Set Up ConceptChoir

 The following steps are involved in installing and setting up the ConceptChoir:

• Install Web Server

• Install RDBMS

• Install ConceptChoir on the Web Server

1.       Installing Web server

First, you will need to install a Web server if you haven’t done that.  ConceptChoir supports Apache Tomcat web server. You   can learn more about Apache Tomcat from Apache Tomcat Homepage.

2.       Install RDBMS on your database server

ConceptChoir supports all the major relational DBMSs such as Oracle, MySql and SQL Server.  You need to install a DBMS before setting up ConceptChoir.

3.       Install ConceptChoir on the Web Server

1. Extract your ConceptChoir installation package and you will get a folder named “conceptchoir”. Copy the extracted “conceptchoir” folder into “..\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\” folder. Restart Tomcat Server.

2. Start Internet Explorer. Open page http://server:8080/conceptchoir/setup.jsp

3. In step 1, choose a language for ConceptChoir Setup wizard.

   

4. In step 2, Input your assigned License Key in the License Key textbox.

   

5. In step 3, Input the database connection information. Note that the database user that you input in the User textbox should have the permission to create tables and indexes.

   

6. In step 4, please keep the “Install sample vocabularies” checkbox checked, so that the Wizard will install two small sample vocabularies for you.

   

7. In step 5, the Wizard will create tables in the database and import system and sample data of ConceptChoir. It will probably take about 5 minutes.

   

8. In step 6, ConceptChoir has been installed successfully. You may click the links to launch ConceptChoir Manager, ConceptChoir Editor or view online help.

   The URL to open ConceptChoir Manager is http://server:8080/conceptchoir/ccmanager.jsp
   The default user is “ADMINISTRATOR” with password “conceptchoir”
   
   The URL open ConceptChoir Editor is http://server:8080/conceptchoir/cceditor.jsp
   The default user is “DEMO” with password “demo”