SUNScholar/Install DSpace/S08
STEP 9
Contents
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:
sudo 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 interface 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 UI as the default!!. The other can be referenced as "/" something.
Option A: XMLUI
Complex setup but very customisable using modern web UI technologies and has a low server load.
Type the following to make the XMLUI the default interface.
sudo 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.
sudo 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
