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This is a brief summary of the VIVO installation process. A more detailed
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explanation of the procedure can be found at:
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http://vivoweb.org/support/user-guide/installation
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The VIVO user guide is available at:
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http://vivoweb.org/support/user-guide
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PLEASE NOTE: It is assumed that you are performing a clean install, including
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emptying an existing database and removing a previous installation from the
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tomcat webapps directory. Product functionality may not be as expected if you
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install over an existing installation of an earlier version.
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* I. Install required software
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* II. Create an empty MySQL database
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* III. Download the VIVO code distribution
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* IV. Specify deployment properties
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* V. Compile and deploy
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* VI. Set Tomcat JVM Parameters
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* VII. Start Tomcat
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* VIII. Log in and add RDF data
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* IX. Create an initial Lucene search index
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I. Install required software
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Before installing VIVO, make sure that the following software is installed on
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the desired machine:
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* Java (SE) 1.5 or higher
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* Apache Tomcat 5.x or higher*
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* Apache Ant
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* MySQL 4.1 or higher
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* Subversion client
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II. Create an empty MySQL database
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Decide on a database name, username, and password. Log into your mysql server
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and create a new database in MySQL that uses UTF-8 encoding. You will need
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these values for step IV when you configure the deployment properties. At the
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mysql command line you can create the database and user with these commands
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substituting your values for "dbname", "username", and "password". Most of the
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time, the "hostname" will equal "localhost".
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CREATE DATABASE dbname CHARACTER SET utf8;
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Grant access to a database user. For example:
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GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username'@'hostname' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
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Keep track of the database name, username, and password for the next step.
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III. Download the VIVO code distribution
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Download either a zip or gz file and unpack it on your web server:
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ftp://download.mannlib.cornell.edu/pub/Vivo/rel-0.9.zip
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ftp://download.mannlib.cornell.edu/pub/Vivo/rel-0.9.tar.gz
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IV. Specify deployment properties
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At the top level of the unpacked distribution, copy the file
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example.deploy.properties to a file named simply deploy.properties. This file
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sets several properties used in compilation and deployment.
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Directory where tomcat is installed
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property name: tomcat.home
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example value: /usr/local/tomcat
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Name of your VIVO application
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property name: webapp.name
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example value: vivo
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Directory where uploaded files will be stored
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property name: upload.directory
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example value: /usr/local/vivo/data/uploads
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Directory where the Lucene search index will be built.
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property name: LuceneSetup.indexDir
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example value: /usr/local/vivo/data/luceneIndex
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Specify the namespace in which the Vitro editor should create new ABox and portal resources
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Note that the trailing slash is essential.
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property name: Vitro.defaultNamespace
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example value: http://vivo.mydomain.edu/individual/
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Specify an SMTP host that the form will use for sending e-mail (Optional)
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property name: Vitro.smtpHost
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example value: smtp.servername.edu
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Specify the JDBC URL of your database. Change the end of the
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URL to reflect your database name (if it is not "vivo").
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property name: VitroConnection.DataSource.url
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example value: jdbc:mysql://localhost/vivo
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Change the username to match the authorized user you created in MySQL
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property name: VitroConnection.DataSource.username
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example value: username
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Change the password to match the password you created in MySQL
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property name: VitroConnection.DataSource.password
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example value: password
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Specify the name of your first admin user for the VIVO application. This user
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will have an initial password of 'defaultAdmin'. This will be changed on first
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login.
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property name: initialAdminUser
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example value: defaultAdmin
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V. Compile and deploy
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At the command line, from the top level of the unpacked distribution directory,
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type:
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ant clean deploy
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to build VIVO and deploy to Tomcat's webapps directory.
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VI. Set Tomcat JVM Parameters
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Currently, VIVO copies the contents of your RDF database into memory in order
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to serve Web requests quickly. (The in-memory copy and the underlying database
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are kept in synch as edits are performed.)
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VIVO will require more memory than that allocated to Tomcat by default. With
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most installations of Tomcat, the setenv.sh or setenv.bat file in Tomcat's bin
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directory is a convenient place to set the memory parameters. For example:
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export CATALINA_OPTS="-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=64m" sets Tomcat to
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allocate an initial heap of 1024 megabytes, a maximum heap of 1024 megabytes,
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and a PermGen space of 64 megs. 1024 megabytes is a minimum practical heap size
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for production installations storing data for large academic institutions, and
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additional heap space is preferable. For testing with small sets of data, 256m
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to 512m should be sufficient.
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If an OutOfMemoryError is encountered during VIVO execution, increasing the
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heap parameters is the typical remedy.
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VII. Start Tomcat
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Most Tomcat installations can be started by running startup.sh or startup.bat
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in Tomcat's bin directory. Point your browser to http://localhost:8080/vivo/
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to test the application.
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If Tomcat does not start up, or the VIVO application is not visible, check the
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catalina.out file in Tomcat's logs directory. (More information about detailed
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error logging to be added here.)
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VIII. Log in and add RDF data
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If the startup was successful, you will see a relatively empty screen with the
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VIVO logo in the header. Click the "Log in" link near the upper right corner.
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Log in with the initialAdminUser username you set up in step IV. The initial
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password the initialAdminUser is defaultAdmin. On first login, you will be
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prompted to select a new password and verify it a second time.
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After verifying your new password, you will be presented with a menu of
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editing options. Here you can create OWL classes, object properties, datatype
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properties, and configure the display of data. Currently, any classes you wish
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to make visible on your website must be part of a Class Group, and there a
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number of visibility and display options available for each ontology entity.
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More documentation is forthcoming.
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VIVO comes with an ontology, but you may also upload another ontology from an
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RDF file. Under the "Advanced Data Tools", click "Add/Remove RDF Data." Note
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that Vitro currently works best with OWL-DL ontologies and has only limited
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support for pure RDF data. You can enter a URL pointing to the RDF data you
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wish to load or upload a file on your local machine. Ensure that the "add RDF"
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radio button is selected. You will also likely want to check "create
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classgroups automatically." Clicking the "Index" tab in the navigation bar at
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the top left of the page will show a simple index of the knowledge base.
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See more documentation for configuring VIVO at vivoweb.org.
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IX. Create an initial Lucene search index
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Invoke the indexing servlet by requesting http://localhost:8080/vivo/SearchIndex
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You will not see any output to the browser (though this will change in future
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versions). When your browser switches to a blank screen, the indexing has
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completed and the search box on the Vitro portal will be usable. Individuals
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that are created, edited, or deleted from the Vitro editing interface will
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trigger incremental updates of the search index.
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