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the marvelit schema - see the [http://wiki.marvelit.com/index.php?title=Data_Base_Preparation Data Base Preparation] section on how to accomplish this in mysql.
 
the marvelit schema - see the [http://wiki.marvelit.com/index.php?title=Data_Base_Preparation Data Base Preparation] section on how to accomplish this in mysql.
 
Once again - the default DASH connection document assumes a user named "marvelit" with password of "marvelit" has access to the marvelit schema.
 
Once again - the default DASH connection document assumes a user named "marvelit" with password of "marvelit" has access to the marvelit schema.
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== Start-up and Shutdown ==
 
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Starting up the Jetspeed portal for the first time will expand all the wars and create a dashboard
 
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environment for you.  The startup and shutdown scripts are in the /Jetspeed 2.1/bin folder.
 
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=== Windows ===
 
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To start the portal on windows, navigate to the bin folder and double click on the
 
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'''startup.bat''' file.  A DOS window id displayed and messages will display as the portal is started
 
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and WARs expanded.  The first time the portal is started - it will expand the Jetspeed WARs and
 
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build initial configuration files.
 
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Dash can be set to start as a service.  See ------ for instructions on how to set this up.
 
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Once this done, you will start and stop DASH via services in the Windows Management panel.
 
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Dash can be set to start on Windows startup using this method.
 
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To shutdown the portal - double click on '''shutdown.bat''' file or close the DOS window to shutdown
 
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the portal.
 
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To start the portal - you need to execute several commands in a terminal session.
 
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Start terminal and navigate to the bin folder.  You can navigate to the /Jetspeed 2.1 folder in
 
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the finder, type cd in your terminal window and drag the bin folder to your open terminal window.
 
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Terminal will place the path to that folder after your cd entry.  Press enter to set the path.
 
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'''sudo ./catalina.sh start'''   
 
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Hit the return key. Enter your admin password and hit return.  Several messages will display.  If there is a JAVA_HOME error -
 
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logout and hit enter.
 
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'''After the portal is started - wait several minutes for all of the wars to expand - than execute the shutdown sequence before
 
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Revision as of 00:53, 10 October 2006

Installing the MARVELit War File

In your expanded DASHv2.0 folder, there is a file named marvelit.war. This file contains the DASH applications and needs to be added to the Jetspeed portal environment. Jetspeed will automatically install these application on start-up, but the file needs to be placed in a specific folder in the installation for this to occur.

Copy and paste the marvelit.war file into the following directory (assuming you created a "Jetspeed 2.1" folder during the Jetspeed installation):

/Jetspeed 2.1/webapps

Here is a what the webapps folder should look like after this step. Once this file is in the webapps folder you can proceed to the next step.
DashWARFile.jpg

Install JDBC Drivers

DASH uses JDBC to connect to all datasources. There are a number of places on any system that the JDBC driver may be installed in order to work with DASH. As a general rule, it is preferred to place the appropriate drivers for your data sources in the common/lib folder under your jetspeed installation. Using /Jetspeed 2.1 as the installation root - it would be /Jetspeed 2.1/common/lib. Placing your JDBC drivers there will ensure that DASH will always find them.

Creating the DASH SQL tables

DASH has 13 tables that need to be created in the sql database of your choice. In the DASHv2.0 folder - we have included a script named Create_DASH_Tables.sql. This script builds the tables for mysql. If you are using mysql - simply use the restore function in the MYSQL Administration application to create these tables.

The script places the tables in a schema called "marvelit". The default DASH connection document assumes this schema exists. Also - if you plan to use a different database other than mysql - the script will need modification.

After the tables are created in the schema you choose, set up a user "marvelit" with password "marvelit" to have complete access to the marvelit schema - see the Data Base Preparation section on how to accomplish this in mysql. Once again - the default DASH connection document assumes a user named "marvelit" with password of "marvelit" has access to the marvelit schema.

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