Meteor

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Meteor
Tim Cameron, NCHELP John Gill, Texas
Guaranteed NCHELP Summer Institute July 14-17,
2002
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Meteor Out of the Box

• Whats on the Meteor CD?
• Installing Java or the JVM
• Installing the Application Server
• Installing the Access Provider Software
• Installing the Data Provider Software
• Installing MYSQL database
• Configuring the Access Provider
• Configuring the Data Provider

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Whats on the Meteor CD?

• Meteor installation and configuration
  instructions
• Windows platforms, Sun,IBM, Linux for
• Java
• Tomcat
• MySQL Database
• Meteor Software
• Access Provider
• Data Provider
• Index Provider
• Meteor source code
• Meteor Test Data
• High Performance Channel (HPC) software, code,
  and documentation

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Installing Java or the JVM

• The following examples are simulating a windows
  install.
• On the CD find the directory
• D\Windows\Java Sun
• Double click
• j2sdk-1_4_0-win.exe
• Set your Environment variables
• Go to your control panel and click the system
  icon
• When the dialog box appears. Select the
  Advanced tab.
• Click the Environment Variables button.
• Click the new button
• Add the following in the variable name Box
  JAVA_HOME
• Add the following in the variable value Box
  f\apps\java (Directory you installed java)
• Click the ok buttons until the dialogs are
  closed.

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Installing the Application Server

• On the CD find the directory
• D\Windows\Tomcat
• Double click
• jakarta-tomcat-4.0.4-b1.exe
• Set your Environment variables
• Go to your control panel and click the system
  icon
• When the dialog box appears. Select the
  Advanced tab.
• Click the Environment Variables button.
• Click the new button
• Add the following in the variable name Box
  TOMCAT_HOME
• Add the following in the variable value Box
  f\app_servers\Tomcat (Directory you installed
  tomcat)
• Click the ok buttons until the dialogs are closed.

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Testing the Application Server

• Start Tomcat from the menu.
• Execute a web browers like Internet Explorer.
• Enter a url like
• http//jdlr.com8080/index.html
• http//localhost8080/index.html
• You should see the Jakarta main page.

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Meteor Software Install

• Stop Tomcat from the menu.
• On the CD find the directorys and files
• D\Meteor\AccessProvider\dist
• AccessProvider.war
• D\Meteor\DataProvider\dist
• DataProvider.war
• Copy the war files to the Tomcat web-apps
  directory
• Start Tomcat
• Stop Tomcat (When you see that it created the
  Access Provider and Data Provider directories.
• You have just completed the meteor install.

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Installing MySQL Database

• On the CD find the directories and files
• mysql-3.23.49-win.zip
• Unzip to a temp directory
• From the temp directory. Execute setup.exe
• Go through the install.

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Creating a database

• Go to the mysql bin directory and execute
• Winmysqladmin.exe
• A dialog of my admin should appear
• Go to the Databases tab
• Right click and in the databases area. Dialog
  should appear.
• Enter Meteor
• Click Create Database
• Close all dialogs.
• You have just created the database

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Creating your Meteor Tables

• On the cd find
• D\Meteor\DataProvider\etc
• meteor.mysql.ddl
• Go to the windows command prompt and type
• Mysql
• Connect meteor
• At the mysql prompt, type source
  meteor.mysql.ddl The database schema will be
  created. Verify this with the command show
  tables.
• You have just created the tables for meteor.

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MySQL Setting Up a User Account

• From the mysql prompt
• mysql u root mysql
• UPDATE USER SET PasswordPASSWORD(new_password)
  WHERE USERroot
• FLUSH PRIVLEGES

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Loading some test data

• At the MySQL prompt run
• source c/mysql/testdata/sbs/testcase500_load554.x
  ml.txt ltentergt
• To view data run
• select from person ltentergt

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Configuring the Access Provider

• You must now make several changes to the settings
  files located in TOMCAT_HOME\webapps\AccessProvid
  er\WEB-INF\classes
• Accessprovider.properties
• Meteor.default.institution.id
• Some unique value that identifies your
  organization.
• Authentication.properties
• Authentication.signassertion
• Authentication.identifier
• Directory.properties
• Directory.providerurlLdap//x.x.x.x389
• (some URL for the directory provider LDAP server.
• Directory.basednDcdoe,dcorg

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Configuring a Data Provider

• Example of database connection
• Modify TOMCAT_HOME\webapps\DataProvider\WEB-INF\c
  lasses\dataprovider.properties
• Set the following keys to appropriate values for
  your particular JDBC Database.
• com.prioritytech.sample.JDBCClassorg.gjt.mm.mysql
  .Driver
• com.prioritytech.sample.JDBCURLjdbcmysql//local
  host3306/meteor
• com.prioritytech.sample.JDBCUserIDadmin
• com.prioritytech.sample.JDBCPasswordadmin

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Configuring a Data Provider

• Example of demographic information
•  Set the following keys to values appropriate for
  your organization.
• DataProvider.Data.NamePriority Technologies,
  Inc.
• DataProvider.Data.IDED.PTI
• DataProvider.Data.URLhttp//www.prioritytech.com/
  Meteor
• DataProvider.Data.TypeSBS
• DataProvider.Data.Contacts.PhoneNum(402)
  292-1212
• DataProvider.Data.Contacts.Emailmeteor_at_priorityte
  ch.com
• DataProvider.Data.Contacts.Addr1508 J F Kennedy
  Dr.
• DataProvider.Data.Contacts.Addr2Suite 101
• DataProvider.Data.Contacts.CityBellevue
• DataProvider.Data.Contacts.StateProvNE
• DataProvider.Data.Contacts.PostalCd68005

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Running Meteor Standalone

•  For running Meteor without LDAP (demo /
  stand-alone mode)in directory.properties change
  directory.classfrom LDAPDirectoryto Properti
  esDirectory Then populate (create file / get
  from CD) directorydata.propertiesThen change
  Authentication.SignedAssertionNo  

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Testing the Access Provider

• Start Tomcat from the menu.
• Go to http//localhost8080/AccessProvider/ and
  test the system using a known SSN. The system
  should return data (test SSN is often
  987-65-4321).
• Should see the Meteor screen.
• This completes the testing of a meteor setup
  standalone.

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Getting Ready for Production

• Before you can test and go into production within
  the Meteor network you must obtain the following.
• A digital certificate from a CA, like Verisign.
• You must present it to MAT to be signed.
• MAT will gather information needed to add you to
  the LDAP registry.
• They will add you to the LDAP registry.
• They will provide you with information to load
  your properties files.
• You will have to comply with all Meteor
  agreements.

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HELP ! Who can I call to get more information

• Until the RFP is awarded, you can contact the
  Meteor Technical team members. They are listed on
  a number of sites.
• Meteor will be holding an installation seminar
  soon after the final release.
• E-mail me directly or post a question to the
  Yahoo Tech site. All members of the technology
  team receive the e-mails.