Steps to Configure Liferay With External Database

Steps to Configure Liferay With External Database:

For Tomcat:

:\liferay-portal-6.1.1-ce-ga2\tomcat-7.0.27\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes 



Here create portal-ext properties file:


portal-ext properties file contains DB details:

   jdbc.default.driverClassName=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
    jdbc.default.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:port:schemaname
Ex:  jdbc.default.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@123.16.32.44:1521:liferaydb
    jdbc.default.username=username
    jdbc.default.password=password



Then Copy the  ojdbc14.jar  in to liferay-portal-6.1.1-ce-ga2\tomcat-7.0.27\lib\ext the Location.

In case  ojdbc14.jar  not support  please copy the jdbc14-10.2.0.5.0 jar in same location.




Some useful links for Liferay Portals:

http://amdrill.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/how-to-install-liferay-ide-in-eclipse-indigo/

http://amdrill.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/intalling-liferay-plugin-sdk-in-eclipse/

http://www.liferay.com/community/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Liferay+IDE+Installation+Guide

http://www.scribd.com/doc/57507168/Steps-to-Configure-Liferay-With-External-Database

http://www.javabeat.net/2011/06/using-liferays-service-builder-part-1/

http://amdrill.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/intalling-liferay-plugin-sdk-in-eclipse/

http://liferaydemystified.blogspot.in/2011/04/mvcportlet-framework.html // MVC    

http://liferaydemystified.blogspot.in/2011/05/adding-users-to-groupscommunitiesusergr.html

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