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Installation Guide (Microsoft Windows)

Abstract

Installation Guide (Microsoft Windows).

This section provides detailed instructions on how to install PoolParty on Windows.

Introduction

Make sure that you have followed the prerequisites defined in the PoolParty System Requirements.

Prerequisites

To install PoolParty on Microsoft Windows, you need to:

  • Install OpenJDK or a 64-bit build of a Sun/Oracle Java 11 SE Development Kit.

  • Configure JAVA_HOME. It is mandatory. For a successful installation, you should be able to see the results of echo %JAVA_HOME% and java -version.

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  • Download the poolparty.zip.

  • Have a valid PoolParty licence.

Note

Password Change Policy (mandatory):

New users and legacy users have to change passwords on their first login. After logging in a user cannot execute any functions, until the password is changed.

Installation Procedure

To install PoolParty:

Step 1: Start the PoolParty Installation

To start the installation:

  1. Create the drive:\poolpartyhome folder e.g. C:\Users\Public\poolparty.

    The installation path should not contain any spaces.

  2. Unzip the installer in the drive:\poolpartyhome folder.

  3. Open the Command Prompt with Administrator privileges.

  4. Change the directory to drive:\poolpartyhome.

  5. Go to the bin folder.

  6. Run as the Administrator the init_poolparty.bat file from the bin folder in the Command Prompt.

    For example, we have installed PoolParty in C:\Users\Public\poolparty folder and we have run the init_poolparty.bat file from here.

Step 2: Define the Base URLs

To define the Base URLs after invoking the init_poolparty.bat file:

  1. Define the Base URL for custom schemes and ontologies. The default is http://localhost. Either enter the Base URL you chose or hit Enter for the default Base URL.

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    Note

    We recommend to choose a Base URL pattern according to the planned URI Pattern Strategy Planning. Changing the Base URL pattern might imply changes in the existing data.

  2. Define the Base URL for projects. The default is http://localhost.

  3. Enter the Base URL you want to use or hit Enter to use the default Base URL.

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  4. Define the Base URL for users.

    Enter the Base URL you want to use or hit Enter to use the default Base URL.

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Step 3: Enable Verbose mode in the init_poolparty.bat file

To Enable Verbose mode in the init_poolparty.bat file, edit the init_poolparty.bat file and set echo to on. The Verbose mode is set to off by default. The ... script sets placeholders for the PoolParty configuration and enables Tomcat 9 and Solr services.|

STEP 4: Configure Solr and Apache Services

To start Solr7 PoolParty 8 and Apache Tomcat 9.0 tomcat9:

  1. Open Services.

  2. Find the Solr7 PoolParty 8 service.

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  3. Ensure that the service Startup type is set to Automatic, and start it.

  4. Navigate to Apache Tomcat 9.0 tomcat9 service.

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    If you plan to run PoolParty on port 80, start it.

STEP 5: Provide the PoolParty license

Provide the PoolParty licence key during login to PoolParty or place it in drive:\poolpartyhome\config\licenses folder.

pp8_installation.log

For more information on the installation, see the installation log in the drive:\poolpartyhome\bin\pp8_installation.log that contains the following:

PoolParty installation Start ::

Replace placeholders in the poolparty.cfg ::

Update poolparty.properties ::

Setup Windows Services ::

Configure tomcat Windows service ::

PP8 PW init. Start ::

[NOTE] superadmin GENERATEDPASSWORD (change after first login)

[NOTE] solrGENERATEDPASSWORD (change after first login)

PP8 PW init. End ::

PoolParty installation End ::

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