Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of testGN241

Timestamp:

Sep 3, 2009, 6:31:18 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

tutrikil

Comment:

First setup, configuration and test

testGN241

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 == Performance tests performed on GeoNetwork v2.4.1 ==
 
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+
+<<Setup>>
+
+First let's talk about the setup:
+To perform this test I've installed a complete new Tomcat environment which probably will give the best results.
+The performance test can really suck ressources on your machine, so it's better to test Geonetwork on a modern PC 
+instead of some old machine. I used a machine with the following components:
+
+Processor: Intel Q9450 2,66 Ghz
+Ram: 4GB 800 Mhz
+Drive: 7500 RPM SATA2
+
+OS: Windows Vista (You could use a Linux Distribution, of course!)
+Software: 
+- Geonetwork 2.4.1 
+- Apache Tomcat 6 (Tomcat is one of the flag ships in Web Application Serving. Tomcat 5.5 would do it, too)
+- JRE 6 (or another Java Runtime Environment, but it's essential to have a JRE!)
+- Eclipse Galileo (or Notepad++ for editing)
+- Putty (to check the activity of the server)
+- MySQL Server 5.1 (to have a nice free Database)
+
+Additionally you could set up ant in relation with Tomcat to automate the installation a bit more.
+
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+
+<<Tomcat Configuration>>
+
+There are two possibilities you could configure Tomcat: 
+1.) Let everything in one directory. This has the advantage you don't have to maintain many directories, but it 
+also has the disadvantage installing a newer Tomcat version would result in a lost config-file and you have to 
+configure your whole settings again or you copy the config file and merge it with maybe new functions in the new 
+config file. However, that would be some extra work.
+
+2.) Separate Tomcat in a HOME and BASIC directory. The HOME directory contains all binaries and engine parts of 
+Tomcat, the BASIC directory contains the individual configuration instances and web applications. For this you have
+to define two environment variables CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASIC with the specific directories as their values.
+
+I've chosen for number one, because Tomcat 6 would do it for a long time, but if you're one of the persons who likes
+cutting edge technology prototypes, you can choose for number two of course.
+After this you have to add the different paths of geonetwork webapps to the Tomcat server configuration. This can be 
+done by adding different context paths to the server.xml under $CATALINA_HOME/conf (Linux) or $CATALINA_HOME\conf 
+(Windows). Please mark these little differences for the future, even though Tomcat would handle the intention of 
+writing a path correctly.
+It can also be done since Tomcat 5.5 by creating the files "geonetwork.xml", "intermap.xml" and "geoserver.xml" in 
+$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost and add the following content:
+****************************************************************************************
+<Context docBase="path/to/geodir/$WEBAPP"
+               privileged="true" antiResourceLocking="false" antiJARLocking="false">
+</Context>
+****************************************************************************************
+where $WEBAPP is "geonetwork", "intermap" or "geoserver"
+
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+
+<<MySQL Configuration>>
+
+To configure MySQL you have to choose a username and a password. I left the default username "root" and chose a
+password "admin". Remember these values, you have to put it in the config.xml of path/to/geonetwork/web/geonetwork
+/WEB-INF. For this you have to look for:
+
+<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<!-- mysql -->
+<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+
+<resource enabled="true">
+        <name>main-db</name>
+        <provider>jeeves.resources.dbms.DbmsPool</provider>
+        <config>
+                <user>root</user>
+                <password>admin</password>
+                <driver>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driver>
+                <url>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/geonetwork?useUnicode=true&amp;characterEncoding=utf-8&amp;mysqlEncoding=utf8</url>
+                <poolSize>10</poolSize>
+                <reconnectTime>3600</reconnectTime>
+        </config>
+</resource>
+
+After this it would be good to start gast.sh (Linux) or gast.bat (Windows) under path/to/geonetwork/bin, go to 
+"Setup" (under the point "Database"), click "Setup" and confirm all values of your current geonetwork schema in 
+your database get lost (if you want that!) and your database configuration is done. 
+
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+
+<<Functionality Test>>
+
+The first test was the availability and function correctness of geonetwork running under Tomcat that is required
+for the Performance test.
+
+I've got the following result:
+- The Geonetwork site appeares in the browser
+- The MySQL database is filled with the values of the geonetwork configuration
+- The Administration Login works as expected
+
+- The Intermap layer doesn't work (Exception 'li1 is undefined')
+
+
+
+
+