[SeasonOfDocs] GeoNetwork setup on windows - chat notes

[Paul van Genuchten]

Hi Swapnil,
Your question seems to ask clarification about the relation between https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html and https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/3.8.x/en/maintainer-guide/installing/index.html. The 2 pages are not related. OSGeo live offers an instant preinstalled experience, no need to install software (however the OSGeo live system needs to be deployed in a Virtual Machine or as a bootable dvd, this page explains how). The GeoNetwork page refers how to install the GeoNetwork software only on a clean system.

To only run the GeoNetwork software consider to use the geonetwork installer, the installer will setup geonetwork including a jetty container.
You need Java 8 to be able to run the installer
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geonetwork/files/GeoNetwork_opensource/v3.8.2/geonetwork-install-3.8.2-0.jar/download


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>   1. Re: GeoNetwork setup on windows - chat notes (Cameron Shorter)
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> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 20:42:10 +1100
> From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> To: Swapnil Ogale <swapnilogale at gmail.com>, Jo Cook
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> Swapnil,
> 
> As per chat just now:
> 
> Re setting up on windows (and writing instructions):
> 
> * Let's *not* go down the path of setting up a virtual machine and 
> OSGeoLive (at least not yet). If you were to go down that path later, 
> the page to start with would be:
> https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html
> 
> * Instead I suggest installing java 8 on windows, then tomcat (or jetty, 
> I'm not sure which is better), then the geonetwork.war file. Hopefully 
> one of the geonetwork experts watching this thread will add comment - my 
> experience is about 10 years old here and shouldn't be trusted.
> 
> * Good to hear that you have been going through Byron's spreadsheet of 
> docs and cateogising them according to doc type.
> 
> * I suggest also start gauging effort and what should be done to the 
> docs, so we can get a feel for what is required. Maybe collect this in a 
> "Comments" column in the spreadsheet or similar?
> 
> * At the end of your project, I think we should give the GeoNetwork 
> community an assessment of the quality of their docs, accompanied by a 
> recommended list of actions which should be implemented, a possible plan 
> for implementing, and an indication of the level of effort required. 
> This should help steer future documentation direction.
> 
> * Also at the end, we should provide feedback to the documentation 
> community, and Google, about the process that should be followed in 
> improving open-source documentation. I think the doc audit you are doing 
> at the moment is a really important part of this, and we should capture 
> lessons learned as we go. (I'm currently sketching this into a doc for 
> TheGoodDocsProject at the moment).
> 
> Cheers, Cameron
> 
> On 2/1/20 10:04 pm, Swapnil Ogale wrote:
>> Hi Cameron and Jo,
>> 
>> I started with the installation guide and am still stuck.
>> Can we have a quick call to discuss this? I am referring to the OsGeo 
>> equivalent here 
>> (https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html) 
>> to relate it to these installation instructions 
>> (https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/3.8.x/en/maintainer-guide/installing/index.html). 
>> Am I on the right track?
>> 
>> Until I get some clarity, I am not sure I can proceed with this.
>> 
>> Meanwhile, I will skip to the next task (go through Byron's 
>> spreadsheet and start classifying these based on the 4 content types 
>> from the Divio blog).
>> 
>> Does that sound ok?
>> 
>> Swapnil
>> 
>> 
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