Preparatory work

1.1.1 Installing Java 11

A prerequisite for the development of Goobi workflow and also for the development environment is a successfully installed Java 11. This can be installed differently depending on the operating system.

Installation under Linux:

The installation under Ubuntu Linux is done via command line as follows:

sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk

Installation under Mac:

The installation under Mac is best done using Homebrew from the terminal:

brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk11

Installation under Windows:

For installation under Windows, you can download suitable installers from here: https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html

Checking the installation

After the successful installation, an output like the following should appear on the terminal with the command java -version:

$ java -version
openjdk version "11.0.11" 2021-04-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment AdoptOpenJDK-11.0.11+9 (build 11.0.11+9)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM AdoptOpenJDK-11.0.11+9 (build 11.0.11+9, mixed mode)

1.1.2 Installing MariaDB

Goobi workflow uses MariaDB to manage the data. This must be installed on the system accordingly.

Installation under Linux:

The installation under Ubuntu Linux is done via command line as follows:

sudo apt install mariadb-server

The database can be started and stopped in this way:

## starten
systemctl start mariadb

## stoppen
systemctl stop mariadb

Installation under Mac:

The installation under Mac is best done using Homebrew from the terminal:

brew install mariadb

Der Start und Stop der Datenbank kann so erfolgen:

## starten
brew services start mariadb

## stoppen
brew services stop mariadb

Installation under Windows:

The installation under Windows is analogous.

Creating an empty database for Goobi workflow

In order for Goobi worklow to have data at its disposal, a database must be created. This can be done with the following commands:

sudo mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE goobi;
USE goobi;
CREATE USER 'goobi'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'goobi';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON goobi.* TO 'goobi'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"

1.1.3 Preparing a directory

We usually work in the directory /opt/digiverso/ for the development of Goobi and also for the operation on the servers. Therefore, the required folders must first be created if they do not already exist. This is done on Linux and Mac as follows:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/digiverso/dev/
sudo chown -R $(logname): /opt/digiverso

1.1.4 Download Eclipse

Eclipse must be downloaded and installed as a development environment. This is done from this website: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/

Download Eclipse

From there, select the current package of the 'Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java and Web Developers' for your own operating system and download it. The package can then be unpacked and saved in the previously created directory /opt/digiverso/dev.

The directory looks like this:

Installation directory

1.1.5 Download Apache Tomcat

For the operation of Goobi workflow we use the Apache Tomcat version 9.x. This can be easily downloaded as a zip file from the following page by downloading the zip file from the Core section of the Binary Distributions of the current version: https://tomcat.apache.org/download-90.cgi

Download Apache Tomcat

This downloaded zip file can then be unpacked and additionally saved in the same directory as Eclipse:

/opt/digiverso/dev

Accordingly, the directory now looks like this:

Installation directory

1.1.6 Download demo data

To start using Goobi workflow, you need configurations, data, a database dump and the required plugins in the right directories. A complete database dump can be found on GitHub. The easiest way is to copy the script calls provided there and run them locally:

https://github.com/intranda/goobi-workflow-dev-data

The directory should now look like this:

Demo-Daten

The following command should then list the imported database tables:

mysql -u goobi -pgoobi goobi -e "show tables"