Building the testmodel application

1. Check that you have the required software installed and configured, see prerequisites.

2. Get the InterMine software

3. Create a file called 'testmodel.properties'
   • This file tells the testmodel application which databases to use.
   • You will need to change the properties to your own database server and database username/password.
   • Put it in ~/.intermine with the following contents.

db.userprofile-test.datasource.serverName=test_host
db.userprofile-test.datasource.databaseName=testmodel-webapp-userprofile
db.userprofile-test.datasource.user=test_user
db.userprofile-test.datasource.password=secret

db.unittest.datasource.serverName=test_host
db.unittest.datasource.databaseName=testmodel-webapp
db.unittest.datasource.user=test_user
db.unittest.datasource.password=secret

4. Create another file in the ~/intermine directory called 'build.properties.testmodel'. This file is used to store some developer specific build properties. Adjust these properties to point to your local Tomcat. It should look something like this:

# You don't really need to change these
project.helpLocation=http://www.flymine.org/doc/manual
project.sitePrefix=http://www.flymine.org/flymine
project.releaseVersion=test

# You may want to change the following 6 properties:
webapp.deploy.url=http://localhost:8080
webapp.path=intermine-test
webapp.manager=manager
webapp.password=manager
# It doesn't work now, logs are saved in bin directory of tomcat
webapp.logdir=/var/logs
# It must be valid email address
superuser.account=you@yourdomain.com

# You don't need to change these
webapp.os.alias=os.unittest
webapp.userprofile.os.alias=osw.userprofile-test

5. You should now manually create the databases needed by the testmodel application. Execute:

   createdb testmodel-webapp
   createdb testmodel-webapp-userprofile
   

6. Now initialise the two databases:

   % cd testmodel/dbmodel
   % ant clean build-db
   % ant insert-data-unittest
   
   % cd testmodel/webapp/main
   % ant build-db-userprofile
   

7. Build the testmodel web application and release to the running tomcat:

   cd testmodel/webapp/main
   ant default release-webapp
   

   If you have previously released a webapp to /intermine-test you will need to remove it as well:

   % cd testmodel/webapp/main
   % ant default remove-webapp release-webapp
   

8. Browse to http://localhost:8080/intermine-test to view the web interface for the testmodel application.

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See: GettingStarted, MalariaMine tutorial