OpenSpirit Corporation
OpenSpirit® Web Server 3.0.1
Release Notes
July 13, 2007

This is the initial release of the OpenSpirit Web Server.

The OpenSpirit Web Server is a simple, lightweight browsing tool that employs the power of Web 2.0 technology to allow users to see basic well, seismic, interpretation and culture data inside their desktop Web browser without requiring the installation of OpenSpirit on the desktop. The “casual browser experience” is great for executives and G&G managers who need a quick spatial view of their areas of interest. “Power users” can glance at relevant project data and if desired, broadcast selected data to the OpenSpirit-enabled applications on their desktop.

Data can be accessed from any data store with an OpenSpirit Data Connector. This currently includes OpenWorks®, GeoFrame®, Finder®, PPDM, KINGDOM, Petra, Recall, and ArcSDE. Data may be viewed in table form or as simple graphical plots within the web browser or imported into Excel or Open Office with a single button click.

Table of Contents

Pre_Installation

Administrator Account Setup
Anonymous User Setup
OpenSpirit 3.0+

Installation

Running the Installer
Obtain a License Feature

Startup

Tomcat Server
Web Page

Certified Operating Systems

Certified Browsers

Known Issues

Technical Support

Pre-Installation

Administrator Account Setup

A login account needs to be established to use for the installation of the OpenSpirit Web Server (OSPWeb). The login account where the OpenSpirit Web Server is installed will be used as the Web Sever administrator. All the processes that are needed for the OSPWeb to run will be launched from the administrator account. This account must also be a registered OpenSpirit user. This may be accomplished by running the OpenSpirit launcher and going through the User Setup wizard. This will register the web server Administrator account as an OpenSpirit user and allow you to designate which hosts and accounts should be used to run OpenSpirit data connectors that will be utilized by web client users of the OpenSpirit web server.

The Administrator account ID will also be used for the Anonymous user in the OpenSpirit Web Server.

Anonymous User Setup

The OpenSpirit Web Server can be setup to have an Anonymous user login, thus making it possible for Clients that do not have project access to view common data. The Anonymous user is the same login ID as the Web Server Administrator account. In order for the Anonymous login user to view data the login account must have access to projects (GF, OW, etc).

OpenSpirit 3.0+

In order for the OpenSpirit Web Server to operate you must have installed OpenSpirit v3.0 or greater prior to OSPWeb installation. The OpenSpirit v3.0 installation must be running prior to the OSPWeb installation and will be verified that it is running during the installation.

Installation

Installation is performed using an OpenSpirit Web Server install kit(s), available at www.openspirit.com/downloads.html. The install kit will guide you through the various phases of installation and install all the files needed to run the OpenSpirit Web Server.

There are separate install kits for Solaris, Linux, and Windows.

Running the Installer

Once the desired OpenSpirit Web Server install kit is downloaded you start the installer, for example, on Solaris typing ./OSPWeb301_Sol.bin from within the directory where you copied it. The installer’s initial display will appear. Simply follow the instructions on each screen. During the installation process you will be required to enter the directory for your OpenSpirit v3.0+ installation.

Obtain a License Feature

Before you can run the OpenSpirit Web Server, you need to get a Web Server license feature (OspWebServer). The feature needs to be added to your existing OpenSpirit v3.0+ license file. Please contact support@openspirit.com if you do not already have the OspWebServer license feature..

Startup

Tomcat server

The only service that needs to be started in order to run the OpenSpirit Web Server is the Tomcat server. The Tomcat server is a Java based Web Application server that was created to run Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP) in Web applications.

The startup script for the Tomcat server is located in the OSPWeb installation director under <OSPWeb_HOME>/init.d/. To start the server simply run the script: ./tomcat start

In order to ensure that the web server is always running you may wish to have your system administrator install the tomcat script in your system init.d file and configure it to start and stop at system startup and shutdown time. The Tomcat server should be started after the OpenSpirit shared services that the OpenSpirit Web Server is connected to is running.

Web page

The OpenSpirit Web Server will be available at the default web URL:

http://<machine name or IP address>:8080/WebOsp

for example:
http://192.168.10.11:8080/WebOsp

Certified Operating Systems

The following operating systems have been certified for the OpenSpirit Web Server:

Certified Browsers

The following internet browser where certified to run with the OpenSpirit Web Server:

Known Issues

The following are the most significant issues known at the time of the release of Version 3.0.1.

Technical Support

Please refer to the following resources for OpenSpirit information:

Support Home www.openspirit.com/support
FAQ's www.openspirit.com/support/enduserFAQ.html
E-mail Support support@openspirit.com

OpenSpirit Web Server v3.0.1 is designated with U.S. Department of Commerce Export Control Classification Number EAR99