I must be doing something wrong in the installation of the itp-2.0RC2.war
file. Here is what I did:
1. Download ipt-2.0RC2.war into the .../tomcat 6.0/webapps folder (in a
Windows Server 2003 system)
2. Wait for the directories to be built out: only webapps/itp-2.0RC2/WEB-INF
was created. No index.jsp showed up.
3. Go to http://science.uvu.edu:8080/itp-2.0RC2/ and get only an apache 404
error message.
So is this a problem in the installer not having all the files it needs, or
should I have named it itp.war to put the new .jar files into the existing
ipt-1.0RC3 installation (which I renamed to just /ipt/)? I guess a third
option exists, should I just not try to test and wait for the GA release?
References:
http://science.uvu.edu:8080/ipt/ current 1.0RC3 installation, not
completed, unpublished, but mostly running
http://science.uvu.edu:8080/ipt-2.0RC2/ the 404 error message.
Directory structure created:
../tomcat 6.0/webapps/ipt-2.0RC2/WEB-INF/classes (contains one .properties
file)
../tomcat 6.0/webapps/ipt-2.0RC2/WEB-INF/lib (contains 11.3 MB in 35 .jar
files)
Bruce Wilson
Department of Chemistry | Mail Stop 179 | UVU | 800 W University Parkway,
Orem UT 84058
(801)863-7138 | bruce.wilson(a)uvu.edu | http://science.uvu.edu/wilson
Dear all,
The IPT development team are happy to announce that the IPT 2.0 release
candidate 2 (IPT 2.0RC2) is now available for download and testing from
http://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/downloads/list
Thank you once again to everyone who has reported bugs and proposed
enhancements during the testing phase. Since the IPT 2.0RC1 was released
some 43 issues have been reported and addressed
(http://tinyurl.com/2g9jzjo)
In particular the following critical issues have been worked on, and any
assistance in testing them would be greatly appreciated.
- IPT operation on windows environments
- Performance in connection of the IPT to databases (PostGRES, MySQL,
Oracle, MSSql)
- We particularly seek assistance testing connections to Oracle and MSSql
The IPT will not be released until the testing community confirms that the
product is suitably robust to do so.
At this stage, we anticipate releasing 2.0RC3 during week 1, 2011 which
will allow users to register against the live GBIF registry, with the
expectation that a final 2.0 General Availability release (2.0GA) will be
offered in week 3, 2011. However, this depends on the outcome of further
tests.
Our roadmap planning is based on the issues on
http://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/issues/list
Thank you once again for all your contributions and as always, we welcome
suggestions on how we can improve the process.
Kind regards,
Tim, on behalf of the IPT development team
Dear all,
The IPT development team are pleased to invite you to participate in
the testing of the re-engineered and simplified IPT.
The revised IPT is the result of a re-engineering effort of the 1.0
version of the IPT, specifically to:
- Reduce the server requirements significantly
- Increase the data import performance by removing the embedded
database
- Remove the dependency on heavy libraries and tools such as
Geoserver
- Remove all data interfaces that are not necessary for data
publication through GBIF
- Improve the robustness of the tool
The result is an IPT that:
- is less than 12MB
- starts in only a few seconds
- supports fast import (1 million records in 15 seconds or so)
- includes an expanded metadata profile
- supports the importing of DwC Archives
- allows multiple organisation support (an IPT may be installed by
an institution, but the resource associated with a different
institution)
We would like to thank those early testers who have helped us, over
the last 5 weeks, identify and address some 81 issues and enhancements
already (http://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/issues/list?can=1&q=Milestone…
).
All reported defects have been addressed, and therefore we have
indicated this is a version that is a candidate for being a formal
release and therefore labelled IPT 2.0RC1.
Issues are actively being tracked, monitored and will be prioritised
and addressed, and I ask that you use this utility to record any
issues that you come across:
http://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/issues/list
The user manual and engineering documentation drafting are under way
and expected to be finished by the end of 2010 prior to the general
availability (IPT 2.0GA) release. The IPT 2.0GA release is targeted
by the end of the 2010 but will only be made available following a
successful community test phase.
The IPT 2.0RC1 for this test can be downloaded: http://gbif-providertoolkit.googlecode.com/files/ipt-2.0RC1.war
The IPT 2.0RC1 is restricted for use to the GBIF development registry
at this stage and therefore can not be used for publication onto the
GBIF network during this testing phase.
Please find attached some basic guideline information for testers in
the absence of the user manual.
Thank you once again to all IPT contributers.
Best wishes,
Tim
