Hi Ed, the too many redirects I think is a problem related with a previous session cookie from an old openmeetings instance. It is not something that happens for the general user. I did notice it recently though too, maybe worth revisiting.
Re the command line admin: Could it be with your complex password that you just missed to escape the characters? I did notice a similar problem with some characters when using the CLI installer. So I changed my install and automation scripts to not use them. I think it was using the '=' sign within a password. But it might be still possible to fix this if you escape the characters or put the values to pass into the script in quotation marks. I think if you type in ./admin.sh --help or --man You actually get the standard linux/bash help script. Which is also what is printed on: https://openmeetings.apache.org/CommandLineAdmin.html#command-reference There is actually some examples here: https://openmeetings.apache.org/CommandLineAdmin.html Did those instructions not work for you? Thanks Seb Sebastian Wagner Director Arrakeen Solutions, OM-Hosting.com http://arrakeen-solutions.co.nz/ https://om-hosting.com - Cloud & Server Hosting for HTML5 Video-Conferencing OpenMeetings <https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/da4e8828-743d-4968-af6f-49033f10d60a/public_url> <https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/b7e709c6-aa87-4b02-9faf-099038475e36/public_url> On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 at 21:08, <i...@bureau-de-poste.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm just trying to make a few suggestions based on my personal experience > in installing and / or upgrading 6.3.0 the opther day. I think we all want > the maximum uptake of this software project, right? Well, it was so > frustrating not to get the web-based installer to work - that I finally > gave up trying to use it. The error too many redirects from the browser, > and the "notinitied" added to the end of "openmeetings" in the url - (I > assume this is java adding this - and I would love to know what it means) - > was a bad experience. Since I experienced this on firefox, edge and chrome > and opera - I feel that there must be a real problem somewhere - that is > going to alienate the average potential user who tries an install. I don't > have the slightest idea of how to fix it. > > As for the terminal command line install - that was very helpful, and > because it threw so many errors because of: 1) my usage of strong passwords > (I forgot that special characters had to be escaped in bash), and 2) the > example wasn't good, and didn't give explanations about the order of > things. > > I would urge that the text about this method of installing show a note > that special characters in passwords have to be escaped, with an example. > Shoud they be enclused in single quotation marks, like pass = 'pass=' or > can each special character be escaped as in pass = pass\= ? > > I tried to follow the example (I am not an advanced bash user), and it > ended up giving the password that I use for smtp port 587 emal > authorization as the password of the OpenMeetings admin user! - so the > order of things wasn't clear enough to me. How about listing something like > (as a general guide to first time installers via the command line that > would be sufficient for most purposes, like): > > (could someone verify that this is correct, please?): (and give an > illustration of using a password with special characters, please)? (thanks) > > replace every [abcde] with your data, omitting the braces: > > ./admin.sh -i -v -tz Europe/Berlin -email [admin email address] -group > webbase -user [admin user name] --password [admin user password] > --smtp-server localhost --smtp-port 587 --db-type mysql --db-name > [openmeeting database name] --db-user [openmeetings database user] > --db-pass [openmeetings database password] --email-auth-user [email user > for smtp authentication] --system-email-address [what is this and why > necessary?] --email-use-tls yes --db-user root --db-host localhost > --email-auth-pass [password for smtp authentication] > > > I think clarifying this guide and fixing the install info so it works > flawlessly first time would really help with profect adoption by the > general webmaster user. > > Best regards, > > Ed > > Quoting Alvaro <zurca...@gmail.com>: > > Hello Ed, > Good you got it! > > Maxim will answare you. > > Best > > Alvaro > > > ------- > > > On Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:00:28 +0000 > i...@bureau-de-poste.net wrote: > > Hello Alvaro, > > I installed finally with the command line and I think there is a > mistake that soemone might want to correct. I use very strong > passwords with lots of special characters (like ! _ ) = etc) and I had > to remove all the special characters from my passwords in the command. > Is this normal - not accepting special characters in passwords for a > command line install? > > Best, > > Ed > > Quoting Alvaro <zurca...@gmail.com>: > > ...are you try with java 11 or 17? > It depend your OS. > If Java 17 then try java 11 > > .......... > > On Sun, 03 Jul 2022 10:19:30 +0000 > i...@bureau-de-poste.net wrote: > > I am having to waste a lot of time with the 6.3.0 install - bno > matter what I do with my browser, I get the error: > > ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS > > and the word notinited > is added to the url when I try to go through the web based installer: > as in > > https://ipv4:5443/openmeetings [1] redirects to > > https://ipv4:5443/openmeetings/notinited > > I have downloaded completely now browsers, and set them to the most > unsafe settings and to the default settings, I have cleared the > cookies and cache and history ... > > This is absurd. Is there a direct path to call the install script ? > > Is having coturn installed and / or running during an upgrade - can > that cause this? > > I can neither install nor upgrade because of this absurd problem? Why > so may redirects? > > Ed > > -- > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] https://ipv4:5443/openmeetings%C2%A0 > > -- > > > >
