D2-Config without ActiveX

October 3, 2018October 8, 2018 Alvaro de AndresLeave a comment

If somehow you find yourself working for a customer with very strict security policies that don’t allow ActiveX components, you can still work with D2-Config even if you cannot install the activex component.

You can access /D2-Config/ConnectDialog.html, ignore the popups and login as usual, then you’ll be redirected to /D2-Config/interface.html?interfaceId=null# which is the page with D2-Config matrix.

Every time you click somewhere you’ll get a popup stating the C6 ActiveX is not loaded but you can simply ignore it, as most of the application will work.

If you need to perform a full import of a configuration, you can do so with the following code (note that this will reset D2-Config configurations):

getSManager();
session=sm.getSession("repository");

D2Session.initTBOEx(session,false);
D2Config config=new D2Config(session);

config.importZip(new File("full path to Zip file with configuration"),
true, null, null, true, true, null);

Map arguments = new HashMap();
arguments.put("-callerUrl", "http://server/D2/");
arguments.put("-all", Boolean.TRUE);
D2Method.start(session, D2RefreshCacheMethod.class, arguments);

sm.release(session);

You’ll need to add to your project d2-api.jar and c6-common.jar, mark as approved the dfc instance used by the program’s dfc, and set the java.security parameter as explained in D2 4.7/16.4 configuration in eclipse

D2 4.7/16.4 configuration in eclipse

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Alvaro de Andres1 Comment

This post is quite similar to the Debugging D2 4.5/4.6 previously posted, explaining how to set up D2 without lockbox, but much more simple due to the missing lockbox.

Extract all files from D2/D2-Config to a local folder in your computer, configure a new (tomcat) server in Eclipse, and configure the following parameters:

JVM arguments:
- -Djava.io.tmpdir=”<absolute path to some temp folder>\d2″ (make sure this folder exists)
- -Djava.security.policy=file:///<absolute path to java.policy file> (the documentation states to change java.policy in your JRE, but I rather use this cleaner solution: create a local java.policy file with a single line:
  grant { permission com.documentum.fc.client.impl.bof.security.RolePermission “*”, “propagate”;}; and reference it with the java.security.policy parameter)
- Additional memory/custom parameters

Now, start the server, take note of the dfc.keystore id, mark it as approved privilege client in DA and you are good to go.

How to read environment variables

July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Alvaro de Andres2 Comments

By the talented team way:

 String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
if (os.indexOf("win") >= 0) {
p = r.exec("cmd.exe /c set");
} else {
p = r.exec("env");
}
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
String line;
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null)
{
String[] inputs = line.split("=");
if ("DOCUMENTUM".equalsIgnoreCase(inputs[0])) {
retCode = inputs[1];
}
}
if (br != null) {
br.close();
}

I guess System.getenv was way too complex…

Oh, and they use the same method to read a properties file:

while ((record = dis.readLine()) != null)
{
recCount++;
if ((!record.startsWith("#")) && (!record.trim().equalsIgnoreCase("")))
{
String[] inputs = record.split("=");
params.put(inputs[0], inputs[1]);
}
}

OTEW 2018 fun

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 Alvaro de Andres2 Comments

I’m not attending the event being held in Toronto, but I found through twitter this nice url:

http://hol-host05.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com:81/d2-unity-web/ui/app.html -> This is the new D2 UI (and yes, you can use the you-know-which-default-user(s) to log in and check it by yourself) deployed on Azure (which is weird, considering Opentext has its own cloud…)

But, the really funny thing here, are these urls:

http://hol-host05.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com:81/da -> da 7.3 (but with CS 16.4/SQL Server)

http://hol-host05.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com:81/D2 -> hello old D2 vulnerabilities 🙂

http://hol-host05.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com:81/d2-unity-web/repositories -> and you can log in with you-know-which-default-user(s), and you have a nice DQL tool provided by REST services 🙂

Opentext iHub integration with Documentum

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 Alvaro de AndresLeave a comment

One of the new features of Documentum 16.4 is the integration with Opentext’s iHub analytics software. If you don’t know what iHub is, it’s something like a preconfigured set of reports (if you’ve used Jasper Reports, it’s quite similar) which now comes with a bundled OOTB reports for Documentum.

I’ve been trying to set it up in a test environment just to check it out but I’ve been having some problems.

Even though the installation is quite straightforward for some reason it refused to work, and it was impossible to login into the application. After discarding me as the problem, I pinpoint the error to the login info sent to Documentum. This information is configured in the dctm_ihub_user_map.json file, which the documentation states, has the following format:

If you want to have a separate user mapping between Documentum and iHub user, then add a new entry (in bold) as in the following example:
{
“DEFAULT VOLUME”: {
“name”: “Default Volume”,
“users”: {
“DEFAULT_USER”: {
“name”: “Administrator”,
“password”: “”
381
Documentum Administrator
},
“dmadmin”: {
“name”: “dmadmin”,
“password”: “”
},
“dctm_testuser”: {
“name”: “ihub_testuser”,
“password”: “testpassword”
}
}
}
}

I was sure something was wrong there, so I decompiled the classes that read that file and, oh surprise:

DvrIPSE.IPSEUser localIPSEUser = (DvrIPSE.IPSEUser)localMap.get(paramString2.toUpperCase());

I guess I’ll be filling a “documentation bug”…

Opentext Documentum 16.4 PostgreSQL Developer Edition

March 3, 2018August 29, 2018 Alvaro de Andres7 Comments

This is a step-by-step guide to install Documentum 16.4 in a Linux environment with PostgreSQL 9.6 (as we don’t have/I haven’t found the compatibility matrix, I’ve used the same version bundled in the docker image).

Environment

Host:
Windows 10 x64 8GB RAM
VMware Workstation Player 12

Guest:
CentOS 7 x64 25GB HD 4GB RAM 2 cores
PostgreSQL 9.6
Documentum 16.4

VM Creation

Mount the CentOS 7 DVD image, boot the machine and follow the steps. You can choose to let EasyInstall do the work for you. I used minimal package install to save resources, named the machine vm-dctm16.4, configured the network and set the root password as well as a “dmadmin” user.

OS Configuration

Install required packages:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo yum install bash-completion kernel-devel rng-tools.x86_64
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo yum install bash-completion kernel-devel rng-tools.x86_64 policycoreutils policycoreutils-python selinux-policy selinux-policy-targeted libselinux-utils setroubleshoot-server setools setools-console mcstrans expect tcl
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo yum group install X\ Window\ System “Development Tools”
[root@vm-dctm164 vmtools]# yum install open-vm-tools.x86_64

Stop and disable the firewalld service:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo systemctl disable firewalld
Removed symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/firewalld.service.
Removed symlink /etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.fedoraproject.FirewallD1.service.
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo systemctl stop firewalld

Configure the entropy and allow http connections through selinux:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo /sbin/rngd -b -r /dev/urandom -p /dev/random
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db 1

PostgreSQL Configuration

Install required packages:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo yum install https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/9.6/redhat/rhel-7.4-x86_64/pgdg-centos96-9.6-3.noarch.rpm
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo yum install postgresql96-server postgresql96-contrib

Init the DB:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo /usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/postgresql96-setup initdb

Enable and start the PostgreSQL service:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql-9.6
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/postgresql-9.6.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql-9.6.service.
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ sudo systemctl start postgresql-9.6

Configure the postgres user:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ su – root
[root@vm-dctm164 ~]# su – postgres
-bash-4.2$ psql
postgres=# \password postgres
postgres=# \q
-bash-4.2$ exit
logout

Configure PostgreSQL:

[root@vm-dctm164 ~]# vi /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/postgresql.conf
listen_addresses = ‘*’
port = 5432

[root@vm-dctm164 ~]# vi /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/pg_hba.conf
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
host all all ::/128 md5
host all all vm-dctm164 md5

Restart PostgreSQL service to apply the changes:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 /]$ sudo systemctl restart postgresql-9.6

phpPgAdmin Configuration

Install required packages:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 /]$ sudo yum install phpPgAdmin httpd

Configure phpPgAdmin:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 /]$ sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpPgAdmin.conf

# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
#Require host example.com

# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
# Allow from 127.0.0.1
# Allow from ::1
# Allow from .example.com

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 /]$ sudo vi /etc/phpPgAdmin/config.inc.php
$conf[‘servers’][0][‘host’] = ‘’;
$conf[‘extra_login_security’] = false;
$conf[‘owned_only’] = true;

Restart httpd service to apply the changes:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 /]$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

Now you should be able to login to the console from http://vm-dctm164/phpPgAdmin/

ODBC Configuration

Install required packages:

sudo yum install postgresql96-odbc.x86_64 unixODBC.x86_64

Configure .ini files:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 /]$ sudo vi /etc/odbcinst.ini
[PostgreSQL]
Description     = ODBC for PostgreSQL
#Driver         = /usr/lib/psqlodbcw.so
#Setup          = /usr/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so
#Driver64       = /usr/lib64/psqlodbcw.so
#Setup64                = /usr/lib64/libodbcpsqlS.so
Driver = /usr/pgsql-9.6/lib/psqlodbcw.so
Driver64 = /usr/pgsql-9.6/lib/psqlodbcw.so
Setup64 = /usr/lib64/libodbcpsqlS.so
FileUsage       = 1

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 /]$ sudo vi /etc/odbc.ini
[MyPostgres]
Description=PostgreSQL
Driver=PostgreSQL
Database=postgres
Servername=vm-dctm164
UserName=postgres
Password=dmadmin
Port=5432
Protocol=7.4
ReadOnly=No
RowVersioning=No
ShowSystemTables=No
ShowOidColumn=No
FakeOidIndex=No
UpdateableCursors=Yes
DEBUG=Yes

Test the connection:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 /]$ isql -v MyPostgres
+—————————————+
| Connected!                            |
|                                       |
| sql-statement                         |
| help [tablename]                      |
| quit                                  |
|                                       |
+—————————————+
SQL> quit

Documentum server

Create folders:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 opt]$ sudo mkdir documentum
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 opt]$ sudo chown dmadmin.dmadmin documentum
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 opt]$ mkdir documentum/product
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 opt]$ mkdir documentum/product/16.4
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 opt]$ mkdir documentum/shared

Set up environment variables:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 ~]$ vi ~/.bash_profile
DOCUMENTUM=/opt/documentum
export DOCUMENTUM

DM_HOME=$DOCUMENTUM/product/16.4
export DM_HOME

POSTGRESQL_HOME=/usr/pgsql-9.6
export POSTGRESQL_HOME

PATH=$PATH:$DM_HOME/bin:$POSTGRESQL_HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin
export PATH

LC_ALL=C
export LC_ALL

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$POSTGRESQL_HOME/lib:$DM_HOME/bin:$DOCUMENTUM/java64/JAVA_LINK/jre/lib/amd64/server:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Reserve ports for services:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 opt]$ sudo vi /etc/services
dctm164 50000/tcp # dctm 16.4 repo
dctm164_s 50001/tcp # dctm 16.4 repo

Create symbolic link for later (configuration program):

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 opt]$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libsasl2.so.3.0.0 /usr/lib64/libsasl2.so.2

Configure limits.conf:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 opt]$ sudo vi /etc/security/limits.conf
dmadmin – core -1

Run the installer:

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 cs]$ tar xvf content_server_16.4_linux64_postgres.tar
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 cs]$ chmod 777 serverSetup.bin
[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 cs]$ ./serverSetup.bin

Docbroker and repository

At this point, you can choose to run dmdbtest to make sure everything works. This versions seems to work with the OOTB libs from postgres and you don’t have to get the unstripped libs from the docker release.

Create the tablespace file for the repository (dctm164):

[dmadmin@vm-dctm164 cs]$ su –
[root@vm-dctm164 ~]# su – postgres
-bash-4.2$ mkdir /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/db_dctm164_dat.dat

Documentum Administrator

Nothing special about this, same procedure as always. I’ve used the latest tomcat 8 to deploy, as there are no requirements/supported versions matrix:

Some notes:

Documentation seems more “precise”, specially regarding the Linux install. However, there are still copy/paste sections from previous releases.
Only new (visible) feature in DA is the integration with iHub
Firefox extension doesn’t work in Firefox 60

Opentext Documentum Server 16.4 released

March 1, 2018 Alvaro de Andres4 Comments

You can find it in the downloads section.

New features:

Independent JMS
OpenText Directory Services integration with Documentum
Support for parallel indexing
Support for Amazon S3 store
Audit Trail enhancements
Support for + (concat) operator in Oracle databases
Removal of sticky bit

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