Using the Community Build Framework for Pentaho

Recently I had to prepare a installation for the Pentaho BI Server (CE) and I decided to try the Community Build Framework (CBF) from Pedro Alves. I had to install the server on a test and a production environment so it seemed to fit perfectly for my requirements.

It is working fine now and helps a lot in applying changes to the installation having a clean structure but it took me quiet a few hours till I had it working (probably because I'm not an expert when it comes to using ant & Co.)

Here are some issues you should be aware of:

You'll need Java 1.6.
Make sure your path to ant, java but especially the project folder doesn't contain any spaces. Spaces will only cause problems.
Tomcat 6 is not supported yet.
I recommend setting the solution paths to the folder "C:/...../project-client/solution" until you figured out how CBF works in detail.

You will have your CBF ready to run a lot faster than I did if you keep these issues in mind. I'm sure I'll use CBF a lot more often in the future.

If need more information on how to setup your own Pentaho installation I highly recommend checking this website http://www.prashantraju.com/ (besides the Pentaho Wiki).

Comments

eneveu said…

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience with CBF!
I'm in the process of installing to better manage a biserver-ce install, and I'll take your advice into account.

April 19, 2010 at 5:16 AM

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