| Apache Marmotta Installer |
| ========================= |
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| This package contains the binary installation wizard for Apache Marmotta. It |
| allows you to install a complete instance of Apache Marmotta including an |
| Apache Tomcat application server, so you are ready-to-run in a few minutes. |
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| 1. Installing |
| ------------- |
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| To run the installer, simply execute the following command on the command |
| line: |
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| java -jar marmotta-installer-${project.version}.jar |
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| Alternatively, on GUI-based systems you can usually double-click on the |
| jar file to start the installation procedure. |
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| The installer will guide you through the most important steps of the |
| installation: |
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| 1. acknowledge license agreement (see also LICENSE.txt) |
| 2. select modules to install; except Marmotta Core, all modules are optional; |
| a brief description is given by the installer |
| 3. select installation directory; Apache Marmotta will not change any files |
| outside this directory; please make sure the directory is empty before |
| installation, as updating existing installations currently does not work |
| 4. finish installation |
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| 2. Running |
| ---------- |
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| To run the installed Apache Marmotta system, there are different options |
| depending on the operating system you are using: |
| - on all operating systems, you can use the startup.sh and shutdown.sh |
| shell scripts in the Tomcat bin directory to start/stop Marmotta |
| - on Windows, the installer will add entries to the Start menu that |
| gives you easier access to starting and stopping |
| - on MacOS X, the installer creates two applications for starting |
| and stopping inside the installation directory |
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| When Apache Marmotta is started for the first time, it will ask you which |
| network interface and IP address you would like to use as primary network |
| address. This step is very important, because it determines the base URI |
| for all Linked Data resources managed by the system. |
| - for demonstration purposes, you will probably select "localhost" |
| - for server purposes, you should select once of the publicly available |
| network interfaces, or otherwise the resources will not be created |
| correctly |
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| Once you selected the network interface, Apache Marmotta will automatically |
| open a browser window pointing to your Marmotta server. |
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| 3. Stopping |
| ----------- |
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| Apache Marmotta will install a systray icon on operating systems that support |
| this feature (look out for a small marmot). Through the systray menu you have |
| quick access to important functionality like opening a browser to the Marmotta |
| server and shutting down the system. |
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