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* Purpose: web page describing the installation of Metacat
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* Copyright: 2008 Regents of the University of California and the
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* National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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* Authors: Michael Daigle
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* '$Author: daigle $'
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* '$Date: 2008-12-03 08:56:36 -0800 (Wed, 03 Dec 2008) $'
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<title>Metacat Windows Installation Instructions</title>
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<div class="title">Metacat Windows Installation Instructions</div>
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<div class="header1">Table of Contents</div>
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<div class="toc1"><a href="#QuickInstallation">Quick Installation</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#DownloadMetacatInstall">Download Metacat Package</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#CreateDirs">Create Metacat Directories</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallJava">Install Java</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallTomcat">Install Tomcat</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallPostgres">Install PostgreSQL Database</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#QuickInstallMetacatWar">Install Metacat War</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigureMetacatInstall">Configure Metacat</a></div>
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<div class="toc1"><a href="#QuickUpdate">Quick Update</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#DownloadMetacatUpdate">Download Metacat Package</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#BackupApplication">Backup Existing Metacat Installation</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#QuickUpdateMetacatWar">Update Metacat War</a></div>
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<div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigureMetacatUpdate">Configure Metacat</a></div>
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<a name="QuickInstallation"></a><div class="header1">Quick Installation</div>
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<p>These are the installation instructions for a system that has Windows installed
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and has never had Metacat installed on it:</p>
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<a name="DownloadMetacatInstall"></a><div class="header2">Download Metacat Package</div>
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<li>Browse to the
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<a href="http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/download.html">KNB Software Download Page</a>.
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In the Metacat section, select the link that looks like:
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<div class="code">metacat-bin-X.X.X.zip</div></li>
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<li>where X.X.X is the latest version of Metacat. Choose to save the file locally.</li>
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<li>Extract the Metacat package files using your windows zip utility.</li>
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<li>You should see a war file and several supporting files (we will only use the war).
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The location where these files were extracted will be refered to as the the
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<metacat_package_dir> for the remainder of this documentation.</li>
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<a name="CreateDirs"></a><div class="header2">Create Metacat Directories</div>
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<li>Create the metacat utility base directory at:
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<div class="code">C:/Program Files/metacat</div></li>
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<a name="InstallJava"></a><div class="header2">Install Java</div>
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<li> Browse to:
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<div class="code">http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp</div></li>
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<li>Follow instructions to download JDK 5.0 Update 17</li>
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<li>Run the installer executable that you downloaded</li>
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<li>Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable:</li>
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<li>In "My Computer" properties, go to: advanced settings -> environment variables</li>
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<li>Add System Variable: JAVA_HOME C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_17</li>
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<a name="InstallApache"></a><div class="header2">Install Apache</div>
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<p>Install Apache and and Mod JK packages by typing:</p>
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<div class="code">sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-jk</div>
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<p>Set up Mod JK apache configuration by typing:</p>
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<div class="code">sudo cp <metacat_package_dir>/jk.conf /etc/apache2/mods-available</div>
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<div class="code">sudo cp <metacat_package_dir>/workers.properties /etc/apache2</div>
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<p>Enable Apache Mod JK by typing:</p>
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<div class="code">sudo a2dismod jk</div>
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<div class="code">sudo a2enmod jk</div>
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<p>Set up and enable knb (Metacat) site configurations by typing:</p>
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<div class="code">sudo cp <metacat_package_dir>/knb /etc/apache2/sites-available</div>
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<div class="code">sudo a2ensite knb</div>
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<p>If you want to run an LSID server along with the Metacat server, set up and enable the authority service site
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configurations by typing:</p>
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<div class="code">sudo cp <metacat_package_dir>/authority /etc/apache2/sites-available</div>
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<div class="code">sudo a2ensite authority</div>
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<p>Restart apache to bring in changes by typing:</p>
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<div class="code">sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload</div>
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<a name="InstallTomcat"></a><div class="header2">Install Tomcat</div>
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<li>Browse to: http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi</li>
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<li>Download tomcat core zip file</li>
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<li>Extract tomcat files to
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<div class="code">C:\Program Files\tomcat</div>
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using the windows zip utility.</li>
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<li>Browse to http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows</li>
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<li>Download the one-click installer</li>
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<li>run the installer executable</li>
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<li>Edit C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\data and add:
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<div class="code">host metacat metacat 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 password</div></li>
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<li>Create user. At command line, go to
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<div class="code">C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin</div>
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and run:
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<div class="code">createdb -U postgres metacat (enter super user password)</div></li>
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<li>Create metacat user. First log into postgres:
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<div class="code">psql -U postgres metacat (enter super user password)</div>
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and create user by running:
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<div class="code">CREATE USER metacat WITH UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'your_password'</div>
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<div class="code">type: \q to exit</div></li>
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<li>Restart postgres from the start menu by selecting:
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<div class="code">run start/All Programs/PostgreSQL 8.3/Stop Server</div>
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<div class="code">run start/All Programs/PostgreSQL 8.3/Start Server</div></li>
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<li>Test the installation by logging in as metacat user:
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<div class="code">psql -U metacat -W -h localhost metacat</div>
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<div class="code">type: \q to exit</div></li>
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<a name="QuickInstallMetacatWar"></a><div class="header2">Install Metacat War</div>
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<li>Copy the war file to Tomcat:
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<div class="code">copy <metacat_package_dir>\knb.war C:\Program Files\tomcat\webapps</div></li>
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<li>Restart Tomcat:
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<div class="code">sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 restart</div></li>
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<a name="ConfigureMetacatInstall"></a><div class="header2">Configure Metacat</div>
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<p>Refer to the documentation on <a href="./metacatconfigure.html">Metacat Confguration</a>
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to complete your installation of Metacat.</p>
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<a name="QuickUpdate"></a><div class="header1">Quick Update</div>
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<p>These are the instructions for a Windows system that already has Metacat installed on it,
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but needs a Metacat upgrade:</p>
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<a name="DownloadMetacatUpdate"></a><div class="header2">Download Metacat Package</div>
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<ul>
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<li>Browse to the
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<a href="http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/download.html">KNB Software Download Page</a>.
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In the Metacat section, select the link that looks like:
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<div class="code">metacat-bin-X.X.X.zip</div></li>
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<li>where X.X.X is the latest version of Metacat. Choose to save the file locally.</li>
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<li>Extract the Metacat package files using your windows zip utility.</li>
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<li>You should see a war file and several supporting files (we will only use the war).
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The location where these files were extracted will be refered to as the the
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<li>To be safe, it is best to backup the existing Metacat installation. Do so by copying:
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<div class="code"><web_app_dir>/knb to <web_app_dir>/knb.<yyyymmdd></div>
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<div class="code"><web_app_dir>/knb.war to <web_app_dir>/knb.war.<yyyymmdd></div></li>
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<li>Of course, you can use any backup strategy you like (or none at all).</li>
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<a name="QuickUpdateMetacatWar"></a><div class="header2">Update Metacat War</div>
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<li>Copy the war file to Tomcat:
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<div class="code">sudo cp knb.war to C:\Program Files\tomcat\webapps</div></li>
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<li>Restart Tomcat:
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<div class="code">C:\Program Files\tomcat\shutdown.bat</div>
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<div class="code">C:\Program Files\tomcat\startup.bat</div></li>
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<p>Refer to the documentation on <a href="./metacatconfigure.html">Metacat Confguration</a>
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to complete your installation of Metacat.</p>
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