Setup Harvester in an IDE

Setup geoportal server harvester project within an IDE

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For NetBeans

Prerequisites

• JRE or JDK 8.x
• NetBeans
• A Java Application Server such as Tomcat 8.x

Setup steps

• Clone the github repository to a local destination
  • Go to https://github.com/Esri/geoportal-server-harvester
  • Copy github repository url (e.g. https://github.com/Esri/geoportal-server-harvester.git)
  • Within NetBeans, go to menu Team > Git > Clone
  • Paste the URL to the Repository URL field
  • Enter github user and password
  • Set the destination folder for the local repository
  • Select which remote branch to be cloned > Next
  • Click on "Finish" to clone the repository
• Build the project
  • Right click on the "pom.xml" file > Run Maven
  • Set "Goals" to "clean install"
  • Click "Ok" to compile and build the harvester
• Add Apache Tomcat to the list of servers to be used if not already having one
  • Go to Menu "Tools" > Servers > "Add Server..."
  • Select "Apache Tomcat or TomEE"
  • Choose the Tomcat Server instance location (e.g. C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5), enter username and password
  • Click on "Finish" to add the server
• To update/debug a particular module
  • Open "Modules" > Select a module (e.g. "Esri :: Geoportal Server :: Harvester :: Application :: War")
  • Double click on the module to add the module as a new node
  • Right click on the module > properties > verify the parameters are correct (e.g. value for "Run" is pointing to the Tomcat Server) > Ok
  • Open a source file and make necessary edits/set breakpoints for debugging
  • Right click on the module > Debug to run through the debug process
  • Note:
    • A description for each module is available in the description element of the module pom.xml.
• Recompile the entire project
  • After all the edits are complete, recompile the entire project following steps in "Build the project" section above
  • Retrieve the output (e.g. NetBeansProjects\geoportal-server-harvester\geoportal-application\geoportal-harvester-war\target\geoportal-harvester-war-2.5.1-SNAPSHOT.war) for distribution/deployment/testing.