jOAI is a Java-based open source Open Archives Initiative data provider and harvester tool that runs in a servlet container such as Apache Tomcat. Installation instructions for the jOAI software v3.1.1.4. If you are upgrading from a previous version, see notes on upgrading below. To install and run the jOAI software you must have the following: 1. oai.war - the jOAI software. 2. Apache Tomcat v5.5.x or v6.x. 3. Java Standard Edition (SE) version 5 or 6. Step 1: Download and install the Tomcat servlet container on your server. Note that on some linux and unix distributions, Tomcat comes pre-installed but does not include all the required Java libraries. Download and install a full copy of Tomcat directly from http://tomcat.apache.org/ Tomcat requires the Java Platform, Standard Edition v5 or later, available here: Sun: http://java.sun.com/javase/ IBM: http://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/lxdk/lxdk-p For Mac OSX (Jaguar or later): Java 2 comes pre-installed or may be installed using software update. Step 2: Place the file 'oai.war' into the 'webapps' directory found in your Tomcat installation. 'webapps' is the default location where Tomcat expects to find web applications. Step 3: Start or restart Tomcat. Upon startup the first time, Tomcat will automatically unpack the oai.war archive, creating a directory and application context named 'oai'. Step 4: The jOAI software should now be running. Launch a web browser and type in the URL to the oai servlet context, which will have the following form: - The address will use the context path created in step 3 ('oai'). If the domain name to your server is http://www.myserver.edu and Tomcat was been installed using the default port (8080), the URL to the OAI software will be http://www.myserver.edu:8080/oai/ - Alternatively you may access the software using the localhost domain shortcut: http://localhost:8080/oai/. Troubleshooting: - If there are errors accessing the software try repeating or verifying steps 1 and 2. - Tip: Check the Tomcat logs for error messages located in the 'logs' directory of your Tomcat installation if there are problems. Note: jOAI will output error messages to standard out, which are written to the catalina.out log in Tomcat Step 5: To begin using the data provider or harvester, go to the administrative pages listed under the 'Data Provider' and 'Harvester' menus in your installation. Step 6 (optional): For additional software configuration options such as enabling access control, see the page 'Configuring jOAI' in your installation, e.g.: http://localhost:8080/oai/docs/configuring_joai.jsp ============ Building from Source Code =============== See the file BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS.txt for information about obtaining the source code and building jOAI using ant. ============ Upgrading from a previous version =============== If you are upgrading from v3.0.2 or earlier versions of the software, please note the following: - Saved indexes, settings and configuration files from previous versions of the software are not compatible with the new version. - Remove any previous installations from your tomcat webapps directory before installing the new version. You can save the previous installation by moving it's directory (e.g. the 'oai' directory) out of webapps and reinstall it later by placing it back into webapps if needed. - Only one instance of the software should be installed and running in a single Tomcat (or other application server) at any given time. ============ Tips and notes ============ 1. Only one instance of the software should be installed and running in a single Tomcat (or other application server) at any given time. 2. Tomcat on Linux The following tips taken from the Tomcat 5 release notes has been used to fix stability problems reported with the OAI software on Linux: GLIBC 2.2 / Linux 2.4 users should define an environment variable: export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 Redhat Linux 9.0 users should use the following setting to avoid stability problems: export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 3. If Tomcat does not unpack the oai.war archive automatically, you may do so manually. On Linux: 1. Create an 'oai' directory in the 'webapps' directory. 2. cd into 'oai.' 3. Enter the command 'jar xvf ../oai.war.' For questions, comments, feedback, see the jOAI User Forum: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dlsciences/forums/forum/1138932