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1 = Deployment Installation on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) =
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3 == Install WebObjects Using Apple's Installer ==
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5 Install WebObjects using the [[Apple WebObjects 5.4.3 Installer dmg>>http://support.apple.com/kb/DL688]] if you want "standard" install paths. Make sure you install "WebObjectsRuntime.pkg" which is in the "Packages" directory of the .dmg.
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7 == Install WebObjects using the mDimension Installer ==
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10 Install the Snow Leopard apache adaptor from mdimension
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14 [http://wocommunity.org/documents/tools/WOInstaller.jar]
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18 [http://wocommunity.org/documents/tools/mod_WebObjects/Apache2.2/macosx/10.6/mod_WebObjects.so]
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21 == Configure Apache for WebObjects ==
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23 Then open terminal and perform the "extra" stuff you need to do to get things complete. you will need to do all this as 'root', hence the sudo s at the start.
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25 {{code title="Replace the apache adaptor with the Snow Leopard one"}}
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27 sudo -s
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29 cd /System/Library/WebObjects/Adaptors/Apache2.2
30 mv mod_WebObjects.so mod_WebObjects.so.obsolete
31 curl -C - -O http://webobjects.mdimension.com/wonder/mod_WebObjects/Apache2.2/macosx/10.6/mod_WebObjects.so
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33 {{/code}}
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35 {{code title="Configure Apache to use the WebObjects Adaptor"}}
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37 cd /etc/apache2
38 cp httpd.conf httpd.conf.backup
39 echo "Include /System/Library/WebObjects/Adaptors/Apache2.2/apache.conf" >> httpd.conf
40 apachectl restart
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42 {{/code}}
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44 {{code title="Install launchd tasks to keep WebObjects running always"}}
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46 cd /Library/LaunchDaemons
47 curl -C - -O http://www.greenislandconsulting.com/webobjects/com.apple.webobjects.wotaskd.plist
48 curl -C - -O http://www.greenislandconsulting.com/webobjects/com.apple.webobjects.womonitor.plist
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51 NOTE: These two plists point to the Apple provided JavaMonitor and wotaskd that are in /System/Library/WebObjects/JavaApplications/.  
52 If you are using the Wonder versions and placed them in /Library/WebObjects/JavaApplications/ then you will need to edit these files.
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54 launchctl load com.apple.webobjects.wotaskd.plist
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56 {{/code}}
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58 If you are going to run WOMonitor on this machine, then do the following:
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60 {{code title="(Optional) Permanently start the WOMonitor app"}}
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62 launchctl load com.apple.webobjects.womonitor.plist
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64 {{/code}}
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66 If you have problems or further questions try the tips here: [[Debugging wotaskd and JavaMonitor>>Troubleshooting wotaskd and JavaMonitor on OS X]], if that still doesn't give you the clues you need, ask on the wo-deploy mailing list :-)
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