Installing RandoNode Starter Kit

OPEN Development ConferenceSeptember 17, 2008

Kasi PerumalConsultant

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Install RandoNode Starter Kit - Steps• Download RandoNode starter kit from www.ctsu.org/open/

• RandoNode Configurations

• Create Eclipse Workspace

• Unzip RandoNode project to Eclipse Workspace

• Start Eclipse

• Configure Eclipse Workspace

• Create project using build.xml

• Build the RandoNode project

• Locate the local JBoss server

• Deploy the RandoNode application

• Verify server deployment

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Download RandoNode Starter Kit• Save the RandoNode.zip onto the desktop

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RandoNode Configurations• All these configurations have been set on the lab machines.

• Setup system environment variable CTSU_HOME to “C:/CTSU/Applications/” as shown below

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RandoNode Configurations (continued…)• Create a repository folder under %CTSU_HOME%\RandoNode\meta

for storing meta data files as shown below

• Metadata can found on the OPEN Portal website (www.ctsu.org/open) or also can be download through OPEN Portal’s data service which will be covered in the later sessions.

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RandoNode Configurations (continued…)• Create a “config” folder under %CTSU_HOME%\RandoNode\config

for holding the application files.

• Then copy over the Application.xml under that newly created config folder (This application.xml can be found inside the RandoNode.zip under “config” folder)

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Create Eclipse Workspace• Create a new folder “C:\Sandbox\EclipseWorkspace3.3”

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Unzip Project to Eclipse Workspace

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Start Eclipse• Eclipse should be pre-installed on the lab machines

• They can be found under “C:\IDE\Eclipse”

• Click on eclipse.exe to start the java editor

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Configure Eclipse Workspace• Before opening the editor, eclipse will ask for the default workspace to

work it. Set it to the newly created folder as below.

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Create a project using build.xml• Click on File => New => Project

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Create Project Using build.xml (continued…)• Select “Java Project from Existing Ant Buildfile” as below

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Create Project Using build.xml (continued…)• Next, rename the Project Name to “RandoNode” and point ant build

file to the RandoNode build.xml as below and click “Finish”

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Build the RandoNode• Expand the project and right click on build.xml to run the build as

below

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Build the RandoNode (continued…)• The build should be successful and the editor’s log console would

show the location of the war file for deployment

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Locate JBoss Server• Pre-installed JBoss server can be found under “C:\Servers\jboss-

4.0.5.GA”

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Deploy RandoNode War• Copy RandoNode.war to your JBoss server deployment

directory as shown in the previous slide

• The war should be placed under C:\Servers\jboss-4.0.5.GA\server\default\deploy

• If using tomcat (not provided), the war is copied to %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps where %CATALINA_HOME% is the tomcat home directory

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Verify Server Deployment• Start the JBoss server by clicking run.bat which can be found under

%JBOSS_HOME%\bin

• The server command console after successful startup

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Verify Server Deployment (continued…)• Open a new browser window and type in

http://localhost:8080/RandoNode/ should open the RandoNode’s home page as shown below