Chapter 8. 10 minute quick start guide

8.1. Introduction
8.2. Get OGSA-DAI
8.3. Build OGSA-DAI
8.4. Deploy OGSA-DAI
8.5. Configure and deploy a data resource
8.6. Test OGSA-DAI server deployment
8.6.1. Ensure Container is Running
8.6.2. Check the OGSA-DAI server
8.7. Done!

8.1. Introduction

This section aims to get you up and running an OGSA-DAI instance as quickly as possible. For full information on OGSA-DAI configuration, installation and deployment please refer to the appropriate sections of Part I, “Administrator Documentation”.

8.2. Get OGSA-DAI

First, if you do not already have it, you will need to get OGSA-DAI. This is described in Chapter 9, Get OGSA-DAI.

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8.3. Build OGSA-DAI

If you have an OGSA-DAI source distribution you will need to build the binary distribution (if you did not download a binary distribution directly).

How to build a binary distribution is described in Chapter 10, Build OGSA-DAI.

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Remember, the OGSA-DAI binary distribution will be placed in build/ogsadai-3.0-axis-1.4-bin or build/ogsadai-3.0-axis-1.2.1-bin, depending on your Axis version, and, if you haven't done so, you should now change into this directory.

8.4. Deploy OGSA-DAI

You should now deploy OGSA-DAI onto your container of choice.

How to deploy OGSA-DAI onto your container of choice is described in Chapter 12, Deploying OGSA-DAI.

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8.5. Configure and deploy a data resource

You can now configure and deploy OGSA-DAI to expose a data resource.

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8.6. Test OGSA-DAI server deployment

You can test your OGSA-DAI server deployment as described in the subsections below.

8.6.1. Ensure Container is Running

You should ensure that your container is running.

8.6.2. Check the OGSA-DAI server

You can now check your OGSA-DAI deployment:

How to check your deployment is described in Chapter 15, Checking the server.

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8.7. Done!

Congratulations - you have successfully built, deployed and tested OGSA-DAI.