Cloudooo is a Free Software licensed under the terms of GNU GPL. You can get the source code, in the following subversion repository or as static package:

• subversion: https://svn.erp5.org/repos/public/erp5/trunk/utils/cloudooo
• package: http://www.nexedi.org/static/packages/source/cloudooo-1.0.1.tar.gz

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Installing Dependencies in Mandriva
• Install OpenOffice.org
  • Download Package from the official site
    • x86_32
    • x86_64
  • Unpack the tar.gz and Install
  • Create Configuration File
  • Run Application
  • Stop Application
  • Cloudooo Description
    • Xvfb and OpenOffice
  • XMLRPC Server - XMLRPC + WSGI
• Related Articles

Installation¶

Via python:

$ svn co https://svn.erp5.org/repos/public/erp5/trunk/utils/cloudooo

$ cd cloudoo

$ python2.6 setup.py install

Warning: you must have installed setuptools>=0.6c11 in this python.

Via easy_install (source code):

$ easy_install-2.6 https://svn.erp5.org/repos/public/erp5/trunk/utils/cloudooo

or easy_install (static package):

$ easy_install-2.6 -f http://www.nexedi.org/static/packages/source/ cloudooo

Warning: you must have installed setuptools>=0.6c11 in this python.

Installing Dependencies in Mandriva¶

$ urpmi xvfb # System Dependencies

Install OpenOffice.org¶

Was used for testing the package's official openoffice.org. Follow these steps to install:

Download Package from the official site¶

x86_32¶

$ wget http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.2.0/OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz

x86_64¶

$ wget http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.2.0/OOo_3.2.0_LinuxX86-64_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz

Unpack the tar.gz and Install¶

$ tar zxvf OOo_3.2.0_LinuxX86-64_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz

$ cd OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/RPMS

$ rpm -i *.rpm # install all packages together

The installation is in /opt Note: Make sure that you start openoffice.org and from Tools->Options->Jave you uncheck "Use a Java runtime environment". When JRE is not used following filters willnot be supported (also check here):

• draw.xhtml
• impr.xhtml, uop
• calc.xhtml, pxl, uos
• writer.xhtml, pdb, psw, uot, 2003.doc.xml, docbook.xml

Create Configuration File¶

The configuration file is used to start the application using paster.

$ cp ./cloudooo/samples/cloudooo.conf . # Copy to current folder which is the root cloudoo folder

The next step is define some attributes in cloudooo.conf:

• uno_path - full path to UNO library
• soffice_bin_path - full path to soffice.bin

Run Application¶

$ paster serve ./cloudooo.conf

or run as a daemon:

$ paster serve ./cloudoo.conf --daemon

Stop Application¶

$ kill -1 PASTER_PID

Warning: always use SIGHUP because only with this signal all processes are stopped correctly.

Cloudooo Description¶

• XMLRPC + WSGI will be one bridge for easy access OpenOffice.org. This will implement one XMLRPC server into WSGI (Paster).
• PyUno is used to connect to OpenOffice.org stated with open socket. The features will be handled all by pyuno.
• Xvfb is used to run Openoffice.org. This is controlled by Daemon(cloudooo).
• Only a process will have access to OpenOffice.org by time.
• All clients receive the same object(proxy) when connects with XMLRPC Server.

Xvfb and OpenOffice¶

• configure and start Xvfb.
• Use a single Xvfb.
• the xvfb will be started with the XMLRPC Server.
• When start the Daemon(cloudooo), it configures Xvfb, next opens the openoffice(with pyuno) and start XMLRPC Server.
• control Xvfb.
• start openoffice.
• Pyuno start the openoffice processes and the communication is through sockets.
• Openoffice processes run in brackground and in virtual display.
• control openoffice.
• The socket can't lose the connection, if this occurs should kill the process and submit again the file.

XMLRPC Server - XMLRPC + WSGI¶

• Send document to openoffice and return the document converted with metadata.
• XMLRPC receives a file and connects to a openoffice by pyuno.
• The pyuno opens a new openoffice, write, add metadata and returns the document edited or converted to xmlrpc and it return the document to the user.
• When finalize the use of openoffice, should make sure that it was finalized.
• Export to another format.
• Invite document and return metadata only.
• Edit metadata of the document.
• Problems and possible solution.
• OpenOffice is stalled.
• finalize the process, start openoffice and submit the document again(without restart the cloudooo).
• Openoffice is crashed.
• finalize the process, verify if all the process was killed, start openoffice and submit the document again(without restart the cloudooo).
• OpenOffice received the document and stalled.
• if openoffice isn't responding, kill the process and start.
• The document that was sent is corrupt.
• write in log the error and verify that the process aren't in memory.

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