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diff --git a/src/site-docs/adoc/fragments/install-guide/install-resteditor.adoc b/src/site-docs/adoc/fragments/install-guide/install-resteditor.adoc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..721ede0a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/site-docs/adoc/fragments/install-guide/install-resteditor.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +// +// ============LICENSE_START======================================================= +// Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved. +// ================================================================================ +// This file is licensed under the CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE +// Full license text at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode +// +// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 +// ============LICENSE_END========================================================= +// +// @author Sven van der Meer (sven.van.der.meer@ericsson.com) +// + +== Installing the REST Editor + +APEX comes with a RESR Editor application realized as a servlett. +This requires a _full_ installation of APEX. +This requires a web server that can execute `war` web archives. +We recommend to use link:https://tomcat.apache.org/[Apache Tomcat], however other web servers can be used as well. + +Install Apache Tomcat including the `Manager App`, see link:https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/manager-howto.html#Configuring_Manager_Application_Access[V9.0 Docs] for details. +Start the Tomcat service, or make sure that Tomcat is running. +Locate the APEX monitoring application in your local APEX installation. + +[source%nowrap,sh,numbered,subs="attributes+"] +---- +$APEX_HOME/war/apex-services.client-editor-{release-version}.war +---- + +[source%nowrap,bat,numbered,subs="attributes+"] +---- +%APEX_HOME%\war\apex-services.client-editor-{release-version}.war +---- + +There are multiple ways to install the APEX monitoring application: + +- copy the `.war` file into the Tomcat `webapps` folder +- use the Tomcat `Manager App` to deploy via the web interface +- deploy using a REST call to Tomcat + +For details on how to install `war` files please consult the link:https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/index.html[Tomcat Documentation] or the link:https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/manager-howto.html[Manager App HOW-TO]. +Once you installed the APEX monitoring application (and wait for sufficient time for Tomcat to finalize the installation), open the `Manager App` in Tomcat. +You should see the APEX REST Editor application being installed and running. + +In case of errors, examine the log files in the Tomcat log directory. +In a conventional install, those log files are in the logs directory where Tomcat is installed. + +Once the APEX REST Editor is installed, open a browser (or a new tab) and use the following URL to connect to the APEX monitoring application. +Change the values for the Tomcat port (`10080` in the example), the APEX REST EDITOR version (`{release-version}` in the example), and the APEX management port (`12345` in the example, taken from the example configuration) to your local settings. +If your browser is not opened on the same host as the APEX engine runs, change `localhost` to the host name with the APEX engine. + +[source%nowrap,url,subs="attributes+"] +---- +http://localhost:10080/apex%2Dauth.rest%2D{release-version}/ +---- + +The browser will now show the APEX REST Editor. + +Terminate the browser now (or the tab with the application). +Finally, if you do not want to use Tomcat for any other applications, terminate the Tomcat server as well. |