Hi Carlos,
The wording of the documentation is _a_good_way_ to keep your config
directories in sync with each other. However, its a bit more work
than necessary. Since it is true that you can directly alter
[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg, and then restart tomcat, and your change takes
effect.
Here's my trick...
Since I usually find it overkill to do a full maven package / ant update
-Doverwrite=true for the simplest config updates, I use a local source-code
version control system to keep everything in sync.
I import the dspace.org dspace-source-1.6.1 code into my local repository.
I'll call it dspace-production
svn export http://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/dspace/tags/dspace-1.6.2/
dspace-production
svn import dspace-production http://svnrepo/dspace-production
Then on the server I check out the source from my svn repo to
[dspace-source].
svn checkout
http://svnrepo/dspace-production/path/to/dspace-source/dspace-production
I also checkout the config directory to [dspace]/config
svn checkout http://svnrepo/dspace-production/dspace/config /dspace/config
Thus, I can make config changes to the checkout on my local PC and commit
it. Then on the server, I can either go to [dspace]/config, svn update,
tomcat restart. Or, you could go to [dspace-source], svn update, then do the
full mvn package / ant update -Doverwrite=true / tomcat restart.
Thus my configs stay in sync. The only annoyance is things like
${dspace.dir} are always getting expanded.
Peter Dietz
Systems Developer/Engineer
Ohio State University Libraries
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Tim Donohue <tdono...@duraspace.org>wrote:
> Hi Carlos,
>
> It's 'ant update_configs' to update a DSpace configuration. But, be
> forewarned that if this finds existing files it will *not* overwrite the
> existing configuration -- rather it will place a new version
> side-by-side so that you can compare them and decide what needs updating.
>
> So, when you run 'ant update_configs', for any configs that need
> updating you'll see a '[config-file-name].new' file appear (e.g. you'll
> see a 'dspace.cfg.new' appear next to your existing 'dspace.cfg').
> You'll need to check these *.new files to see if you want the updates
> made. By default we do not overwrite your existing configs as we don't
> want to accidentally lose any customizations you may have made.
>
> You can type 'ant help' to get an explanation of the various 'ant'
> commands available.
>
> - Tim
>
>
>
>
> On 6/23/2010 11:21 PM, Carlos S wrote:
> > Could someone please help on this?
> > http://www.dspace.org/1_6_0Documentation/ch05.html#N119D4
> >
> > Is it update_configs or init_configs to update dspace configuration?
> >
> > --
> > CS.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Carlos S<neu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I need some help regarding DSpace configuration update after changing
> >> '[dspace-source]/dspace/config/dspace.cfg' file. Do I need to run ant
> >> update_config or 'ant init_config'. The manual for DSpace 1.6 ,
> >> section 5.1.2 seemed to be confusing as it says:
> >>
> >> {{{
> >> . To keep the two files in synchronization, you can edit your files in
> >> [dspace-source]/dspace/config/ and then you
> >> would run the following commands:
> >> cd /[dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-<version>-build.dir
> >> ant update_configs
> >>
> >>
> >> • To run ant -Dconfig=/[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update if you are
> >> updating your dspace.cfg file and
> >> wish to see the changes appear. Follow the usual sequence with
> >> copying your webapps.
> >> • If you edit dspace.cfg in [dspace-source]/dspace/config/, you should
> >> then run 'ant init_configs'
> >> in the directory
> >> [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-1.5.2-build.dir so that any
> >> changes you may
> >> have made are reflected in the configuration files of other
> >> applications, for example Apache. You may then need to restart
> >> those applications, depending on what you changed.
> >> }}}
> >>
> >> Any help on how to update configuration? Also, do I need to run any
> >> maven commands?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Thanks,
> >> CS.
> >>
> >
> >
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