| The release comes in two forms, source and binary. |
| |
| To get both the binary and source distributions working, you need Libxml2 from |
| http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html |
| |
| NOTE: Most Linux systems have Libxml2 installed by default. On Windows you need |
| to download and install Libxml2. |
| |
| Table of Contents |
| ================= |
| |
| 1. Getting Axis2/C working with the binary release on Linux |
| 2. Getting Axis2/C working with the source release on Linux |
| 3. Getting Axis2/C working with the binary release on Windows (win32) |
| 3.1 Requirements |
| 3.2 Binaries in the release |
| 3.3 Running the binaries |
| 4. Getting Axis2/C working with the source release on Windows (win32) |
| 4.1 Requirements |
| 4.2 Editing Configure.in file |
| 4.3 Compiling the source |
| 4.4 Running the binaries |
| 5. Installing Apache2 Web Server integration module (mod_axis2) |
| |
| |
| 1. Getting Axis2/C working with the binary release on Linux. |
| ========================================================== |
| |
| 1. Extract the binary tar package to a directory. |
| |
| 2. Set AXIS2C_HOME environment variable pointing to the location where you have |
| extracted Axis2/C |
| AXIS2C_HOME='/your_path_to_axis2c' |
| export AXIS2C_HOME |
| |
| NOTE: You will need to set AXIS2C_HOME only if you need to run Axis2/C samples |
| or tests. The reason is that the samples and test codes use AXIS2C_HOME |
| to get the path to Axis2/C. To write your own services or clients this is |
| not a requirement. |
| |
| 3. Run the simple axis server: |
| cd /your_path_to_axis2c/bin |
| ./axis2_http_server |
| This will start the simple axis server on port 9090. To see the possible |
| command line options run |
| ./axis2_http_server -h |
| |
| NOTE: If you run into shared lib problems, set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
| export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/your_path_to_axis2c/lib |
| |
| 4. Run the sample clients in a new shell |
| cd /your_path_to_axis2c/bin/samples |
| ./echo |
| This will invoke the echo service. |
| |
| ./math |
| This will invoke the math service. |
| |
| To see the possible command line options for sample clients run them with |
| '-h' option |
| |
| NOTE: If you run into shared lib problems, set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
| export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/your_path_to_axis2c/lib |
| |
| |
| 2. Getting Axis2/C working with the source release on Linux. |
| ========================================================== |
| |
| 1. Extract the source tar package to a directory |
| |
| 2. Set AXIS2C_HOME environment variable pointing to the location where you want |
| to install Axis2/C. |
| AXIS2C_HOME='/your_desired_path_to_axis2c_installation' |
| export AXIS2C_HOME |
| |
| NOTE: You will need to set AXIS2C_HOME only if you need to run Axis2/C samples |
| or tests. The reason is that the samples and test codes use AXIS2C_HOME |
| to get the path to Axis2/C. To write your own services or clients this is |
| not a requirement. |
| |
| 3. Go to the directory where you extracted the source |
| cd /your_path_to_axis2c_source |
| |
| 4. Build the source |
| This can be done by running the following command sequence in the directory |
| where you have extracted the source. |
| |
| ./configure --prefix=${AXIS2C_HOME} |
| make |
| sudo make install |
| |
| Please run './configure --help' in respective sub folders for more information |
| on these configure options. |
| |
| NOTE: If you don't provide the --prefix configure option, it will by default |
| be installed into "/usr/local/axis2c" directory. |
| |
| You could run make check to test if everything is working fine. However, note |
| that the test/core/clientapi/test_clientapi program would fail unless |
| AXIS2C_HOME points to the installed location. (It's looking for Axis2/C |
| repository) This means you really should run "make && make install", |
| then set AXIS2C_HOME=/path/to/install, and then "make check". |
| That's a little different than the usual "make && make check && make install" |
| process. |
| |
| You may need to try Axis2/C with guththila xml parser. You can do it by giving |
| "--enable-guththila=yes" as a configure option. |
| |
| ./configure --enable-guththila=yes [other configuration options] |
| make |
| sudo make install |
| |
| If you need to get the samples working, you also need to build the samples. |
| |
| To build the samples: |
| |
| export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/axis2c/lib/ |
| cd samples |
| ./configure --prefix=${AXIS2C_HOME} --with-axis2=${AXIS2C_HOME}/include/axis2-1.3.0 |
| make |
| sudo make install |
| |
| Please run "./configure --help" in samples folder for more information on |
| configure options. |
| |
| NOTE: If you don't provide a --prefix configure option, samples will by default |
| be installed into "/usr/local/axis2c/samples" directory. |
| |
| 5. Go to the folder where you installed Axis2/C. |
| |
| 6. Start simple axis server |
| cd ${AXIS2C_HOME}/bin |
| ./axis2_http_server |
| |
| This will start the simple axis server on port 9090. To see the possible command |
| line options run: |
| ./axis2_http_server -h |
| |
| NOTE: You may need to be login as superuser to run the simple axis server. |
| |
| 8. Run the sample clients in a new shell |
| cd ${AXIS2C_HOME}/bin/samples |
| ./echo |
| This will invoke the echo service. |
| |
| ./math |
| This will invoke the math service. |
| |
| To see the possible command line options for sample clients, run them with |
| '-h' option. |
| |
| |
| 3. Getting Axis2/C working with the binary release on Windows. |
| ============================================================ |
| |
| 3.1 Requirements |
| ---------------- |
| |
| * The binaries shipped with this version are compiled with Microsoft Visual |
| Studio compiler (cl) |
| |
| Note: You can download Microsoft VS Express2005 Edition from Microsoft |
| website and install it to run these binaries |
| |
| * You also need the following dlls |
| - libxml2.dll [http://www.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml - version >= libxml2-2.6.20.win32] |
| - iconv.dll [http://www.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml - version >= iconv-1.9.1.win32] |
| - zlib1.dll [http://www.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml - version >= zlib-1.2.3.win32] |
| |
| 3.2 Binaries in the release |
| --------------------------- |
| |
| Extract the binary distribution to a folder of your choice. |
| (example: C:\axis2c) |
| |
| The c:\axis2c folder structure is as follows. |
| |
| axis2c |
| | |
| +- bin - server and other executables |
| | | |
| | +- samples - samples go here |
| | | |
| | +... |
| | |
| | |
| +- docs - documentation |
| | |
| +- include - all include files of axis2 |
| | |
| +- lib - library modules |
| | |
| +- logs - system and client logs are written to this folder |
| | |
| +- modules - deployed modules |
| | |
| +- samples - source files of the samples in bin |
| | |
| +- services - deployed services |
| |
| Copy the downloaded libxml2.dll, iconv.dll and zlib1.dll to C:\axis2c\lib |
| (Or you can have these dll's some other place and add the location to PATH |
| environment variable) |
| |
| 3.3 Running the binaries |
| ------------------------ |
| |
| You need to set a couple of environment variables before you can run the |
| server and samples. |
| |
| Set the variable AXIS2C_HOME to the deploy folder (C:\axis2c) |
| Add the path to lib directory to the PATH variable (%AXIS2C_HOME%\lib) |
| |
| Now everything is set to run the server! |
| |
| C:\axis2c\bin>axis2_http_server.exe |
| |
| You should see the message: |
| Started Simple Axis2 HTTP Server... |
| |
| By default the log is created under %AXIS2C_HOME%\logs folder with the name |
| axis2.log. |
| |
| NOTE: You may provide command line options to change the default behaviour. |
| Type "axis2_http_server.exe -h" to learn about the usage) |
| |
| Now you can run any sample client deployed under %AXIS2C_HOME%\bin\samples\ |
| Example: |
| C:\axis2c\bin\samples>echo.exe |
| |
| |
| 4. Getting Axis2/C working with the source release on Windows. |
| ============================================================ |
| |
| 4.1 Requirements |
| ---------------- |
| |
| * The makefile shipped with this version needs Microsoft Visual Studio |
| compiler (cl) and nmake build tool |
| |
| NOTE: You can download Microsoft VS Express2005 Edition and Platform SDK from |
| Microsoft website. You will need to add the path to Platform SDK Include |
| and Lib folders to the makefile. |
| |
| * You also need |
| - libxml2 [http://www.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml - download the version >= libxml2-2.6.20.win32] |
| - iconv [http://www.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml - download the version >= iconv-1.9.1.win32] |
| - zlib [http://www.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml - download the version >= zlib-1.2.3.win32] |
| |
| 4.2 Editing configure.in file |
| ----------------------------- |
| |
| The default places for libxml2 and iconv are specified in configure.in. |
| |
| Example: |
| Default location for libxml2 is C:\libxml2 |
| You can either extract libxml2 to this folder. Folder structure should |
| look like the following. |
| C:\libxml2 |
| | |
| +- include |
| | |
| +- bin |
| | |
| +- lib |
| |
| Or extract to whatever place of your choice and edit the configure.in accordingly. |
| |
| You need to have zlib1.dll in a library path. You may copy this dll to libxml2/lib. |
| |
| 4.3 Compiling the source |
| ------------------------ |
| |
| Extract the source distribution to a folder of your choice. (Example: C:\axis2c) |
| Open a DOS shell and type: |
| cd C:\axis2c\build\win32 |
| C:\axis2c\build\win32>vcvars32.bat |
| to access .Net tools |
| (Note: You may need to set the PATH environment |
| variable to vcvars32.bat if Windows complains |
| that it cannot find this bat) |
| C:\axis2c\build\win32>nmake install |
| |
| That's it! This will build the system and create a directory named 'deploy' |
| under the build directory. |
| |
| The deploy folder structure is as follows. |
| |
| deploy |
| | |
| +- bin - server and other executables |
| | | |
| | +- samples - samples go here |
| | | |
| | +... |
| | |
| +- lib - library modules |
| | |
| +- services - deployed services |
| | |
| +- modules - deployed modules |
| | |
| +- include - all include files of axis2 |
| | |
| +- logs - system and client logs are written to this folder |
| |
| 4.4 Running the binaries |
| ------------------------ |
| |
| You need to set a couple of environment variables before you can run the |
| server and samples. |
| |
| Set the variable AXIS2C_HOME to the deploy folder (C:\axis2c\build\deploy) |
| Add the path to lib directory to the PATH variable (%AXIS2C_HOME%\lib) |
| |
| Copy libxml2.dll, iconv.dll, and zlib1.dll to the Axis2/C lib folder |
| (%AXIS2C_HOME%\lib) |
| |
| Now everything is set to run the server! |
| |
| C:\axis2c\build\deploy\bin>axis2_http_server.exe |
| |
| You should see the message |
| Started Simple Axis2 HTTP Server... |
| |
| By default, the log is created under %AXIS2C_HOME%\logs folder with the |
| name axis2.log. |
| (Note: You may provide command line options to change the default behaviour. |
| Type "axis2_http_server.exe -h" to learn about the usage) |
| |
| Now you can run any sample client deployed under %AXIS2C_HOME%\bin\samples\ |
| Example: |
| C:\axis2c\build\deploy\bin\samples>echo.exe |
| |
| |
| 5. Installing Apache2 Web Server integration module (mod_axis2) |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| |
| 5.1 Building mod_axis2 from the source tree |
| |
| 5.1.1 On the Linux Platform |
| |
| Provide the Apache2 include file location as a configure option |
| ./configure --with-apache2="<apache2 httpd include files location>" [other configure options] |
| |
| NOTE: Some apache2 distributions install APR (Apache Portable Run-time) |
| include files in a separate location which is required to build mod_axis2. |
| In that case use: |
| ./configure --with-apache2="<apache2 directornclude files location>>" |
| --with-apr="<apr include files location>" [other configure options] |
| |
| Then build the source tree |
| make |
| make install |
| |
| This will install mod_axis2.so into your "<your_path_to_axis2c>/lib" |
| |
| 5. 1.3.0 On Win32 platform |
| |
| Provide the apache2 location in configure.in file in APACHE_INSTALL_DIR |
| Example: |
| APACHE_INSTALL_DIR = E:\Apache |
| |
| After compiling the sources (as described in section 4.3) build the |
| mod_axis2.dll by issuing the command "nmake axis2_apache_module". |
| This will build the mod_axis2.dll and copy it to %AXIS2C_HOME%\lib directory. |
| Example: |
| C:\axis2c\build\deploy\lib |
| |
| 5.2 Deploying in Apache2 Web Server |
| |
| NOTE: To do the following tasks, you might need super user privileges in your |
| machine. |
| |
| Copy the mod_axis2 (libmod_axis2.so.0.2.0 on Linux and mod_axis2.dll in Windows) |
| to "<apache2 modules directory>" as mod_axis2.so |
| Example: |
| cp $AXIS2C_HOME/lib/libmod_axis2.so.0.2.0 /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_axis2.so |
| in Linux or |
| |
| copy C:\axis2c\build\deploy\lib\mod_axis2.dll C:\Apache2\modules\mod_axis2.so |
| in Windows |
| |
| Edit the Apache2's configuration file (generally httpd.conf) and add the |
| following directives |
| |
| LoadModule axis2_module <apache2 modules directory>/mod_axis2.so |
| Axis2RepoPath <axis2 repository path> |
| Axis2LogFile <axis2 log file path> |
| Axis2MaxLogFileSize <maximum size of log file> |
| Axis2LogLevel LOG_LEVEL |
| <Location /axis2> |
| SetHandler axis2_module |
| </Location> |
| |
| NOTE: Axis2 log file path should have write access to all users because by |
| default Apache Web Server runs as nobody. |
| NOTE: If you want to use a Shared Global Pool with Apache you have to give another |
| entry called Axis2GlobalPoolSize.You have to give the size of the shared global |
| pool in MB.If you doesn't set the value or if you set a negative value Apache |
| module doesn't create shared global pool. |
| |
| Axis2GlobalPoolSize <global pool size in MB> |
| |
| LOG_LEVEL can be one of following |
| crit - Log critical errors only |
| error - Log errors critical errors |
| warn - Log warnings and above |
| info - Log info and above |
| debug - Log debug and above (default) |
| trace - Log trace messages |
| |
| NOTE: Use forward slashes "/" for path separators in <apache2 modules directory>, |
| <axis2 repository path> and <axis2 log file path> |
| |
| Make sure that the apache2 user has the correct permissions to above paths |
| - Read permission to the repository |
| - Write permission to the log file |
| |
| Restart apache2 and test whether mod_axis2 module is loaded by typing the URL |
| http://localhost/axis2/services |
| |
| |
| 6. Installing IIS (Interner Information Server) integration module (mod_axis2_IIS) |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| |
| 6.1 Building mod_axis2_IIS from the source tree |
| |
| After compiling the sources (as described in section 4.3) build the |
| mod_axis2.dll by issuing the command "nmake axis2_IIS_module". |
| This will build the mod_axis2_IIS.dll and copy it to %AXIS2C_HOME%\lib directory. |
| Example: |
| C:\axis2c\build\deploy\lib |
| |
| 6.2 Deploying in the IIS |
| |
| Add the following key to the registery. |
| |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apache Axis2c\IIS ISAPI Redirector |
| |
| Under this registry key add the following entries. |
| |
| Add a string value with the name axis2c_home and a value of the axis2c home path i.e c:\axis2c |
| Add a string value with the name log_file and a value of absolute path of the log file i.e c:\axis2c\logs\axis2.log |
| Add a string value with the name log_level. The value can be one of the following |
| trace - Log trace messages |
| error - Log errors critical errors |
| info - Log info and above |
| critical - Log critical errors only |
| debug - Log debug and above (default) |
| warning - Log warnings |
| |
| Using the IIS management console, add a new virtual directory to the IIS/PWS web site called "axis2" |
| The physical path of this virtual directory should be the axis2\lib directory (Where the mod_axis2_IIS.dll is in) |
| Assign excecute permissions to this virtual directory. |
| |
| Using the IIS management console, add mod_axis2_IIS.dll as a filter to the IIS/PWS web site. The name of the filter can be any meaningful name. |
| |
| Restart IIS and test whether mod_axis2_IIS module is loaded by typing the URL http://localhost/axis2. |
| Enjoy the Axis2/C soap engine! |
| |
| |
| FAQ |
| ======= |
| |
| 1. Although I was able to get simple axis server up, unable to run samples. |
| |
| This could happen because the AXIS2C_HOME environment variable is not |
| set to the correct axis2 installation path. |
| |
| |
| 2. What are the other dependencies Axis2/C has? |
| |
| Basically if you are willing to use libxml2 as your parser, you need to |
| have it installed on your system. |
| libxml2 - http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html |
| |
| 3. I installed libxml2 installed in my system, but ./configure fails saying |
| "libxml2 not found" |
| |
| Yes, you need to install libxml2-dev packages. |
| |
| 1. If you are using a debian based system |
| apt-get install libxml2-dev |
| 2. If you are using redhat/fedora based system. |
| yum install libxml2-dev |
| 3. If you compile libxml2 from source you will not get this error. |
| |
| 4. Is there any recommended packages, that I need to instal in my system? |
| |
| 1. automake, autoconf, libtool, aclocal |
| 2. libxml2 and libxml2-dev |
| 5. pkg-config |
| |
| 5. I tried several methods, browse through axis-c-dev and axis-c-user mail |
| archives but I was not able solve it. |
| |
| Then you can ask from Axis2/C users or Axis2/C developers about it by |
| sending your question to |
| user = axis-c-user@ws.apache.org |
| developer = axis-c-dev@ws.apache.org |
| |
| You can get subscribe to |
| |
| axis-c-user list by sending request to |
| <axis-c-user-subscribe@ws.apache.org> |
| |
| axis-c-dev list by sending request to |
| <axis-c-dev-subscribe@ws.apache.org> |
| |
| subject of the request should be "subscribe" |
| |
| |
| 6. This FAQ is not enough... |
| |
| You can help us by reporting your suggestions, complaints, problems and bugs |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Thank you for using Axis2/C ... |
