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Introduction
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- Install/Setup pre-requisite software. These pre-requisites can be downloaded from http://www.openspecimen.org/prerequisites/
- 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.
The recommended memory requirement for the OpenSpecimen app is 2GB. To configure Tomcat follow How to fix "out of memory" error?
Note: For the database, you can choose between Oracle or MySQL.
You'll also need to place an appropriate connector jar for MySQL/Oracle under the 'lib' directory in the tomcat server.
Environment Variables
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Environment Variable | Description |
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JAVA_HOME | Absolute The absolute path of the directory where JDK is installed. For example
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The deployment process involves some database operations which requires require specific privileges set for the database user. Use the below command to create a database. Refer to Database Configuration and make sure these privileges are assigned before the deployment process.
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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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| app_home | The absolute path of the directory where the Tomcat server is extracted and installed. | None | Example: /usr/local/openspecimen/tomcat-as |
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- Open command terminal
- Change to the directory where OpenSpecimen source code is checked-out
cd $OS_HOME
- Setup npm & bower dependencies.
cd www/
npm install
bower install
- Change directory to root directory of source code.
cd ..
- Use the following command to build and deploy OpenSpecimen into the app_home directory (Tomcat or JBoss server).
gradle deploy
- To only compile Java source files use the following command
gradle compileJava
- To build OpenSpecimen web app archive without deploying use following command
gradle build
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