SUNScholar/Rebuild DSpace

Requirements

• This procedure assumes that you have used the three step process to install DSpace.
• It is assumed your server is open on the campus firewall. This is needed to be able to download updated MAVEN packages.

Procedure

Log into your server via a terminal as follows:

ssh dspace@%hostname%

Replace %hostname% with the hostname of your server.

Type the following:

mkdir /home/dspace/scripts

nano /home/dspace/scripts/build-webapps

Tip: It is always a good idea to maximise the open nano window so that the copy and paste of long lines does not wrap around.

Copy and paste the following into the open nano editor.

#!/bin/bash
sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 stop
echo "Cleaning out old xmlui cache files"
sudo rm /var/lib/tomcat6/work/Catalina/localhost/_/cache-dir/cocoon-ehcache.data
sudo rm /var/lib/tomcat6/work/Catalina/localhost/_/cache-dir/cocoon-ehcache.index
echo "Clean out old webapps"
sudo rm -rf /home/dspace/webapps/*
echo "Start MAVEN packaging"
cd /home/dspace/dspace-1.7.2-src-release
mvn package -U clean package
echo "Start ANT build"
cd /home/dspace/dspace-1.7.2-src-release/dspace/target/dspace-1.7.2-build.dir
ant -Doverwrite=true update clean_backups
echo "Remove old catalina log file"
sudo rm /var/log/tomcat6/catalina.out
sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 start
clear
echo "Rebuild complete."

Save the file.

Type the following:

chmod 0755 /home/dspace/scripts/build-webapps

Now you can rebuild DSpace by typing the following at anytime.

/home/dspace/scripts/build-webapps

Tip

Every weekend during a quiet time I run the rebuild script to make sure the server is good to use the following week.

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