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The following is optional, but nice to have.
 
The following is optional, but nice to have.

Revision as of 01:25, 2 July 2014

STEP 9

Requirements

Please make sure that Tomcat is listening on port 80 and 443 first, before setting this up. See link below.

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Prepare_Ubuntu/S05

Step 8. Enable the DSpace Java webapps on the Java Tomcat webapp server

The DSpace webapps have been compiled in the /home/dspace/webapps folder but Tomcat only serves up webapps in the /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps folder.

So, how do we get all the files into the Tomcat webapps folder ?

There are several methods, but we are going to set it up so that if you change anything in the DSpace /home/dspace/webapps folder and then re-compile, the changes automatically occur in the Tomcat /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps folder. This also saves you from constantly copying webapps after a compile, which is a tricky business.

We create shortcuts (symlinks in the Unix world) in the default Tomcat webapps folder, to the DSpace webapps in the /home/dspace/webapps folder by typing as follows:

cd /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps
sudo ln -s /home/dspace/webapps/oai
sudo ln -s /home/dspace/webapps/sword
sudo ln -s /home/dspace/webapps/solr

The following is optional, but nice to have.

sudo ln -s /usr/share/tomcat6-admin/manager

Step 8.1 Configure the default ROOT webapp

DSpace has two web interfaces, the XMLUI and the JSPUI. This procedure allows you to select which inteface will be used as the ROOT webapp. In other words, the one that does not need a /XMLUI or a /JSPUI URL addition.

Start by removing the default Tomcat ROOT webapp with the following command:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/ROOT

Then apply one of the following.

  • Please note: You can only choose one option.

Option A: XMLUI

Complex setup but very customisable and has a low server load.

Type the following to make the XMLUI the default interface.

cd /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps
sudo ln -s /home/dspace/webapps/xmlui ROOT

Option B: JSPUI

Easy to setup but hard to customise and has a high server load.

Type the following to make the JSPUI the default interface.

cd /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps
sudo ln -s /home/dspace/webapps/jspui ROOT

Example listing of DSpace Java webapps in the Tomcat webapp folder

dspace@ir1:/var/lib/tomcat6/webapps$ ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root    root         24 2012-09-05 11:28 oai -> /home/dspace/webapps/oai
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root    root         26 2012-09-05 11:29 ROOT -> /home/dspace/webapps/xmlui
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root    root         25 2012-09-05 11:28 solr -> /home/dspace/webapps/solr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root    root         26 2012-09-05 11:29 sword -> /home/dspace/webapps/sword

Step 8.2 Restart Tomcat Server

Type the following.

sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart

References