VIVO Documentation
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Installing from Distribution
Overview
vivo-1.9.0-rel/ pom.xml default-settings.xml home/ pom.xml src solr/ pom.xml src webapp/ pom.xml src
Preparing the Installation Settings
In order to fully install VIVO, you need to create a settings file that provides some essential information:
app-name
vivo-dir
tomcat-dir
This file needs to be created following the Maven Settings Reference. A template file already exists within the VIVO project, called "default-settings.xml". You may copy this file (it can be called anything you like), and edit the contents to fit your requirements / system configuration.
Installing VIVO
Once you have an appropriate settings file (these instructions will assume that you are using default-settings.xml - replace this with your actual file), you simply need to run Maven, specifying the install goal, and your settings file.
$ cd VIVO VIVO$ mvn install -s default-settings.xml [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Reactor Build Order: [INFO] [INFO] Vitro [INFO] Vitro Dependencies [INFO] Vitro API [INFO] VIVO [INFO] VIVO API [INFO] Vitro Web App [INFO] VIVO Web App [INFO] Vitro Home [INFO] VIVO Home [INFO] Vitro Solr App [INFO] VIVO Installer [INFO] VIVO Prepare Home [INFO] VIVO Prepare Solr App [INFO] VIVO Prepare Web App [INFO] ....
At this point, the
Completing The Installation
Installing from GitHub
Preparing the Repositories
In order to install the development code from GitHub, you need to clone both the Vitro and VIVO repositories from the vivo-project organization. These clones should be in sibling directories called "Vitro" and "VIVO" respectively:
$ git clone https://github.com/vivo-project/Vitro.git Vitro -b develop $ git clone https://github.com/vivo-project/VIVO.git VIVO -b develop $ ls -l drwxr-xr-x user group 1 Dec 12:00 Vitro drwxr-xr-x user group 1 Dec 12:00 VIVO
If you do not place the Vitro code in a sibling directory called "Vitro", then you will have to supply the "vitro-core" property to Maven - e.g. mvn package -Dvitro-core=~/Vitro
It is expected that the Maven project numbers are kept in sync between the Vitro / VIVO projects, however, depending on when you update / sync your repositories, you may need to adjust the project version numbers for the build to work.
Preparing the Installation Settings
In order to fully install VIVO, you need to create a settings file that provides some essential information:
app-name
vivo-dir
tomcat-dir
This file needs to be created following the Maven Settings Reference. A template file already exists in the "installer" directory within the VIVO project, called "default-settings.xml". You may copy this file (it can be called anything you like), and edit the contents to fit your requirements / system configuration.
Installing VIVO
Default Installer
Once you have an appropriate settings file (these instructions will assume that you are using installer/default-settings.xml - replace this with your actual file), you simply need to run Maven, specifying the install goal, and your settings file.
$ cd VIVO VIVO$ mvn install -s installer/default-settings.xml [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Reactor Build Order: [INFO] [INFO] Vitro [INFO] Vitro Dependencies [INFO] Vitro API [INFO] VIVO [INFO] VIVO API [INFO] Vitro Web App [INFO] VIVO Web App [INFO] Vitro Home [INFO] VIVO Home [INFO] Vitro Solr App [INFO] VIVO Installer [INFO] VIVO Prepare Home [INFO] VIVO Prepare Solr App [INFO] VIVO Prepare Web App [INFO] ....
The VIVO home directory will now be created, the VIVO application installed to Tomcat.
Custom Installer
If you want to use the source code / GitHub clone with your own customisations, you can exclude the supplied installer project, and use your own customized installer project instead. To do so, you need to supply the location of your custom installer project as the "vivo-installer-dir" property. This can be done on the command line, or in the settings.xml. If you are supplying a relative path, it should be relative to the location of the VIVO/pom.xml.
$ cd VIVO VIVO$ mvn install -s installer/default-settings.xml -Dvivo-installer-dir=../myedu-vivo [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Reactor Build Order: [INFO] [INFO] Vitro [INFO] Vitro Dependencies [INFO] Vitro API [INFO] VIVO [INFO] VIVO API [INFO] Vitro Web App [INFO] VIVO Web App [INFO] Vitro Home [INFO] VIVO Home [INFO] Vitro Solr App [INFO] Custom VIVO Installer [INFO] Custom VIVO Prepare Home [INFO] Custom VIVO Prepare Solr App [INFO] Custom VIVO Prepare Web App [INFO] ....
The VIVO home directory will now be created, the VIVO application installed to Tomcat, including any customizations that are defined in your local installer project.