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Oxalis installation

The purpose of this document is to document how to install Oxalis as simple as possible.

Prerequisites

  • Java JDK 1.8 (newer versions should also work)
  • Maven 3+ (if you plan to build Oxalis yourself)
  • Tomcat 9+ (if you have a different JEE container, you need to figure out the differences on your own, sorry :-)
  • Create OXALIS_HOME directory to hold configuration files, certificates etc
  • Add OXALIS_HOME environment variable to reference that directory

All of these must be installed properly, i.e. make sure that the binaries are available from your command line.

Checklist

When running the following commands you should expect output similar to the one shown

Verify Command Expected output
JDK 1.8 javac -version javac 1.8.0_45
Maven 3 mvn -version Apache Maven 3.2.1
OXALIS_HOME echo $OXALIS_HOME /Users/thore/.oxalis

Installation steps

  1. Install Tomcat and configure it for SSL on port 443 or make sure you terminate SSL in front of Tomcat on port 443 (using nginx or similar). Please, do not change this port. Most other access points need to communicate with you and their operations department usually don't like opening non-standard ports. Do not use your PEPPOL certificate as an SSL certificate!

  2. Make sure Tomcat starts and stops and manager is available with user manager/manager

  3. Obtain the binary artifacts for Oxalis by either:

    1. Downloading the binary artifacts from Maven Central and unpack the distribution.
    2. Building yourself from the source at GitHub

  4. Create an Oxalis home diretory in which you place files that do not change between new releases of Oxalis. We recommend that you name the Oxalis home directory .oxalis in what is considered the home directory of the user running Oxalis. If you are using Tomcat, it should be the home directory of the tomcat user. Remember to set the $OXALIS_HOME environment variable referencing you Oxalis home directory in your shell startup script.

    Example: export OXALIS_HOME=~/.oxalis

  5. See the Oxalis keystore guide for details on how to crete your keystore. Your certificate is validated towards the proper certificate chain during startup. Please not Oxalis is expected to not start when non-PEPPOL or expired certificates are provided.

  6. Create the file oxalis.conf. Here is an example of how it might look:

     oxalis.keystore {
     # Relative to OXALIS_HOME
     path=peppol-keystore.jks
     password = peppol
     key.alias = ap
     key.password = peppol
 }

 # The relative name of the directory holding plugin
 oxalis.path.plugin = oxalis-plugin

 # Signals to Oxalis that we should look for plugin
 oxalis.persister.receipt = plugin

 # Where to store inbound files
 oxalis.path.inbound = /var/peppol/IN

    More information may be find in the configuration document.

  7. Copy the file oxalis.war into your Tomcat deployment directory, example :

    cp oxalis-dist/oxalis-distribution/target/oxalis-distribution-x.y.z/jee/oxalis.war /users/oxalis/apache-tomcat-7.0.56/webapps

  8. Start Tomcat, check the logs for any errors and make sure the oxalis status page seems right (the URL could be differet for your setup). Note! If you intend to terminate TLS in your Tomcat instance, the status pages resides at https://localhost:443/oxalis/status

  9. Attempt to send a sample invoice using the file example.sh file located in oxalis-dist/oxalis-standalone. Do not forget to review the script first!

Testing and verifying your installation

Testing and verification of your installation presupposes that you have performed the actions as listed above.

  • You have obtained a PEPPOL test certificate.

(The mode you are running in is detected by Oxalis by validating your certificate - no need to maintain that setting any more.)

Sending a sample invoice to Difi's test access point

This is how you send a sample invoice to Difi's test access point using the test SML (SMK):

java -jar target/oxalis-standalone.jar \
     -f src/test/resources/BII04_T10_PEPPOL-v2.0_invoice.xml \
     -r 9908:810418052 \
     -s 9909:810418052

Verify that your sample invoice was received at Difi's test access point

Sending a sample invoice to your own local access point

You need to override the use of the SML/SMP in order to send directly to your own access point. This is done by specifying a) the URL, b) the protocol and the c) AS2 system identifier.

Here is how to send a sample invoice in PEPPOOL Bis 4A profile to your own local access point:

java -jar target/oxalis-standalone.jar \
     -f src/test/resources/BII04_T10_PEPPOL-v2.0_invoice.xml \
     -u http://localhost:8080/oxalis/as2 \
     -cert /path/to/your/certificate.cer

Good luck!