Installation on Windows

Command prompt = CMD

Install Java 8

• Apache Jena/Fuseki 3 requires Java 8 - https://adoptopenjdk.net/

• Test the installation - open CMD and run:

    java -version
  

Install Apache Jena/Fuseki

1. Download Jena and Fuseki binary files https://jena.apache.org/download/index.cgi

• Apache Jena Fuseki - ie. apache-jena-fuseki-4.9.0.zip
• Apache Jena libraries - ie. apache-jena-4.9.0.zip

2. Unpack the distribution files to <JENA_HOME_DIR>, <FUSEKI_HOME_DIR>

3. Create a directory to store your data <FUSEKI_DATA_DIR>

4. Create/Set environmental (ENV) variables:

   JENAROOT <JENA_HOME_DIR>
   JENA_HOME <JENA_HOME_DIR>
   FUSEKI_HOME <FUSEKI_HOME_DIR>
   FUSEKI_BASE <FUSEKI_DATA_DIR>

   Ie. run in CMD:

setx /M JENAROOT c:\Programs\apache-jena-4.9.0
setx /M JENA_HOME c:\Programs\apache-jena-4.9.0
setx /M FUSEKI_HOME c:\Programs\apache-jena-fuseki-4.9.0
setx /M FUSEKI_BASE d:\apache-jena-data

5. Add to your PATH variable

    ;%JENA_HOME%\bat;%FUSEKI_HOME%
   

6. Modify fuseki-server.bat in your <FUSEKI_HOME_DIR>

   Change:

    java -Xmx1200M -jar fuseki-server.jar %*
   

   to (use 4096 MB or more):

    java -Xmx8192M -jar %FUSEKI_HOME%\fuseki-server.jar %*
   

7. Test the installation

   Go to your <FUSEKI_DATA_DIR>

   • open CMD and run:

     jena_version.bat

     fuseki-server --version

8. For production see https://github.com/filak/MTW-MeSH/wiki/Running-Fuseki-server

Install SQLite database engine

1. Download SQLite3 binary files at https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

   • use Precompiled Binaries for Windows for your platform

   • do not forget to download the sqlite-tools-... package

2. Unpack the files to your <SQLITE_HOME_DIR>

3. Create/Set environmental (ENV) variable

   SQLITE_HOME <SQLITE_HOME_DIR>

   Open CMD and run:

    setx /M SQLITE_HOME C:\Programs\sqlite3      
   

4. Add to your PATH variable

    ;%SQLITE_HOME%
   

5. Test the installation - open CMD and run:

    sqlite3 --version
   

Install MTW as Windows service

1. Download distribution file MTW-X.X.X.zip from Releases

2. Unpack dist file to <MTW_HOME_DIR>

3. Install the services - MTW-Server and MTW-Worker

   Install NSSM service manager

   Go to your <MTW_HOME_DIR> open CMD and run for both server and worker:

      nssm install <SERVICE_NAME>-<PORT>
   

   • Application - Path - select the EXE file ie.:

     C:\Programs\...\dist\mtw-server.exe
     
     C:\Programs\...\dist\mtw-worker.exe 
     

   • Application - Startup dir:

     C:\Programs\...\dist   
     

   • (optional) Application - Arguments - you can change host, port, threads count and config file:

       --config CONFIG    Config file path - default: conf/mtw-dist.ini
       --host HOST        Host - default: 127.0.0.1
       --port PORT        Port number - default: 55930 (server), 55933 (worker)
       --threads THREADS  Number of threads - default: 64
       --debug            Run in debug mode - DO NOT use in production !
     

4. Set Admin credentials using set-mtw-admin.exe - open CMD and run:

    set-mtw-admin --login <YOUR_ADMIN_LOGIN> --pwd <YOUR_ADMIN_PASSWORD>
   

5. Create the management database

   Go to <MTW_HOME_DIR>\instance\db

   Open CMD and run:

    sqlite3 mtw.db < mtw_schema.sql
   

6. Customize the config file - important values are marked with !

   <MTW_HOME_DIR>\instance\conf\mtw-dist.ini

   https://github.com/filak/MTW-MeSH/blob/master/flask-app/instance/conf/mtw-dist.ini

7. Create/Set environmental (ENV) variable

   MTW_HOME <MTW_HOME_DIR>

   Open CMD and run:

    setx /M MTW_HOME C:\Programs\...\dist  
   

8. Add to your PATH variable

    ;%MTW_HOME%\tools
   

9. Start the services using Windows Services manager

10. Check the logs for any startup errors: <MTW_HOME_DIR>\instance\logs

11. You need to setup a proxy on you web server - see the Deployment instructions

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