Installing and Running the WSO2 Governance Registry
Installing on Linux/Unix
The following steps will take you through the linux/unix distribution
installation.
Download the
WSO2 Governance Registry binary distribution.
Extract the zip archive where you want the WSO2 Governance Registry installed
(e.g. /opt)
Set the JAVA_HOME environment
variable to your Java home using the export command or by editing
/etc/profile, and add the Java /bin directory to your PATH
Execute the WSO2 Governance Registry start script or the daemon script from the
bin directory. e.g. ./wso2server.sh OR ./daemon.sh start OR
./wso2server.sh --console
Installing on MS Windows
The following steps will take you through the installation for the MS
Windows operating system.
Download the
WSO2 Governance Registry binary distribution.
Extract the zip archive where you want the WSO2 Governance Registry installed
Set the JAVA_HOME environment
variable to your Java installation, and the PATH environment variable to
the Java /bin directory.
Execute the WSO2 Governance Registry start script from the bin folder. e.g.
wso2server.bat
Accessing the Registry Web based Management Console
Once WSO2 Governance Registry has been successfully installed and started, launch a Web
browser instance and point it to the URL https://localhost:9443/carbon.
This will take you to the Sign In page of the WSO2 Governance Registry
Management Console.
Signing In
Enter your user name and password to log on to the Registry Management Console.
The default username / password is : admin / admin
If you get any errors when trying
to sign in, click Sign-in Help. A list of
possible errors, their descriptions and solutions will be displayed.
Figure 1 : Registry login page
If the currently selected entity is a collection, the Content Panel
shows the child entries under that collection. It provides details of each
entry. An entry can be either another collection or a resource.
Name - Click to access the content of this entry
Created Date
Author
Ratings
The link to the Atom feed
Figure 4 : View of Directory Entries
Adding a new Resource
To add a resource / collection, click on the "Add resource"/"Add collection" link
provided and a page will be presented to fill in the required information.
Figure 5 : Add Resource Panel
Deleting a Resource
To delete a resource , click on the arrow infront of the resource name. Then the action panel will be displayed. You can click
on the cylindric icon provided, to delete the resource.
Figure 6 : Action Panel
Similarly Edit, move, copy buttons can be used to rename, move, copy the resource.
If the currently selected entity is a resource, the Content panel
provides a user interface through which you can display, edit and
download the content.
Figure 7 : View of the Content
The right side of the resources page houses 3 additional blocks, namely: Tags, Comments and Ratings.
Users can perform a "tag" search using the search block within the registry browser. Note
that this will only show the resources that contain the tag you are searching. In order
to do a more customized search you have to use the Advanced Search described below.
Figure 8 : Search
Advanced Search
In the navigator, under Registry, click Search.
All resouces found in the registry, can be searched through this interface.
Search could be refined by optionally providing, resource name, created date range,
updated date range, tags, comments, property name, property value and the content.
Activities
In the navigator, under Registry, click Activities.
All registry related activities can be searched through this interface. Your search can be refined by providing optional fields, username, resource path and date range.
Figure 3 : The meta data panel
