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Bloomer User Notes

Bloomer User Notes. Installing and Running a Bloomer Installation Jack Park. Latest: 20100327. Project Home: http://code.google.com/p/bloomer/. A Federation of Bloomer Portals. Wiki. Wiki. Wiki. Wiki. Drupal. Drupal. LFS. Cohere. LFS. Cohere. RTDelphi. RTDelphi. Colligence.

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Bloomer User Notes

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  1. Bloomer User Notes Installing and Running a Bloomer Installation Jack Park Latest: 20100327 Project Home: http://code.google.com/p/bloomer/

  2. A Federation of Bloomer Portals Wiki Wiki Wiki Wiki Drupal Drupal LFS Cohere LFS Cohere RTDelphi RTDelphi Colligence Global Federation Server* Wiki Cohere LFS LFS = Local Federation Server *Public Domain Digital Library—Topic Map

  3. Terminology • XML Config File • Located in /webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/ • core-portal-props.xml • Server Config File • Located as /etc/jetty.xml

  4. Outline • Installation • Federation Server • Wiki • Administration • Federation Server • Wiki • User Actions • Changing Password • Importing data • Installing Cohere • Building TopicSpaces

  5. Federation Server Installation • User Database • Must install and configure this • Required for MediaWiki as well • Server • Local Federation Server • Requires User Database • Creates own RDF knowledgebase

  6. Federation User Database Installation • MySQL • Version 5+ • Configurations in the XML Config File • Change <…> values to suit • Boot MySQL • create database <userdatabasename>; • create user <databaseusername>; • grant all on <userdatabasename>.* to ‘<databaseusername’@’localhost’ identified by ‘<password>’; <parameter name="MyDatabaseDriver" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" /> <parameter name="MyDatabaseURL" value="jdbc:mysql:///" /> <parameter name="MyDatabaseUser" value = "<databaseusername>" /> <parameter name="MyDatabasePwd" value = "<password>" /> <parameter name="UserDatabaseURL" value="jdbc:mysql:///" /> <parameter name="UserDatabase" value=“<userdatabasename>" />

  7. Federation Server Installation • Step One:Download the tarball and open it. It forms its own directory structure. • Build TopicSpaces (see last slide) • Step Two: Edit the XML Config File to suit • Step Three: Make any necessary edits to Server Config File • May need port changed: defaults to 8080 • Step Four: Create the database • Step Five: Boot the server with run.bat or run.sh • Login (typically http://localhost<port>/) with the default admin name and password (from XML Config File) • Create users

  8. Admin—Global Federation • Each Local Federation Server has a XML Config File setting for the URL of the Global Federation Server • Resource includes login information* <parameter name="BackchannelBaseURL" value = "http://www.topicspaces.org:8080/" /> <parameter name="BackchannelID" value = “<userid>" /> <parameter name="BackchannelPwd" value = “<password>”/> Global Server must have a registered User that can authenticate with userid and password *Config files are not visible, but this is a developmental approach to persisting credentials for communicating over the backchannel.

  9. Wiki Installation • MediaWiki • Follow MediaWiki installation instructions • Extensions • Follow instructions that are supplied with each extension • Database • Follow MediaWiki instructions which are similar to those given for the Federation Server

  10. Extensions • IBISMediaWiki • In Bloomer’s online Subversion (to be made a downloadable tarball) • Semantic MediaWiki Extension • http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki • Halo Extension • http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Halo_Extension • FCKeditor (rich text editor) • http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FCKeditor_%28Official%29 • WikiTrust (watch for bugs) • http://wikitrust.soe.ucsc.edu/index.php/Main_Page • Other extensions in Bloomer’s Subversion This list subject to revision and additional detail over time

  11. Federation Server Administration • Actions presently implemented • User Management • Create users • Change user roles • Remove users

  12. Administration Home Page Available only to users authenticated with an Admin role

  13. User Manager • Clicking on New User opens a form for creating a user • Clicking on any user in the list takes you to a form to change roles

  14. Creating a New User • A User Name is necessary for search-by-name actions • Give a user a temporary password: users can change it later • Select a user role from the pull-down

  15. User’s Home Page • User clicks on name next to the Logout link to be taken to this view. • Future versions will add more features to a user’s home page

  16. Other User Federation Server Actions • User can import IBIS XML files in the Compendium XML format* • User can import from three web services sources: • http:/del.icio.us/ • http://diigo.com/ • http://cohere.open.ac.uk/ *In early trials, we will leave this feature turned off, made available only to users with Admin credentials.

  17. Webservices Importing Enter appropriate login identifier and password, one source at a time.

  18. Installing Cohere—1 • Generalized Approach: • Install in <apache_home>/htdocs/ alongside Mediawiki • e.g. <apache_home>/htdocs/cohere • Only content from Cohere distribution/cohere-website • Edit config-sample.phpconfig.php • $CFG->databaseuser • $CFG->databasepass • $CFG->databasename (e.g. ‘cohere’) • Install the database (next slide) • Update some files to reflect the URL of the installation • Refer to the file /cohere-website/urlConstants.php for instructions • Restart Apache • NOTE: at the present time, the Firefox Plugin is not available for use • Cohere is functional without it for the time being. • The plugin is being modified to be configurable for different installations

  19. Installing Cohere—2 • Create a MySQL database as before • Create a user based on settings in config.php • Create a database based on settings in config.php • Grant user rights: • grant all on <databasename>.* to ‘username’@’localhost’ identified by ‘password’; • Preload the database* • use <databasename> • source db.sql • source update.sql • source default-data.sql *For convenience, copy the three sql files to <mysql_home>/bin; otherwise modify the “source” command lines to point to the files

  20. Building TopicSpaces • Requirements • Java 1.6 JDK • MySQL (per earlier database slides) • Apache Ant* • Building • cd to TopicSpaces base directory where build.xml exists • Type ant <enter> • Building is automatic • A TopicSpaces.jar file is created in the web-inf/lib directory * http://ant.apache.org/

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