Dear David
Thanks for your questions. You'll find answers inline:
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Tim Robertson trobertson@gbif.org wrote:
As we are approaching the 2.0 General Availability release, RC3 allows users to configure the IPT to register against the GBIF live registry and register and publish data to the GBIF network. On a new installation, after the data directory is selected, you may choose “production use”, which will ensure the IPT communicates with the LIVE GBIF registry. Once selected, this cannot be altered so please be vigilant in your selection. If your intention is to test and evaluate, please do not select production installation.
My intention is to test and evaluate. Sorry if this has an obvious answer but just to be safe I prefer to ask before.
I am following these instructions here: http://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/wiki/IPT2ManualNotes#IPT_setup...
I have chosen "NOT production use". Beyond that point, the Quick Reference Guide says:
"Click on the button labeled 'Continue' to open the IPT Administration page (...) Before adding data resources to the IPT, the administrator must (...) set the GBIF registration options, and associate the IPT with an organisation. The Organisations button is disabled by default until the GBIF registration options have been set".
As I am just testing the software, my question is: in a "NOT production" installation, can I safely test all the steps above?
Yes. You may do whatever you wish to in testing when you have selected that mode.
Please see the user manual which is nearing completion for further information: http://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/wiki/IPT2ManualNotes
Is it possible to set the GBIF registration options and associate to an organisation in "not production mode"? Is there a live GBIF registry plus another "test GBIF registry" for "not production" IPT installations?
That is correct. There are 2 registries, and by choosing not to run in production mode, the IPT will operation against a test registry, and therefore no "noise" will appear on the GBIF network due to test registrations.
In this case I suppose there is no problem in using a server address/port which is not the same I will use when going into a production server. Right?
That is correct, but please be aware that there is no way to take a non production IPT into a Live production mode. You will need to reinstall and map the data again. This was necessary because of the complexities in doing subsequent synchronisations with respect to the datasets and organisations which might differ between registries.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes, Tim
Thanks in advance for your answers David
-- David García San León Herbario SANT Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)