Complilation problem with gradle - apereo cas server

Question

Hello, I am currently setting up a Apereo CAS server in a local network which will have to authenticate users belonging to ldap directories so that they can then connect to an applications server. A Windows Server 2019 Active Directory is the gateway to the WAN.

Environment:

• Windows Server 2019 with Active Directory and DHCP, routing and DNS installed which make the link between the WAN and the LAN; IP: 192.168.100.10
• LDAP Server on Centos 7 on the LAN registred on the Active Directory (no ssl certificate generated); IP: 192.168.100.50
• CAS Server on Debian 11 on the LAN (no ssl certificate generated); IP: 192.168.100.101
• All pinging between each other;

I'm following this process to install and configure the cas server: https://www.esup-portail.org/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=972292097

This is my build.gradle configuration file:

build.gradle

This is my cas.properties configuration file:

cas.properties

This is the result of the ./gradlew clean command:

compilation.error

This is the error line on build.gradle:

error_line-build.gradle

I don't understand where the error comes from. thank you to enlighten me.

Moreover, if someone has a detailed procedure, which describes the environment and the prerequisites, recent and educational to install a CAS server for Centos 7, I am interested

Answer 1

In older CAS versions you had to specify the version numbers in your dependencies, but now the build script gets the right dependencies automatically for you. I see you're using the old casServerVersion instead of project.'cas.version'

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To make it work you need to do two things:

First remove all versioning from your own declared dependencies. So remove these parts for each line you added:

• :${project.'cas.version'}
• :${casServerVersion}"

That way your dependencies look something like this:

implementation "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-ldap".

Second move all of your declared dependencies above this line in your build.gradle:

if (project.hasProperty("casModules")) {

The build script will now automatically get the right dependency versions.

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As for guides/tutorials/etc check these out:

• https://paulchauvet.github.io/deploying-cas/
• https://fawnoos.com/blog/ (tutorials by Misagh Moayyed: The apereo chairman/CAS maintainer/dev)