This document provides detailed installation instructions for configuring and deploying VocBench version 2.2. Instructions for older versions may be accessed here
The installation package of Vocbench downloadable from its project site, which contains all or most of the components for installing VB2.0, will be referred along the guide as:
INST_PKG
When a file name for an installation component is referred in this guide without further specifying its full path, we are assuming it is in INST_PKG.
If you have already installed vocbench in the past, you may want to read the next section, otherwise you may skip it and go directly to the "Requirements" section.
The main change consists in the automatic DB installation procedure. Now VB uses a framework for maintaining the DB and for automatically updating it together with each new release of the platform. Each time VB is started, it checks whether the DB schema is up to date with its known most recent version. In affirmative case, VB starts, otherwise, it informs the user that the DB needs to be updated. The updates are organized in chunks of scripts, each representing a new change in the DB structure (mostly scheme changes, but also data which may affect the behaviour of the system).
Thus, from version 2.1 on, there is no need anymore of manually installing the DB. If you have a previous version of the DB which is thus precedent to this new automatic DB management, VB should recognize and update it as well. The available scripts should cover all past versions of the DB which have been distributed with VB since its first 2.0 release. However, if you own an older DB for whatever reason, or if you experience any issue, you may contact us on the mailing list and ask for help.
Apache Tomcat web server (version 6.0 or higher)
EXAMPLE: debian:apt-get update; apt-get install sun-java6-jdk apache2 tomcat6 libmysql-java
MySQL database server (version 5.0 or higher)
EXAMPLE:
debian:apt-get install mysql-server
/extensions/service
folder of the Semantic Turkey server)1. Semantic Turkey Server Setup
In the directory ST-Server, there are batch files for Windows (.bat) and UNIX (.sh) to run the server.
A further integration step would ask for VocBench OSGi bundle {ST.VB-BUNDLE.VERSION} to be copied inside the ST-Server directory under folder ST-Server\extensions\service. However, the OSGi bundle already comes packed inside the ST-Server, so perform this only if you get a specific update of the OSGi bundle.
2. VOCBENCH Setup
Running Semantic Turkey
Start Semantic Turkey by using the batch file in the ST-Server directory (server_run.bat for windows and server_run.sh for UNIX systems).
Running Vocbench
VB has been preconfigured with administrator user. Use following credentials to connect as administrator.
Username: administrator
Password: 111111
Administrators are the super users who can create/approve requests for new users.
Playing around
Now, let's go for a first Quick Test Drive !!!
There is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing specific issues related to installation