* Install grails 1.3.7 http://grails.org/download/archive/Grails * Install git http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git * Install postgresql http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Detailed_installation_guides a. sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-client pgadmin3 b. sudo -u postgres psql postgres # \password postgres c. Edit pg_hba.conf and set authentication method to trust instead of peer for localhost d. createdb -Upostgres biodiv * Get a copy of the application a. cd ~; mkdir git; cd git; b. git clone https://github.com/strandls/biodiv.git c. cd biodiv; d. grails upgrade * Install postGIS a. /etc/init.d/postgresql stop b. apt-get install postgresql-9.1-postgis c. Run following to make biodiv a spatially enabled database (required for map module) a. createlang -Upostgres plpgsql biodiv; b. psql -Upostgres -d biodiv -f /usr/share/postgresql/9.1/contrib/postgis-1.5/postgis.sql c. psql -Upostgres -d biodiv -f /usr/share/postgresql/9.1/contrib/postgis-1.5/spatial_ref_sys.sql * Install following plugins to convert and optimize images a. audo apt-get install imagemagick b. sudo apt-get install jpegoptim * Tune jvm memory settings for the application. Some of the commands that would be useful for development are mentioned in repoHome/.bashrc file. Add it to your bashrc profile settings as shown below a. vim ~/.bashrc b. add line : source ~/git/biodiv/.bashrc c. save and run : source ~/.bashrc * Run application a. cd ~/git/biodiv b. grails run-app * Setting the apache virtual host configuration sudo ln -s ~/git/biodiv/app-conf/apache-virtualhost-conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/ sudo ln -s ~/git/biodiv/app-conf/apache-virtualhost-conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ sudo a2enmod proxy proxy_connect proxy_ftp proxy_http rewrite include expires headers sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart * Setting up host locally for dev sudo vim /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 indiabiodiversity.localhost.org biodiv * Install names parer https://github.com/GlobalNamesArchitecture/biodiversity a. sudo gem install biodiversity * app.rootDir in grails-app/conf/Config.groovy points to a directory where all application specific data files, templates and configuration files are stored. By default in development mode it points to app-conf folder in this repository. * app.siteName, app.logo, app.favicon properties can be set to change the portal name, logo and favicon respectively