Installing ArcIMS Metadata Explorer

In this installation scenario, you install Metadata Explorer and Gazetteer data to view metadata from an ArcIMS Metadata Service.

 

 

Tip

  • These instructions describe a Metadata Explorer and Gazetteer data installation only. To install the ArcIMS Host (ArcIMS Manager, Application Server Connectors and ArcIMS Application Server), refer to Performing a typical installation.

 

The following are required to successfully install Metadata Explorer:

  1. Java 2 Platform Standard Edition Software Development Kit (J2SE SDK).

  2. Metadata Explorer should be installed on your Web server machine.

 

How to prepare to install ArcIMS Metadata Explorer

  1. Verify your site meets system requirements. For system requirement information see Step 1: Verify system requirements

  2. Log in as a user with administrator privileges.

  3. Ensure that a TEMP variable is set to a valid folder where you have write access and space available.

  4. Close all applications on your computer.

  5. Insert the ArcIMS CD into the CD drive to automatically launch the setup program.

 

How to install ArcIMS Metadata Explorer

  1. During the installation you will be asked to read the license agreement and accept it, or exit if you don't agree with the terms.

 

  1. At the Select Features dialog box, expand the Metadata feature by clicking on the + sign to view the sub-features. The Metadata feature contains the Z39.50 Connector, Gazetteer Data, and Metadata Explorer Application sub-features.  Click the dropdown arrow to the left of the Metadata sub-feature that you would like to install. From the list, select Will be installed on local hard drive to install the selected Metadata feature.

 

 

  1. To complete the installation, follow the directions on your machine.

 

There is also Metadata Explorer Documentation available to install. Documentation is available on the ESRI Software Documentation Library CD.

 

 

Tips

  • Metadata Explorer files are installed at <ArcIMS Installation Directory>\ArcIMS\metadata\metadataexplorer.

  • See Creating and Using Metadata Services for information on Metadata Explorer.

 

  1. Complete the post installation setup.

The following ArcIMS post installation option is required to successfully install ArcIMS Metadata Explorer:

Web server-Servlet Engine configuration.

 

You need to configure your Web server to use ArcIMS Metadata Explorer.

If you choose to use the automated Web server-Servlet Engine configuration provided in the post installation setup, this step will be completed for you (see Web server-Servlet Engine configuration). If you manually configure your Web server and Servlet Engine (see Step 4: Configure your Web Server) you will need to also manually configure your web server for ArcIMS Metadata Explorer. For information on manually configuring your Web server for ArcIMS Metadata Explorer see configure your Web server to use ArcIMS Metadata Explorer.

 

Tips

    • The setup stores the necessary configuration information to use the applications in the \profiles\username location of the user that installed ArcIMS. For Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP C:\Documents and Settings\username; For Windows NT C:\WINNT\Profiles\username). If you need alternate login accounts to use ArcIMS applications, copy the aimsdefault.properties file from the profiles\username folder of the account that installed ArcIMS to the \profiles\username folder of the alternate users. It is important to copy the file (which will have been updated during the initial installation) that resides in the installer's profile folder. The aimsdefault.properties file located in the ArcIMS\Common installation location contains default values and will not work.

    • When choosing to install ArcIMS Metadata Explorer or ArcIMS Manager, you do not have to install the Java connector because the files are included with these installation features.