System Requirements
DCC Web Application will run on the following systems Windows and Linux (Will also probably run on Macs too but this has not been confirmed.)
The current version requires Java 1.8 installed and the RXTX (Currently tested with 2.2pre2 version) libraries.
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Installing RXTX using instructions from RXTX Web Site
Linux Installation
The RxTx libraries should be installed this can be done simply on debian systems using the following command:
sudo apt-get install librxtx-java
Download the tar.gz file from here.
Untarring the tar.gz file will create the directory dccweb directory.
Within the new dccweb directory is a jar file this can be executed by using the following.
./dcc-webapp-VERSION.jar
or
java -jar dcc-webapp-VERSION.jar
Once started the application will create a default empty database and initialize log file directory.
The jar can also be set to run as a service by using the following command
sudo ln -s INSTALL_DIR/dcc-web/dcc-webapp-VERSION.jar /etc/init.d/dccweb
Windows Installation
Download the zip file from here.
Unzipping this file will create a dccweb directory.
Within the dccweb directory is the dcc-webapp-VERSION.jar file this can be executed by double clicking or by running using a command line.
java -jar dcc-webapp-VERSION.jar
On running the application will initialize itself by create a database and log directory.
Configuration
The dcc web application can be configured by editing the configuration config/application.properties
The http port used can be configured by editing server.port the default is port 8080.
The other settings control the database settings and should be left at the default settings.
The web application can be connected to using any browser using the ip address of the machine the service is running on and the port number configured in server.port.
For example to connect to the service running on the local machine can be connected to using the following url http://127.0.0.1:8080