On 07/09/2007, Mathias Hjelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have an up-to-date and complete step-by-step guide on how to > set up the Handle server with DSpace 1.4.2? If such a guide exists, > would't it be a good idea to include it in the DSpace documentation or > put it on the Wiki? > > I'm currently in the process of trying to get this set up and I'm mildly > annoyed by the lacking documentation in > [dspace-source]/docs/install.html. > > The first problem I ran into was that "make-handle-config" gives me > "Warning: data not encrypted" -> a quick Google on that led me to > http://www.thesesalive.ac.uk/archive/ERAInstallation-1.9.html#_Toc824950 > 72 which suggested running "dsrun net.handle.server.SimpleSetup" > instead, which is also mentioned in DSpace's install.html. However, any > documentation I've seen so far fails to mention that you should NOT put > a passphrase on your keys -> I did it, and now the handle server won't > start. A quick Google on "Invalid passphrase" -> found a thread > suggesting that "yes it's in the documentation if you read the > make-handle-config script".. Helpful indeed, in retrospect. > > Furthermore, docs/install.html isn't very clear on how to proceed once > the above obstacles are out of the way. More Googling -> found > http://sunsite.utk.edu/diglib/dspace/#handle which makes the important > point that one should ignore the official Handle documentation > altogether (e.g that about "homing" your prefix etc). It also gives some > useful step-by-step instructions which, in my opinion, could be > integrated into docs/install.html. (Install.html implies you should > start the Handle server prior to even applying for a prefix, and fails > to explain how to put the obtained prefix into the Handle server's > config..) > > So, now that I'm waiting for a reply from CNRI on how to proceed with > the passphrase issue (I did not find any solution for removing the > passphrase OR for making the handle server startup prompt for it), I'm > still not certain that I've got everything else right. Hence my > question, does anyone have a complete and up-to-date guide on how to do > this properly, without taking the trial-and-error path? > > Best regards > > Mathias Hjelt
Hi Mathias: I managed to navigate most of the hurdles with Handle, but I agree with you in general about the need for an up to date guide. Additionally, I'd love to see two streams of documentation - one for the up to date handle.jar from CNRI, another for the 2005 version of handle.jar bundled in DSpace. There is a way of removing the pass phrase; it was described in a July 30, 2007 post to the list by Rafa Carreres. I, too, stumbled on this step; the pass phrase removal seems to work. Unfortunately, now that I have removed my passp hrase and completed the other steps in the DSpace install.txt file (including update-handle-prefix), I just get resolution errors from hdl.handle.net, but there's nothing useful in the /dspace/handle-server/error.log or /dspace/log/handle-server.log to help me debug the problem. It's probably a bad sign that I'm not seeing a handle-plugin.log being created, as requested by log4j-handle-plugin.properties. But that's just how my week has gone. -- Dan Scott Laurentian University ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
