IPT – Getting Started

June 2011

• Online Resources• Project Website• Requirements• Server Preparation• Installation• Running IPT• Installation Demo• Upgrade/Reinstall Demo

Getting Started

GBIF Online Resource Centre(http://www.gbif.org/orc/)

GBIF Online Resource Centre(http://www.gbif.org/orc/)

•Project Information

•Downloads

•Wiki (user manual, tutorials)

•Issue Tracker

•Source Code (developer docs)

Project Web Site(http://bit.ly/IPTcode)

• Internet Connectivity

• Stable URL

• Memory (256M)

• Disk Space (~20MB plus data)

• Java (version 5 or later)

• Servlet Container (e.g., Tomcat)

Requirements

• Jetty

• Tomcat (5.5, 6)

– Mac OS X

– Windows 7

– CentOS 5

Server Preparation(Wiki: http://bit.ly/IPTsvr)

• Download latest ipt-x.x.x.war(http://bit.ly/IPTdwnld)

• Rename .war file (e.g., ipt.war)

• Deploy .war file

IPT Installation

• Run IPT in browser(e.g., http://localhost:8080/ipt)

Running IPT

• Setup Step I

– Data Directory

• Setup Step II

– First Administrator

– Test or Production Use

– Base and Proxy URLs

Running IPT - First Time

• Choose Data directory• Absolute Path• Empty• Write Permissions• Protect• Back it up

Setup Step I

Setup Step II

First Administrator

Test or Production Use

Base and Proxy URLs

Administration Options

Settings

Administration Options

User Accounts

Administration

Setup

Administration

Organisational Structure

Administration

Extension

Running IPT – After First Time

Running IPT – After Publishing

• Resources

• Requirements

• Server Preparation

• Installation

• Running IPT

• Installation Demo

• Upgrade/Reinstall Demo

Getting Started

• Download ipt-2.0.1.war(http://bit.ly/IPTdwnld)

• Rename to ipt.war

• Stop Tomcat

• Copy ipt.war to /webapps

• Restart Tomcat

IPT Installation

• Resources

• Requirements

• Server Preparation

• Installation

• Running IPT

• Installation Demo

• Upgrade/Reinstall Demo

Getting Started

• Download ipt-2.0.2.war(http://bit.ly/IPTdwnld)

• Rename to ipt.war

• Stop Tomcat

• Remove ipt.war and /ipt folder from /webapps

• Copy ipt.war to /webapps

• Restart Tomcat

IPT Re-installation/Upgrade

Administration

Organisational Structure