FYI, I worked a little bit on https://issues.jboss.org/browse/EXOJCR-1580 and proposed a set of patches for it (as you can see there are a lot of changes). In my patches, I added the support of jboss.server.config.dir thanks to it, you have no need to set the exo.conf.dir only the exo.conf.dir.name is enough. In the configuration.properties the variables gatein.jcr.workspace.system and gatein.jcr.workspace.default are missing which cause https://issues.jboss.org/browse/GTNPORTAL-2258. I guess you know it already but the dependency management

is hard coded so I had to rebuild the class GateInExtensionConfiguration any time I had to add or remove an ear or a war otherwise I had errors at startup of type:

15:23:55,271 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.controller] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 2) Deployment of "gatein-sample-skin.war" was rolled back with failure message {"Services with missing/unavailable dependencies" => ["jboss.deployment.unit.\"gatein-sample-skin.war\".CONFIGURE_MODULE missing [ jboss.module.information.service.\"deployment.gatein.ear\".main, jboss.module.information.service.\"deployment.gatein-sample-portal.ear\".main, jboss.module.information.service.\"deployment.gatein-sample-extension.ear\".main ]"]}

What a time wasted trying to figure out why it did not work even if I modified the config file standalone.xml? Don't hesitate to warn me next time :-(

I also noticed that when we logout we get the following stacktrace
9:29:20,864 ERROR [exo.core.component.security.core.JbossLoginModule.class] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) Could not perform JBoss security manager cache eviction: javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException: jboss.security:service=JaasSecurityManager
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.getMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:1094) [:1.6.0_26]
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:833) [:1.6.0_26]
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:761) [:1.6.0_26]
    at org.exoplatform.services.security.j2ee.JbossLoginModule.logout(JbossLoginModule.java:120) [exo.core.component.security.core-2.4.4-GA-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [:1.6.0_26]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [:1.6.0_26]
    at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(LoginContext.java:769) [:1.6.0_26]
    at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.access$000(LoginContext.java:186) [:1.6.0_26]
    at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:683) [:1.6.0_26]
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) [:1.6.0_26]
    at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invokePriv(LoginContext.java:680) [:1.6.0_26]
    at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.logout(LoginContext.java:629) [:1.6.0_26]
    at org.jboss.security.authentication.JBossCachedAuthenticationManager$DomainInfo.logout(JBossCachedAuthenticationManager.java:513) [picketbox-infinispan-4.0.1.jar:4.0.1]
    at org.jboss.as.security.plugins.DefaultAuthenticationCacheFactory$1.remove(DefaultAuthenticationCacheFactory.java:57)
    at org.jboss.as.security.plugins.DefaultAuthenticationCacheFactory$1.remove(DefaultAuthenticationCacheFactory.java:48)
    at org.jboss.security.authentication.JBossCachedAuthenticationManager.flushCache(JBossCachedAuthenticationManager.java:183) [picketbox-infinispan-4.0.1.jar:4.0.1]
    at org.jboss.security.authentication.JBossCachedAuthenticationManager.flushCache(JBossCachedAuthenticationManager.java:58) [picketbox-infinispan-4.0.1.jar:4.0.1]
    at org.jboss.as.web.security.JBossGenericPrincipal.logout(JBossGenericPrincipal.java:93) [jboss-as-web-7.0.2.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.logout(Request.java:3262) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade.logout(RequestFacade.java:1092) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.gatein.wci.jboss.JB7ServletContainerContext.logout(JB7ServletContainerContext.java:151) [wci-jboss7-2.1.0-Beta07-AS7-Beta01.jar:2.1.0-Beta07-AS7-Beta01]
    at org.gatein.wci.impl.DefaultServletContainer.logout(DefaultServletContainer.java:117) [wci-wci-2.1.0-Beta07-AS7-Beta01.jar:2.1.0-Beta07-AS7-Beta01]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalLogoutLifecycle.onEndRequest(PortalLogoutLifecycle.java:60) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalLogoutLifecycle.onEndRequest(PortalLogoutLifecycle.java:37) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalRequestHandler.processRequest(PortalRequestHandler.java:218) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalRequestHandler.execute(PortalRequestHandler.java:150) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.web.WebAppController.service(WebAppController.java:349) [exo.portal.component.web.controller-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalController.onService(PortalController.java:127) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.container.web.AbstractHttpServlet.service(AbstractHttpServlet.java:132) [exo.kernel.container-2.3.4-GA-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar:1.0.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:329) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.web.filter.ExtensibleFilter$ExtensibleFilterChain.doFilter(ExtensibleFilter.java:110) [exo.portal.component.web.api-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.sample.portal.web.SampleFilter.doFilter(SampleFilter.java:46) [exo.portal.sample.portal.jar-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.web.filter.ExtensibleFilter$ExtensibleFilterChain.doFilter(ExtensibleFilter.java:106) [exo.portal.component.web.api-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.web.filter.ExtensibleFilter.doFilter(ExtensibleFilter.java:80) [exo.portal.component.web.api-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.web.filter.GenericFilter.doFilter(GenericFilter.java:79) [exo.portal.component.web.api-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.frameworks.jcr.web.ThreadLocalSessionProviderInitializedFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalSessionProviderInitializedFilter.java:116) [exo.jcr.framework.web-1.14.4-GA-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.web.CacheUserProfileFilter.doFilter(CacheUserProfileFilter.java:73) [exo.portal.component.web.security-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.services.security.web.SetCurrentIdentityFilter.doFilter(SetCurrentIdentityFilter.java:88) [exo.core.component.security.core-2.4.4-GA-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.container.web.PortalContainerFilter.doFilter(PortalContainerFilter.java:69) [exo.kernel.container-2.3.4-GA-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:275) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:139) [jboss-as-web-7.0.2.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:388) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.web.NamingValve.invoke(NamingValve.java:57) [jboss-as-web-7.0.2.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:154) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:362) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:877) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:667) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:952) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) [:1.6.0_26]

To finish, I also noticed that when I try to apply the sample skin on the sample portal I got:

15:07:27,053 ERROR [portal:UIPortletLifecycle] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) Portlet render threw an exception: org.exoplatform.services.portletcontainer.PortletContainerException: org.exoplatform.portal.config.NoSuchDataException: Can not find 6f1c00d1c0a801026e840613ffe92fd1
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.application.UIPortletLifecycle.processRender(UIPortletLifecycle.java:340) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.application.UIPortletLifecycle.processRender(UIPortletLifecycle.java:62) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponent.processRender(UIComponent.java:144) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIContainer.renderChildren(UIContainer.java:368) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIContainer.renderChildren(UIContainer.java:358) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor154.invoke(Unknown Source) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [:1.6.0_26]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [:1.6.0_26]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite$PojoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:229) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:52) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:120) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at UIPortal.run(UIPortal.gtmpl:18)    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyScript.render(GroovyScript.java:111) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyTemplate.render(GroovyTemplate.java:119) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.text.TemplateService.merge(TemplateService.java:117) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle.renderTemplate(Lifecycle.java:125) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle.processRender(Lifecycle.java:83) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.portal.UIPortalLifecycle.processRender(UIPortalLifecycle.java:41) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.portal.UIPortalLifecycle.processRender(UIPortalLifecycle.java:30) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponent.processRender(UIComponent.java:144) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponentDecorator.renderChildren(UIComponentDecorator.java:101) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [:1.6.0_26]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [:1.6.0_26]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite$PojoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:229) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:52) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:120) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at UISiteBody.run(UISiteBody.gtmpl:27)    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyScript.render(GroovyScript.java:111) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyTemplate.render(GroovyTemplate.java:119) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.text.TemplateService.merge(TemplateService.java:117) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle.renderTemplate(Lifecycle.java:125) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle.processRender(Lifecycle.java:83) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponent.processRender(UIComponent.java:144) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIContainer.renderChildren(UIContainer.java:368) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIContainer.renderChildren(UIContainer.java:358) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [:1.6.0_26]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [:1.6.0_26]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite$PojoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:229) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:52) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:120) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at UIContainer.run(UIContainer.gtmpl:49)    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyScript.render(GroovyScript.java:111) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyTemplate.render(GroovyTemplate.java:119) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.text.TemplateService.merge(TemplateService.java:117) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle.renderTemplate(Lifecycle.java:125) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle.processRender(Lifecycle.java:83) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponent.processRender(UIComponent.java:144) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponentDecorator$UIComponentDecoratorLifecycle.processRender(UIComponentDecorator.java:113) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponentDecorator$UIComponentDecoratorLifecycle.processRender(UIComponentDecorator.java:104) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponent.processRender(UIComponent.java:144) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIContainer.renderChildren(UIContainer.java:368) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIContainer.renderChildren(UIContainer.java:358) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [:1.6.0_26]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [:1.6.0_26]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite$PojoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:229) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:52) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:120) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at UIWorkingWorkspace.run(UIWorkingWorkspace.gtmpl:12)    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyScript.render(GroovyScript.java:111) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyTemplate.render(GroovyTemplate.java:119) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.text.TemplateService.merge(TemplateService.java:117) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle.renderTemplate(Lifecycle.java:125) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle.processRender(Lifecycle.java:83) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponent.processRender(UIComponent.java:144) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIContainer.renderChildren(UIContainer.java:368) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIContainer.renderChildren(UIContainer.java:358) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIApplication.renderChildren(UIApplication.java:120) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) [:1.6.0_26]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [:1.6.0_26]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [:1.6.0_26]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite$PojoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:229) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:52) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:120) [groovy-all-1.7.6.jar:]
    at UIPortalApplicationChildren.run(UIPortalApplicationChildren.gtmpl:17)    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyScript.render(GroovyScript.java:111) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.GroovyTemplate.render(GroovyTemplate.java:119) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.groovyscript.text.TemplateService.merge(TemplateService.java:117) [exo.portal.component.scripting-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle.renderTemplate(Lifecycle.java:125) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.workspace.UIPortalApplicationLifecycle.processRender(UIPortalApplicationLifecycle.java:142) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.workspace.UIPortalApplicationLifecycle.processRender(UIPortalApplicationLifecycle.java:105) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.workspace.UIPortalApplicationLifecycle.processRender(UIPortalApplicationLifecycle.java:37) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.webui.core.UIComponent.processRender(UIComponent.java:144) [exo.portal.webui.framework-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.workspace.UIPortalApplication.processRender(UIPortalApplication.java:611) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalRequestHandler.processRequest(PortalRequestHandler.java:184) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalRequestHandler.execute(PortalRequestHandler.java:150) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.web.WebAppController.service(WebAppController.java:349) [exo.portal.component.web.controller-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalController.onService(PortalController.java:127) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.container.web.AbstractHttpServlet.service(AbstractHttpServlet.java:132) [exo.kernel.container-2.3.4-GA-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar:1.0.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:329) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.web.filter.ExtensibleFilter$ExtensibleFilterChain.doFilter(ExtensibleFilter.java:110) [exo.portal.component.web.api-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.sample.portal.web.SampleFilter.doFilter(SampleFilter.java:46) [exo.portal.sample.portal.jar-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.web.filter.ExtensibleFilter$ExtensibleFilterChain.doFilter(ExtensibleFilter.java:106) [exo.portal.component.web.api-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.web.filter.ExtensibleFilter.doFilter(ExtensibleFilter.java:80) [exo.portal.component.web.api-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.web.filter.GenericFilter.doFilter(GenericFilter.java:79) [exo.portal.component.web.api-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.frameworks.jcr.web.ThreadLocalSessionProviderInitializedFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalSessionProviderInitializedFilter.java:116) [exo.jcr.framework.web-1.14.4-GA-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.web.CacheUserProfileFilter.doFilter(CacheUserProfileFilter.java:73) [exo.portal.component.web.security-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.services.security.web.SetCurrentIdentityFilter.doFilter(SetCurrentIdentityFilter.java:88) [exo.core.component.security.core-2.4.4-GA-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.exoplatform.container.web.PortalContainerFilter.doFilter(PortalContainerFilter.java:69) [exo.kernel.container-2.3.4-GA-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:275) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:139) [jboss-as-web-7.0.2.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:388) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.web.NamingValve.invoke(NamingValve.java:57) [jboss-as-web-7.0.2.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:154) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:362) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:877) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:667) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:952) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.2.Final]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) [:1.6.0_26]
Caused by: org.exoplatform.portal.config.NoSuchDataException: Can not find 6f1c00d1c0a801026e840613ffe92fd1
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.POMSession.findCustomizationById(POMSession.java:214) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.tasks.PreferencesTask$Load.run(PreferencesTask.java:91) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.POMSession.execute(POMSession.java:405) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.ExecutorDispatcher.execute(ExecutorDispatcher.java:60) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.TaskExecutionDecorator.execute(TaskExecutionDecorator.java:38) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.cache.DataCache.read(DataCache.java:169) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.cache.DataCache.execute(DataCache.java:61) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.TaskExecutionDecorator.execute(TaskExecutionDecorator.java:38) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.cache.PortalNamesCache.execute(PortalNamesCache.java:79) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.POMSessionManager.execute(POMSessionManager.java:253) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.pom.config.POMDataStorage.load(POMDataStorage.java:176) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.config.DataStorageImpl.load(DataStorageImpl.java:111) [exo.portal.component.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.application.ModelAdapter$1.getPortletContext(ModelAdapter.java:89) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.application.UIPortlet.getPortletContext(UIPortlet.java:993) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.application.UIPortlet.create(UIPortlet.java:829) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    at org.exoplatform.portal.webui.application.UIPortletLifecycle.processRender(UIPortletLifecycle.java:212) [exo.portal.webui.portal-3.2.0-M02-SNAPSHOT.jar:]
    ... 129 more

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Marko Strukelj <marko.strukelj@gmail.com> wrote:

Easiest way to deploy to AS7 is to follow the instructions:

http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/gatein/portal/trunk/packaging/jboss-as7/README.txt

I think you're most interested in how classpath works. AS7 uses a module system. There's no traditional classpath as a list of directories/jars any more. Instead there are modules with cross dependencies on other modules. Classpath becomes like a tree branching out from each submodule and cross folding back onto itself with cross-dependencies (that go out from any to any module - so it's not really a tree, but a graph). Each module is represented by one classloader. Class lookup always starts at one module, looks locally at what that module provides, then if not found - tries dependency modules - where each one repeats the lookup procedure. In effect - each module has its own 'classpath'.

All gatein.ear/lib/*.jar have been moved to modules. Typically one .jar becomes one module with a list of dependencies on other modules (like maven artifact for example). But to simplify things for starters, I put many jars into the main module that represents gatein libraries. Most can be found in gatein/modules/org/gatein/lib/main. The plan is to more fine-grain these in the future - exo-jcr could become it's own module, or exo-jcr-kernel, exo-jcr-core ... could become its own module. Or these could be just aggregation modules to provide acces to several finegrained modules at once - each jar as its own module.

All the GateIn libs are under $JBOSS_HOME/standalone/gatein/modules which is used as a secondary modules system root directory. This way all the GateIn libs are nicely seperated from those that come out-of-the-box with AS7.

In the end visibility is established in such a way that no other changes to GateIn libs were necessary except the mentioned WCI, and exo.kernel.container.

I need to expand the README.txt with some of this info. Also AS7 support in its initial form still needs some work and fine proofing ...

- m

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Nicolas FILOTTO <nicolas.filotto@exoplatform.com> wrote:

How do you deploy all the jar files of Gatein (aka kernel, core, ws, jcr, and gatein jars)? Let's say that we have a vanilla JBoss AS 7 instance, what are the steps to deploy gatein successully

I still need to know the target version and the deadline

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Marko Strukelj <marko.strukelj@gmail.com> wrote:

WCI changes introduce a jboss7 module which is only used if explicitly referenced in configuration - no impact on anything there. It also introduces a deadlock patch in wci-wci which adds an extra synchronized block. Without this patch a deadlock can occur (and often does occur on JBoss AS7) when shutting down the server. No impact on performance or memory usage.

Kernel changes are limited to exo.kernel.container module where in two places there was a need to introduce the use of TCCL for classloading instead of using a local ClassLoader.

The new classloading uses ‘TCCL first’ approach with fallback to the old behavior. The use of TCCL was necessary to allow GateIn services to properly startup in an environment of isolated classloaders.

I added a method:

org.exoplatform.container.util.ContainerUtil.class:

  public static Class loadClass(String type) throws ClassNotFoundException

  {

     ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();

     ClassLoader localCl = ContainerUtil.class.getClassLoader();

     ClassLoader cl = tccl != null ? tccl : localCl;

     try

     {

        return cl.loadClass(type);

     }

     catch (ClassNotFoundException e)

     {

        if (cl == tccl)

           return localCl.loadClass(type);

        throw e;

     }

  }

It is used in two places instead of Class.forName():

- org/exoplatform/xml/object/XMLObject.java

- org/exoplatform/container/jmx/MX4JComponentAdapter.java

It’s possible to imagine a scenario where due to deployment archive packaging the same classes may be available through different .jars, .wars, .ears. In such a situation the new code may load the class from portlet application deployment archive, or portal extension deployment archive instead of gatein portal’s lib/*.jar (gatein.ear/lib on JBossAS5 / JBossAS6, $TOMCAT_HOME/lib on Tomcat).

Actually by making it local loader first with TCCL fallback there would be no chance of any side effects. It may even be more appropriate as it prevents the accidental override of GateIn's classes due to packaging.

So I'll change the method to:

   public static Class loadClass(String type) throws ClassNotFoundException

   {

      ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();

      ClassLoader localCl = ContainerUtil.class.getClassLoader();

      try

      {

         return localCl.loadClass(type);

      }

      catch (ClassNotFoundException e)

      {

         if (tccl != null)

            return tccl.loadClass(type);

         throw e;

      }

   }

I'll prepare a patch against exo.kernel.container trunk and attach it to the issue.

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Nicolas FILOTTO <nicolas.filotto@exoplatform.com> wrote:

Well, it depends on the expected fix version of this patch. Do you expect it in eXo JCR 1.14.x or in the future version? and What would be the deadline?

Anyway I know that Marko is very good and has a good knowledge of the kernel, however I still can't apply it blindly, I need to double check it to ensure that we will have no regression with it, so for me it is a real task that has to be planned. Thus I need your answers first to know when it can be planned according to your needs and expectations and ours.

NB: To be able to validate it, I will need a complete overview of what has been done not only at kernel level but even at GateIn level. Is it possible to describe a little bit all the patches that you proposed?

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Boleslaw Dawidowicz <boleslaw.dawidowicz@gmail.com> wrote:

Nicolas,

Julien told me you will be decision person to accept such patch into the kernel. Marko can apply details about the context of those changes if needed. 

Bolek

On Oct 6, 2011, at 8:01 PM, Marko Strukelj wrote:

I had to do some classloading and logging changes for exo.kernel.container to work nicely on JBoss AS7.

I'd like to get these changes from my sandbox gatein-as7 branch to exo.kernel.container trunk.

Here's the diff (effectively against exo-jcr/kernel/tags/2.3.0.GA/exo.kernel.container/src):

svn diff -r 7504:7557 http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/gatein/sandbox/as7_support/branches/gatein-as7/exo.kernel.container/src

And here's the JIRA issue for it: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/EXOJCR-1580

- marko

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