Re: Running James without docker: broken link

Hello Alexei,

The correct page of that broken link would be 
https://james.apache.org/server/install.html  (which I see has been 
fixed in the code but not deployed, sorry).

But the install page seems not even updated to 3.4.0 (still 3.3.0). I 
will try to see what can be done regarding that. Thanks for the report 
and concern !

Meanwhile you can follow Matt's guideline, it looks pretty accurate to 
me (thanks Matt). The thing I would like to add is that with James 
3.4.0, you need to compile it with Java11 now (but we still target the 
build to run on Java8).

If any other issue, don't hesitate to write an other mail, or ask a 
question on the gitter of the project too 
(https://gitter.im/apache/james-project).

Best regards,
Rene.

On 02/03/2020 04:02, cryptearth wrote:
> Hello Alexei,
> 
> here's a short how I do it:
> 
> 1.) clone stable git head, like current for 3.4, into its specific 
> directory: git clone --branch james-project-3.4.0 
> https://github.com/apache/james-project.git james-3.4.0
> 2.) build it but skipping tests (cause some fail and it saves a lot of 
> time - they're not needed for just use it): mvn -DskipTests package
> 2.) a) maybe a maven version related issue on my side - but I got an 
> issue about "--parameter" not a valid parameter for the java compiler - 
> but if you also get this error (pretty early on) make sure to use a Java 
> 9+ compiler or an older maven
> 2.) b) you can try to run James 3.4 with Java 9+, but if I remember 
> correctly someone told me that Java 3.3 is still to be run with only 
> Java 8 - I don't know about James 3.4
> 2.) c) you may hit the limit for open files - in that case increase the 
> limits and re-log
> 3.) after successful compiling and packaging you'll find the non-docker 
> server in <path to local cloned git 
> repo>/server/app/target/james-server-app-3.4.0-app.tar.gz (or .zip - 
> don't know why it's packaged into two different package styles - as on 
> unix .tar.gz is common - guess the .zip is for any of those not so 
> familiar with .tar.gz (windows users?)) - just copy this one to to 
> folder you want your James to be "installed" and unpack it (I just 
> copied und unpacked it in user home)
> 4.) you should have a look at some of the config files: some are quite 
> important, some are just to "fancy up" your James, it depends on how you 
> want to run your James (as an example: as I use MariaDB I had to manual 
> add its driver to the <path-to-james>/conf/lib folder and set database 
> access credentials (and type) in 
> <path-to-james>/conf/james-database.properties - also I edit some other 
> settings)
> 5.) after all configs are the way you like them just start james as root 
> (required for at least TCP/25 to receive mails from other MTAs) by: 
> <path-to-james>/bin/james start
> 5.) a) if you encounter issues you can either have a look at the log 
> <path-to-james>/log/wrapper.log - or run James in an interactive console 
> style: <path-to-james>/bin/james console
> 6.) after the server start up successful you have to add at least one 
> domain: <path-to-james>/bin/james-cli.sh -h localhost AddDomain 
> your-domain.example
> 7.) after you added your domain you should at least add a postmaster 
> user: <path-to-james>/bin/james-cli.sh -h localhost AddUser 
> [email protected] securepassword
> 
> That's pretty much it. Hope it helps you to get James running in 
> non-docker mode. If you need help with the configs just go them through 
> step by step, they're well documented. I would recommend to at least 
> enable SMTP AUTH (and disable the default access control as it's 
> explained by the docs) to prevent your server become an open relay.
> 
> 
> greetings from Germany,
> 
> Matt
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've wanted to try James without docker but the link 
>> "https://james.apache.org/install.html" from James main site 
>> ("https://james.apache.org/") points to an invalid page (404 Not found).
>>
>> Could you please point to a correct place with the instruction?
>>
>>
>> The broken link is located in the section "Get Started With James" - 
>> "ALTERNATIVES" on https://james.apache.org/
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Alexei Osipov.
>>
>>
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