Hyrax - OLFS Installation

The OLFS comes with a default configuration that is compatible with the default configuration of the BES. If you do a default install of each one you should get a running Hyrax server that will be pre-populated with test data suitable for running the integrity tests.

2 Download

If you haven't already got it, go get the latest OLFS distribution from here. You should get the binary jar file which will be named something like: olfs-x.x.x-webapp.tgz

3 Unpack

Unpack the jar file with the command:

tar -xvf olfs-x.x.x-webapp.tgz

which will unpack a directory called olfs-x.x.x-webapp

4 Install

Inside the that directory find the opendap.war file, and copy it into the Tomcat's webapps directory:

cp olfs-x.x.x-webapp/opendap.war /usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.x.x/webapps/

(Assuming the your Tomcat server is in /usr/local)

If you're replacing an older version of the OLFS you may:

• Need to remove the directory $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/opendap before restarting Tomcat.
• Discover that some of the existing configuration information for the OLFS may need to be updated. If after you start Tomcat things don't work you should compare the $CATALINA_HOME/content/opendap/olfs.xml file that contains your exisiting configuration to the new default configuration located in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/opendap/intitalContent/olfs.xml Look at the lists of DispatchHandlers and adjust your configuration to use the same ones.

5 Setup Tomcat

Configure the Tomcat environment by setting the environment variable CATALINA_HOME to the full path for the Tomcat distribution.

In bash:

export CATALINA_HOME = /usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.x.x

6 Start Tomcat

In the top level tomcat directory (apache-tomcat-6.x.x on my machine) issue the command:

bin/startup.sh; tail -f logs/catalina.out

Wait a few seconds while it all starts up.

When Tomcat starts up it will unpack your 'OLFS and install the webapp.

Usage Note: If you use ctrl-c to stop watching the tail of the servers output, make sure to run the command:

bin/shutdown.sh

to shutdown Tomcat. If you don't, you may get errors when you next try to start the Tomcat server.

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