== Molgenis-connect ==

Molgenis-connect is available as a service running at http://molgenis.org/molgenis-connect
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The source code can be downloaded fromhttps://github.com/molgenis/molgenis/releases/tag/v1.15.0, which can be adapted and used locally as open source under the LGPLv3 license

== How to deploy Molgenis-connect in tomcat 7==
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'''Step 1 - get tomcat 7'''[[BR]]
* Download tomcat 7 from: http://apache.xl-mirror.nl/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.67/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.67.tar.gz
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'''Step 2 - get Molgenis-connect war'''[[BR]]
* Download Molgenis-connect war from https://molgenis26.target.rug.nl/downloads/molgenis-connect/Molgenis-connect.war

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'''Step 3 - configure Molgenis-connect property file'''[[BR]]
* Create the directory ~/.molgenis/molgenis-connect and create a file called molgenis-server.properties in this folder (~ is your home folder)
* Add user and database properties to this file, such as this example:
{{{
db_user=molgenis
db_password=molgenis
db_uri=jdbc:mysql://localhost/molgenis-connect
admin.password=admin
user.password=admin
}}}
* If these properties are not present, Molgenis-connect will not start. This properties-file should be in your home folder, if the file is not there yet, just create it.
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'''Step 4 - configure tomcat 7'''[[BR]]
* Create a file called setenv.sh in apache-tomcat-7.0.67/bin/
* Add the configuration to the file, such as this example: 
{{{
CATALINA_OPTS="-Xmx2g -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -Dmolgenis.home=~/.molgenis/molgenis-connect"
}}}



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'''Step 5 - deploy Molgenis-connect in tomcat 7'''[[BR]]
* Unzip apache-tomcat-7.0.67.tar.gz
* Move Molgenis-connect.war to apache-tomcat-7.0.67/webapps/
* Rename Molgenis-connect.war to ROOT.war
* start up tomcat
{{{ 
sh apache-tomcat-7.[version.number]/bin/catalina.sh start
}}}