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- Install/Setup pre-requisite software. These Refer to pre-requisites can be downloaded from http://www.openspecimen.org/prerequisites/table below.
- Use the below command to download the source code:
$ git clone --depth 10 https://github.com/krishagni/openspecimen.git - Above command will checkout the master branch or unreleased version of code. If you wish to build source code of a specific release then use below command before proceeding to build. The list of available release version tags can be view here: https://github.com/krishagni/openspecimen/releases
$ git checkout <release-version-tag>$ git checkout v6.1.RC7 # example to checkout source code of OpenSpecimenv6.1.RC7 Do all the pre-requisites setup before deploying WAR file.- Use
gradleto build and deploy the application.
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- For database privileges, refer to Database Configuration
- Java 8 JRE and JAVA_HOME is set.
- MySQL on Linux: MySQL Case Sensitivity issues on Linux
Following table lists pre-requisites and their supported versions.
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MySQL | Oracle | |
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| Driver class name | com.mysql.jdbc.Driver | oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver |
| DB URL | jdbc:mysql://<db_host>:<db_port>/<db_name> | jdbc:oracle:thin:@<db_host>:<db_port>:<dbname> |
Add below XML fragment below <Resource> tag in $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/context.xml
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<Environment name="config/openspecimen" value="$TOMCAT_DIR/conf/openspecimen.properties" type="java.lang.String"/> |
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Field | Description | Values |
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| app.name | This field is useful for deploying multiple OpenSpecimen instances on the same Tomcat server. E.g. You can use "os-test" and "os-prod". | Typically this is "openspecimen". |
| tomcat.dir | The absolute path to the Tomcat directory | |
| app.data_dir | Absolute path to OpenSpecimen data directory. | Best practice: Create a folder in parallel to 'tomcat.dir' with the name "OpenSpecimen/data" |
| app.log_conf | The folder where the OpenSpecimen logs should be created | If left empty logs are created in "app.data_dir/logs" |
| datasource.jndi | Name of datasource configured in "context.xml" | Usually, it is "jdbc/openspecimen". |
| datasource.type | "fresh": If your database schema is created by OpenSpecimen from scratch. "Upgrade": if your database schema is upgraded from a caTissue database. Note: The name is a bit misleading, we will fix this in v5.2. | "fresh" or "upgrade" |
| database.type | MySQL or Oracle | "mysql" or "oracle" |
| plugin.dir | Absolute path to the plugin directory. | Best practice: Create a folder in parallel to 'tomcat.dir' with the name "OpenSpecimen/plugins" |
Configure build.properties
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