VIVO Release V1.5 Installation Guide
+VIVO Release V1.6 Installation Guide
This document is a summary of the VIVO installation process. For information about this release, consult - the VIVO v1.5 Release + the VIVO v1.6 Release Announcement. This and other documentation can be found on the support page at VIVOweb.org. @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ using "Contact Us" form)
- Download the VIVO application source as either rel-1.5.zip
- or rel-1.5.gz
+ Download the VIVO application source as either rel-1.6.zip
+ or rel-1.6.gz
file and unpack it on your web server:
http://vivoweb.org/download
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@
from the overridden context fragment.
- See Step 11 below, + See Step 11 below, for an example of overriding the VIVO context fragment.
@@ -1059,44 +1059,23 @@ provide an email address in this step, your users will receive a java error in the interface. -11. Set up Apache Tomcat Connector
+11. Set up HTTPD
+- It is recommended that a Tomcat Connector such as mod_jk be used to - ensure that the site address does not include the port number (e.g. - 8080) and an additional reference to the Tomcat context name (e.g. - /vivo). + It is recommended to run an Apache HTTPD web server to accept requests + and then proxy them to the VIVO Tomcat context. This will make Vitro + available at "http://example.com" instead of "http://example.com:8080/vitro". + It will also allow the use of external authentication.
- This will make VIVO available at "http://example.com" instead of - "http://example.com:8080/vivo" + Setup HTTPD to send all of the requests that it receives to Tomcat's AJP + connector. This can be done in HTTPD 2.x with a simple directive in httpd.conf:
+ProxyPass / ajp://localhost:8009/
- Using the mod_jk connector allows for communication between Tomcat - and the primary web server. The Quick - Start - HowTo - on the Apache site describes the minimum server - configurations for several popular web servers. -
-
- After setting up the mod_jk connector above, you will need to
- modify the Tomcat's server.xml (located in [tomcat root]/conf/)
- to
- respond
- to
- requests from Apache via the connector. Look for the
- <connector> directive and add the following properties:
-
connectionTimeout="20000" maxThreads="320" keepAliveTimeout="20000"-
- Note: the value for maxThreads (320) is equal to the value for
- MaxClients in the apache's httpd.conf
- file.
-
- Locate the <Host name="localhost"...>
- directive
- and update as follows:
+ Modify the <Host> in Tomcat server.xml (located in [tomcat root]/conf/)
+ so that the context path is empty to allow VIVO to be servred from the root path.
+ Locate the <Host name="localhost"...> directive and update as follows:
<Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps"
DeployOnStartup="false"
@@ -1106,7 +1085,7 @@
<Alias>example.com</Alias>
<Context path=""
- docBase="/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/vivo"
+ docBase="/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/vitro"
reloadable="true"
cookies="true" >
@@ -1115,6 +1094,16 @@
...
+ + After setting up the above, it is recommended that you modify the Tomcat AJP connector + parameters in server.xml. Look for the <connector> directive and add the + following properties: +
+connectionTimeout="20000" maxThreads="320" keepAliveTimeout="20000"+
+ Note: the value for maxThreads (320) is equal or greater than the value for
+ MaxClients in the apache's httpd.conf file.
+