We assume below that TOMCAT_HOME represents the location of your Tomcat installation.
If using Orbeon Forms PE, make sure the license.xml file is in place.
Quick setup
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Create a new TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/orbeon directory.
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Unzip orbeon.war in the orbeon directory you just created. So now you should have a directory TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/orbeon/WEB-INF.
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You can now start Tomcat, and access http://localhost:8080/orbeon/ to test your installation (replacing localhost and 8080 with the host name and port number of your Tomcat installation if different from the default).
Optional steps
Custom context within server.xml
Edit TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml, and inside the <Host> create a <Context> as follows, changing the value of the docBase attribute as appropriate on your system. Make sure the <Context> element is within the <Host> element. Tomcat will not report an error if your context is misplaced in the file, and that will cause it to be ignored and, in particular, datasources might not be taken into account.
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<Context
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path="/orbeon"
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docBase="TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/orbeon"
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reloadable="false"
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override="true"
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allowLinking="true"/>
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Datasource setup
If you have a JDBC datasource, add it inside the <Context>, as in the following example:
We recommend you add the URIEncoding="UTF-8" attribute on the <Connector> element, in your server.xml, as recommended in the Tomcat FAQ. This will ensure that all characters get properly decoded on the URL, which is especially important if you're using non-ASCII characters in the app or form name in Form Builder.
Form Runner authentication
To setup Form Runner authentication:
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Open TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/orbeon/WEB-INF/web.xml and uncomment the security-constraint, login-config and security-role declarations at the end of the file.
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Open TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml and make sure there is a <Realm> enabled. For example, by default with Tomcat 7:
Edit TOMCAT_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml and replace the content of the file with:
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<tomcat-users>
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<user
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username="orbeon-user"
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password="Secret, change me!"
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roles="orbeon-user"/>
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<user
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username="orbeon-admin"
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password="Secret, change me!"
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roles="orbeon-user,orbeon-admin"/>
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</tomcat-users>
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Enumerate the roles in the following property:
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<property
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as="xs:string"
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name="oxf.fr.authentication.container.roles"
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value="orbeon-user orbeon-admin"/>
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BASIC authentication
If you are using BASIC authentication on Tomcat 6.0.21 or newer you might have to add the following <Valve> element inside the <Context> corresponding to the Orbeon Forms web app in Tomcat's configuration: