Deploying an iHub distribution package
In deploying an iHub distribution package, the administrator performs the following tasks:
Extracts the contents of the iHub distribution package
Installs a supported Java Development Kit (JDK)
Runs the iHub setup script, installing iHub using an evaluation license
How to extract the contents of the iHub distribution package
To extract the iHub run-time resources and configure the setup script, perform the following tasks:
1 Create a new folder in a location outside of $HOME/AcServer, such as $HOME/Actuate.
2 Extract the contents of ActuateBIRTiHub.tar.gz to the folder created in the previous step.
3 In the iHub configuration, the setting for the environment variable, AC_SERVER_HOME, specifies the location of the iHub program files. The variable, AC_JAVA_HOME, specifies the location of the Java Development Kit (JDK.)
The setupiHub.sh script automatically detects the location of AC_SERVER_HOME and AC_JAVA_HOME in most cases. If the script is unable to locate these resources in the environment, the script provides an error message. In this case, you can edit the script and set the values for these properties manually.
Specify the location of AC_SERVER_HOME and AC_JAVA_HOME in the setupiHub script by performing the following tasks:
1 Using a text editor, open the script, setupiHub.sh, located in the folder where you extracted BIRT iHub.
2 Specify the paths to AC_SERVER_HOME and AC_JAVA_HOME, as shown in
Listing 6‑1.
3 Save and close the file.
Listing 6‑1 setupiHub script
#!/bin/sh
# Script that sets up the iHub and starts the iHub
#Title Actuate BIRT iHub 2 setup and start script for
evaluation
AC_SERVER_HOME=/home/actuate/Actuate/AcServer
AC_JAVA_HOME=/home/JDK160
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