[SeasonOfDocs] GeoNetwork setup on windows - chat notes

[Cameron Shorter]

Hey Paul, the download link you provide is for a jar file. I expect a 
typical windows user would expect a windows installer (rather than a jar 
file)? So what would be the steps to follow prior to downloading the jar 
file? I assume it starts with:

1. download java 8

2. install java 8

...

On 6/1/20 6:58 pm, Paul van Genuchten wrote:
> 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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>> 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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