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<div class="header1">Table of Contents</div>
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  <div class="toc1"><a href="#Overview">Overview</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#MetacatConfiguration">Metacat Configuration</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigurationRules">Configuration Rules</a></div>
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  <div class="toc1"><a href="#authConfig">Authentication Configuration</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AuthOverview">Authentication Overview</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#GetToAuthConfig">Getting to the Authentication Configuration</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigAuthNoAuth">Changing Authentication Configuration Without Authentication</a></div>
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  <div class="toc1"><a href="#AdminLogin">Admin Log In</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdminLoginOverview">Admin Log In</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#LoggingIn">Logging In</a></div>
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  <div class="toc1"><a href="#MainConfig">Main Configuration Page</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#MainConfigOverview">Main Configuration Overview</a></div>
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  <div class="toc1"><a href="#GlobalConfig">Global Properties Configuration</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#GlobalConfigOverview">Global Properties Overview</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#AutoDetection">Property Auto-Detection</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#GlobalConfigBackup">Global Property Backup</a></div>  
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  <div class="toc1"><a href="#SkinsConfig">Skins Configuration</a></div>  
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#SkinsConfigOverview">Skins Overview</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#ChoosingDefaultSkin">Choosing a Default Skin</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigOnlineRegistry">Configuring Online Registry</a></div>
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  <div class="toc1"><a href="#DatabaseConfig">Database Configuration</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#DatabaseConfigOverview">Database Configuration Overview</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#DatabaseNewInstall">New Database Installation</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#DatabaseUpgrade">Database Upgrade</a></div>
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  <div class="toc1"><a href="#GeoserverConfig">Geoserver Configuration</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#GeoserverUpdatePassword">Geoserver Password Update</a></div>
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    <div class="toc2"><a href="#GeoserverManualUpdate">Geoserver Manual Update</a></div>  
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  <div class="toc1"><a href="#CompleteConfig">Complete the Metacat Configuration</a></div>
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<a name="Overview"></a><div class="header1">Overview</div>
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<a name="MetacatConfiguration"></a><div class="header2">Metacat Configuration</div>
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  <p>As of version 1.9.0, Metacat configuration is done internally by the application.  When
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  Metacat (Tomcat) is started, it will check to see if it is configured.  If not, you will be 
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  automatically sent to the configuration pages. </p>
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  <p>If the installation is new, or the previous version is before 1.9.0, you will 
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  need to pay close attention to the configuration values.  If you have upgraded 
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  Metacat, and the previous version is 1.9.0 or later, Metacat will pull existing 
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  values from a backup location.  You should still verify that the values are
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  <p>Get to Metacat on your server by entering into the browser:</p>
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  <div class="code">http://&lt;your_context_url&gt;</div>
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  <p>Where &lt;your_context_url&gt is the url where Metacat will be served followed
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  by the name of the war file(application context) that you installed.  For instance, 
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  the KNB production Metacat url is:</p>
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  <div class="code">http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb</div>
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  <p>You can always go to the configuration screen from within Metacat by typing:
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  <div class="code">&lt;your_context_url&gt;/admin</div>
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<a name="ConfigurationRules"></a><div class="header2">Configuration Rules</div>   
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  <p>The system will follow these rules in order to determine the order
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  that the configuration will occur:</p>
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      Is Authentication Configured? If not, show 
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      <a HREF="metacatconfigure.html#auth-config">Authentication Configuration Section</a>.  
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      and authenticate as one of these users.
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      Are you logged in as an administrative user?  If not, show 
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      <a HREF="metacatconfigure.html#admin-login">Administrator Login Page</a>.
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      You can only configure Metacat as an administrator.
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      Are main properties, skins or database unconfigured?  If so, show 
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      <a HREF="metacatconfigure.html#main-config">Main Configuration Page</a>
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      until main properties have been configured.
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      Are all sections configured?  If so, show 
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      <a HREF="metacatconfigure.html#main-config">Main Configuration Page</a> which
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      include instructions for going to Metacat server (or restarting Metacat if you 
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  <p> See the following sections for descriptions of how each of these work.  For more
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  information on each field, click on the blue question mark icon to the right.</p>
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<a name="AuthConfig"></a><div class="header1">Authentication Configuration</div>
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<a name="AuthOverview"></a><div class="header2">Authentication Overview</div>
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  <p>Metacat uses LDAP as it's primary authentication mechanism, but you can define
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  your own mechanism by creating a java class that implements 
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  AuthInterface. The configuration values needed are Authentication Class, Authentication URL, 
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  Authentication Secure URL and Metacat Administrators.  You need 
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  to verify that the the Authentication URL and Authentication Secure URL are correct (fig 1).  
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  <span class="emphasis">You need to make sure that your user 
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  account is entered into the Metacat Administrators field.  You will not be allowed
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  to continue with configuration if this is missing.</span>
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  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/auth-config.png"/>
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  <div class="fig-text"> fig 1 </div>
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<a name="GetToAdminConfig"></a><div class="header2">Getting to the Authentication Configuration</div>
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  <p>You will automatically be sent to the Authentication Configuration page if this is a new
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  <div class="code">&lt;your_context_url&gt;/admin</div>
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  <p>You will be required to log in as an administrator and restart Metacat once you
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  <a name="ConfigAuthNoAuth"></a><div class="header2">Changing Authentication Configuration Without Authentication</div>
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  <p>There is one exception to the log in rule.  That is when you need to change or add 
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  authentication information, but you can't authenticate using the existing setup.  For example:</p>
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    <li>The existing Metacat administrator is no longer available</li>
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    <li>You forgot the administrator password.</li>
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  make the changes.  This insures that only a person who has access to the Metacat
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  server and the configuration files on that server will be able to change the
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  administrator accounts</p>
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  <p>Stop Tomcat and edit the Metacat properties file at:</p>
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  <div class="code">&lt;webapp_dir&gt;/&lt;context_dir&gt;/WEB-INF/metacat.properties</div>
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  &lt;context_dir&gt; is the name of the Metacat application (usually knb).  Change the 
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  following properties appropriately:</p>
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    <li>auth.administrators - a colon separated list of administrators</li>
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    <li>auth.surl - the authentication secure server url</li>  
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<a name="AdminLogin"></a><div class="header1">Admin Log In</div>
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<a name="AdminLoginOverview"></a><div class="header2">Admin Log In Overview</div>
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  <p>Once authentication has been configured, you will be required to login as an 
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  administrative user if you haven't already.  You will be taken to 
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  the administrator login screen (fig 2).  You can also get to the login
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<a name="LoggingIn"></a><div class="header2">Logging In</div>
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<p>You need to log in with an account that was configured as an administrative
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user in the authentication configuration section.  If you did not set up the correct user 
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there, you will need to go through the 
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<a href="#ConfigAuthNoAuth">Changing Authentication Configuration Without Authentication</a>
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instructions to set up the user.</p>
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<p>Enter your user name.  This is one of the Metacat administrators that you 
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entered in authenticationuthentication configuration.  Enter your password and
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hit the "Login" button.  You should successfully log in.</p>
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<a name="MainConfig"></a><div class="header1">Main Configuration Page</div>
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<a name="MainConfigOverview"></a><div class="header2">Main Configuration Overview</div>
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  <p>The main configuration screen acts as a gateway into individual configuration
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  sections (fig 3).  You should see that the authentication is already configured.</p>  
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  <p>Each section is listed with a status to the left which can be one of:</p>
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    <li><font color="red">[unconfigured]</font> - the section has yet to be configured</li>
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    <li><font color="green">[configured]</font> - the section has been configured</li>
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      <font color="green">[bypassed]</font> - this is currently only used for Geoserver 
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      configuration.  The administrator can choose not to configure the Geoserver user/password.
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      In essence, the bypass status acts like the configured status.
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  <p>To the right of each section is an option which can be one of:
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    <li>Configure Now - click on this link to configure that section</li>
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    <li>Reconfigure Now - the section was already configured, but you can choose to reconfigure it.</li>
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      Configure Global Properties First - this section has a dependency on the global
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      properties section.  Once global properties is configured, the option to configure
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      this section should become available.
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    <li>Version: X.X.X - this is used for the Database Installation/Upgrade section.  The system
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      detects the database schema version.  If that version is the same as the application version,
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  <p>All sections must be in a configured or bypassed state in order to run Metacat.</p>
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  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/main-config.png"/>
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  <div class="fig-text"> fig 3 </div>
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<a name="GlobalConfig"></a><div class="header1">Global Properties Configuration</div>
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<a name="GlobalConfigOverview"></a><div class="header2">Global Properties Overview</div>
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  <p>Metacat global properties are the bulk of the core properties needed to run Metacat 
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  (fig 4).  For detailed instructions on setting these properties, refer to the blue 
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  question mark icon to the right of each property.  Be sure that each of these are set
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  <div class="fig-text"> fig 4 </div>
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<a name="AutoDetection"></a><div class="header2">Property Auto-Detection</div> 
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   <p>The first time you install Metacat, the system will attempt to auto-detect
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    <li>Metacat Context - Name of the context under which Metacat will run. This is the name 
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    <li>Server Name - The DNS name of the server where Metacat will be available, not including
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    <li>HTTP Port - The non-secure port where Metacat will be available. </li>  
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    <li>HTTP SSL Port - The secure port where Metacat will be available.</li>
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  <p>When you save global properties, they are saved in a backup file that is 
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  <p>When you update Metacat, the system will look for these backed up properties
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  so you won't have to re-enter all the information from previous installs.</p>
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<a name="SkinsConfigOverview"></a><div class="header2">Skins Overview</div>
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  <p>Metacat allows for a customized look and feel for the Metacat front end and for the 
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  online data registry services.  There are two major functions provided by the
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  skins configuration.  The first is to choose which skin will be the default.  The
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  and that skin will be the one that appears when users visit your Metacat site.  Note
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  that if you do not have a custom skin, you should leave your skin as the "default" skin.</p>
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  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/skins-config.png"/>
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  <div class="fig-text"> fig 5 </div>  
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  <p>The online registry code provides a web interface for entering data into Metacat.  The
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  You should select each for which you want to activate the registry and then select the
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  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/skins-config-2.png"/>
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  <div class="fig-text"> fig 6 </div>  
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<a name="DatabaseConfig"></a><div class="header1">Database Configuration</div>
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<a name="DatabaseConfigOverview"></a><div class="header2">Database Configuration Overview</div>
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  <p>Metacat will detect the schema version of your database, and upgrade it if necessary.  Once the
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  will become active on the main Metacat configuration page (see fig 3).</p>
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<a name="DatabaseNewInstall"></a><div class="header2">New Database Installation</div>
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  <p>If this is a installation of Metacat, the database install/upgrade utility will
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  to create a database schema for the version of Metacat that you are installing.  If
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  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/database-config.png"/>
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  <div class="fig-text"> fig 7 </div> 
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<a name="DatabaseUpgrade"></a><div class="header2">Database Upgrade</div> 
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  <p>If this is an upgrade of Metacat, the database install/upgrade utility will
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  inform you of the current version of the database (fig 7).  It will list the sql scripts 
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  Metacat.  If there is any question as to whether the detected database schema version is 
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  correct, you should choose to cancel. When you choose to continue, the server will run 
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  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/database-config-2.png"/>
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  <div class="fig-text"> fig 8 </div> 
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<a name="GeoserverConfig"></a><div class="header1">Geoserver Configuration</div>
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<a name="GeoserverOverview"></a><div class="header2">Geoserver Configuration Overview</div> 
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  <p>Metacat comes bundled with a Web Mapping Service called Geoserver which 
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  converts spatial data into web-deliverable map images.  For more information, see the
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  <a href="./spatial_option.html">Metacat Spatial Option documentation</a>.  Geoserver 
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  installs with a default admin username and password.  You should change these so that
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<a name="GeoserverUpdatePassword"></a><div class="header2">Geoserver Password Update</div>
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  <p>When you choose the Geoserver Configuration link on the main configuratio page, you
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  will go to a page that will prompt you for a user name and password (fig 9).  When you 
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  enter a user name and password, the metacat server will contact the embedded Geoserver
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  server and change the login credentails.</p>
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  <p>You also have the option of choosing "bypass".  This will leave Geoserver configured
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  with the default user name and password.  The main configuration screen will show the 
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  bypassed status.  The system will interpret the bypassed status the same as the configured
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  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/geoserver-config.png"/>
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  <div class="fig-text"> fig 9 </div> 
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<a name="GeoserverManualUpdate"></a><div class="header2">Geoserver Manual Update</div>
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  <p>You also have the option of changeing the Geoserver username and password by logging
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  in directly to the Geoserver.  For more information on changing the credentials directly,
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  refer to the <a href="./geoserver-manual-configure.html">Geoserver Password Change documentation</a>.
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  Metacat admin tool to change it again (until a new Metacat Upgrade or installation).
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<a name="CompleteConfig"></a><div class="header1">Complete the Metacat Configuration</div>  
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  At this point, all the sections of the main configuration should be in a configured or
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  bypassed state (fig 10).  If you are configuring because of a Metacat install or upgrade,
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  you will have the option to click on the "go to metacat" link and you should get taken
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  directly to the running version of Metacat.  Note that this may take some time depending
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  on the amount of data in your database, since Metacat goes through an indexing process
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  at start-up time.</p>
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  <p>If you are reconfiguring an already running version of Metacat, you will not have the
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  option to go directly back to Metacat.  You will need to restart the server (Tomcat).</p>
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  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/main-config-2.png"/>
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  <div class="fig-text"> fig 10 </div> 
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