How to deploy SORTA in tomcat 7

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Step 1 - get tomcat 7

• Download tomcat 7 from: ​https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.[version.number]/bin/apache-tomcat-7.[version.number].tar.gz

Step 2 - get SORTA war

• Download SORTA war from ​https://molgenis26.target.rug.nl/downloads/sorta/SORTA.war

Step 3 - configure SORTA property file

• Create the directory ~/.molgenis/omx 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/sorta
admin.password=admin
user.password=admin

• If these properties are not present, SORTA will not start. This properties-file should be in your home folder, if the file is not there yet, just create it.

Step 4 - deploy SORTA in tomcat 7

• Unzip apache-tomcat-7.[version.number].tar.gz
• Move SORTA.war to apache-tomcat-7.[version.number]/webapps/
• Rename SORTA.war to ROOT.war
• start up tomcat

  cd apache-tomcat-7.[version.number]/bin/
  sh catalina.sh start