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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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<a name="DownloadMetacatInstall"></a><div class="header2">Download Metacat Package</div>
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<a href="http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/download.html">KNB Software Download Page</a>.
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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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<a name="CreateDirs"></a><div class="header2">Create Metacat Directories</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 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 cp <metacat_package_dir>/authority /etc/apache2/sites-available</div>
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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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<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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