Error coming while running portal

[saurav25]

Hi All,

I am extremely new to Jboss Portal.
I have downloaded JBoss 4.2.0 GA and JBoss protal.
I have put in the necessary jar files and .sar under the deploy folder.
I am trying to run the JBoss portal thru Web browser.
But i am getting this error

javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NullPointerException
 org.jboss.portal.server.servlet.PortalServlet.service(PortalServlet.java:406)
 javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
 org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException
 org.jboss.portal.core.impl.model.portal.PersistentPortalObjectContainer.getObjectNode(PersistentPortalObjectContainer.java:242)
 org.jboss.portal.core.impl.model.portal.AbstractPortalObjectContainer.getObject(AbstractPortalObjectContainer.java:89)
 org.jboss.portal.core.model.portal.DefaultPortalCommandFactory.doMapping(DefaultPortalCommandFactory.java:75)
 org.jboss.portal.core.controller.Controller.handle(Controller.java:217)
 org.jboss.portal.server.RequestControllerDispatcher.invoke(RequestControllerDispatcher.java:51)
 org.jboss.portal.common.invocation.Invocation.invokeNext(Invocation.java:131)
 org.jboss.portal.common.invocation.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:157)
 org.jboss.portal.server.servlet.PortalServlet.service(PortalServlet.java:380)
 javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
 org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

Please help

Saurav

[antoine_h]

It seems it is coming from the persistence part.
Seems it can't get the PortalObject node from the database.

Did you configure the datasource (MySql or another one), as explained in the doc ?

If you use the hypersonic database (default), make sure it can write in the jboss folder, to store the database.
The best would be to try with a MySQL database.

also, as you don't say it : did you created the database ?
it is all explain in the doc (reference guide...).

[saurav25]

Antoine many thanks for the reply.
I have not setup the DB.Please guide me how
to do it or send me a link which can solve my
present problem