ajkyffin/topcat

GUI to work with multiple ICAT and IDS servers.

Topcat

A web based GUI able to search across multiple ICAT instances and download data via the IDS.

Status

Installation

Information on how to install Topcat can be found here:

• https://repo.icatproject.org/site/topcat/2.3.0/installation.html

Development within a VM

You can create a Topcat development environment via Vagrant (https://www.vagrantup.com/):

git clone https://github.com/icatproject/topcat.git
cd topcat
vagrant up

Once everything is up and running you'll need to make a security exception, which can be done by going to:

• https://localhost:8181/topcat/ping

You'll then be able to run Topcat by going to:

• http://localhost:10080/

You will be able to log into the "TEST" facility with the following credentials:

• Authentication Type: Simple
• Username: root
• Password: root

You can rebuild the server side (i.e. anything Java related) by:

vagrant ssh
topcat build_install

You can build a distro by:

vagrant ssh
cd /vagrant
mvn clean install

your new build will be in:

• target/

Native development

If you chose not to use vagrant then you need to setup node and npm yourself. Go to a suitable directory to act as parent to your distribution and:

wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.11.3/node-v6.11.3-linux-x64.tar.xz
tar --xz -xf node-v6.11.3-linux-x64.tar.xz && rm node-v6.11.3-linux-x64.tar.xz

to get what is currently the LTS version of node and npm. Then add to $PATH the directory: node-v6.11.3-linux-x64/bin and

npm install -g bower
npm install -g grunt-cli

to install bower and grunt-cli "globally". Then go to where you have checked out topcat and do the usual

mvn clean install

Licence

Copyright 2012-2015 The ICAT Collaboration

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

• http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.