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Running Kuali: A Technical Perspective

Running Kuali: A Technical Perspective. Ailish Byrne - Indiana University Jay Sissom - Indiana University Foundation. Requirements Setup/Installation Build Configuration Basic Data Setup. Service Configuration Workflow Rules System Parameters HTML Customization. Overview. Java XML

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Running Kuali: A Technical Perspective

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  1. Running Kuali:A Technical Perspective Ailish Byrne - Indiana University Jay Sissom - Indiana University Foundation

  2. Requirements Setup/Installation Build Configuration Basic Data Setup Service Configuration Workflow Rules System Parameters HTML Customization Overview

  3. Java XML Spring Struts OJB Web (http, jsp, tags) Log4J JUnit Tomcat Oracle Required Technical Knowledge

  4. Requirements - Database • 1GB RAM min - 4GB recommended • 2 CPU min - more would be good • 11GB data disk space • Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition • Tested on Redhat Enterprise Linux, AIX, Windows XP/2003 https://test.kuali.org/confluence/display/KULCFG/Test+Server+Setup

  5. Requirements - Web • 2GB RAM minimum • 2 CPU AMD • 1GB disk space for application • Consider Load Balancing • Tested on Redhat Enterprise Linux, Mac OS/X, Windows XP/2003 https://test.kuali.org/confluence/display/KULCFG/Test+Server+Setup

  6. Requirements - Batch • 2GB RAM minimum • CPU - depends on parallel vs. sequential batch schedule • 36MB disk space for application • Tested on Redhat Enterprise Linux, Mac OS/X, Windows XP/2003 https://test.kuali.org/confluence/display/KULCFG/Test+Server+Setup

  7. Download Kuali Binary & Source Extract zip file Optionally import into Eclipse Obtain and setup JDK 1.5.0_08 & ANT 1.6.3 Setup database Execute the ant help target of build-packaged.xml Follow instructions on screen Kuali Distribution http://kuali.org/resources/download.shtml https://test.kuali.org/confluence/display/KULCFG/Test+Server+Setup#TestServerSetup-setupdatabase

  8. Other J2EE Software https://test.kuali.org/confluence/display/KULCFG/Test+Server+Setup

  9. Build Configuration • build-packaged.properties • Machine and user specific configuration • e.g. encryption key, mail server, directory locations • dev = source / tst = binary • build-packaged-dev.properties • Environment specific configuration • e.g. server URL, datasource info

  10. Some tables must be reviewed Some tables must be populated Some unneeded codes should be inactivated Basic Data Setup https://test.kuali.org/confluence/display/KULCFG/Application+Data+Setup

  11. Service Config & Overrides • Update build-packaged.properties with your institution code • Create your institution spring beans file • Modify appropriate build properties with your values to customize external config files • Add your service override bean definitions to your institution spring beans file https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/wVM

  12. Service Config & Overrides • Kuali logging levels can be increased or decreased • Log4j config files in externalConfigDirectory • log4j.properties for web app and batch • workflow-log4j.properties for workflow • By default • Batch logs go to standard out • Web/Workflow logs go to log files

  13. Workflow Rules • Add rules for pre-configured rule templates via the workflow rule document • Add custom rules • Upload xml rule attribute definition(s) • Upload xml rule template definition • Upload new document type definition https://test.kuali.org/confluence/display/KULDOC/Case+Studies+and+Examples

  14. System Parameters/Rules • Review/update existing • Create and populate workgroup that should have maintenance permission • Create corresponding security group • Add parameter (value to control runtime system behavior) or rule (definition of legal/illegal values) https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/-kw

  15. HTML View Customization • Your institution can customize the look and feel of the Web UI • Images and CSS files can be easily changed • distribution/work/web-root/css/portal.css • JSP tags can be modified to remove from or add to screens

  16. Conclusion • Kuali is very configurable for your institution • Support: kualitestdrive@oncourse.iu.edu • Questions?

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