user-transaction-jndi jndi-server-name="default"
        jndi-name="java:comp/UserTransaction"/>
      <transaction-manager-jndi jndi-server-name="default"
        jndi-name="java:comp/UserTransaction"/>
</transaction-factory>
        

Note that in Resin java:comp/UserTransaction is a synonym for java:comp/TransactionManager.

3.2 Modify datasource attributes

Adjust database settings as appropriate. Change the database type to be the type you are using.

Here's the relevant section of the entityengine.xml file, as appropriate for the hsql datasource configured in Resin above (the sections you might need to alter are in bold):

<datasource name="defaultDS"
    field-type-name="hsql"
    helper-class="org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericHelperDAO"
    check-on-start="true"
    use-foreign-keys="false"
    use-foreign-key-indices="false"
    check-fks-on-start="false"
    check-fk-indices-on-start="false"
    add-missing-on-start="true">
    <jndi-jdbc jndi-server-name="default"
        jndi-name="java:comp/env/jdbc/xa/JiraXADS"/>
</datasource>

Make sure you change the jndi-name, as the default value is incorrect.

Now build JIRA by typing build (Windows) or ./build.sh (Unix) on the command-line. This will produce the web application to deploy in the dist-generic directory.

You can add the JIRA WAR to resin/resin.conf manually, or just copy it to the resin/webapps directory.

Placing the WAR in the resin/webapps directory should cause Resin to deploy it automatically when Resin starts.

Start Resin if it is not already started (run httpd.exe in the resin/bin directory).

JIRA should now be accessible at http://yourhost.com/(insert name of your WAR file).

If certain pages break with errors like this:

        Note: sun.tools.javac.Main has been deprecated.
        /jira/secure/views/browser/browseproject.jsp:34: Variable pageContext may
        not have been initialized.
        pageContext.write(_jsp_string4, 0, _jsp_string4.length);
        ^
      

The solution is to change Resin's compiler from 'internal' to 'javac'. See this Resin FAQ for more background.

Have experiences to share with Resin and JIRA? We welcome your thoughts. Please see the user-contributed Resin notes.