Taverna Server v2.4.1 Setup

Dependencies

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

You can install the following tools via the command line with curl, wget or git.

1. unzip
2. git
3. openjdk-7-jre-headless
4. Java Cryptography Extensions
5. tomcat6
6. atomhopper-1.2.9.war
7. TavernaServer.2.4.1.war

via curl

curl -L https://raw.github.com/VPH-Share/taverna-server/master/install.sh | bash

via wget

wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/VPH-Share/taverna-server/master/install.sh -O - | bash

via git

git clone https://github.com/VPH-Share/taverna-server.git
cd taverna-server
./provision.sh 2>&1 | tee ~/taverna-install.log

Firewall Configuration

To be able to access the the server from external clients, certain port redirections and service endpoints need to be configured.

Security Groups (VPH-Share Port Redirections)

Name	Type	Port	Source	Notes
taverna	TCP	1099	0.0.0.0/0
web	TCP	8080	0.0.0.0/0	For VPH-Share use HTTP type

VPH-Share Endpoints

Type	Invocation Path	Port	WS/REST Descriptor
webapp	/taverna-server	web(8080)
soap	/taverna-server/soap	web(8080)	/taverna-server/soap?wsdl
rest	/taverna-server/rest	web(8080)	/taverna-server/rest?_wadl
admin(rest)	/taverna-server/admin	web(8080)	/taverna-server/admin?_wadl

Note: Ensure you insert the WSDL and WADL as a text string into the optional WS/REST Descriptor fields.

Taverna Server Usage

The Taverna Server is now installed without SSL security and the following endpoints are available for use:

Endpoint URIs

The various endpoints that Taverna Server presents will, of course, depend on what the DNS entry of your instance is but they all have a common root and by default use port 8080. Using taverna.example.org as an example server name the following endpoints are provided:

Endpoint	URI
Tomcat root	http://taverna.example.org:8080
Taverna Server root	http://taverna.example.org:8080/taverna-server
Taverna Server services	http://taverna.example.org:8080/taverna-server/services
Taverna Server SOAP	http://taverna.example.org:8080/taverna-server/soap
Taverna Server SOAP (WSDL)	http://taverna.example.org:8080/taverna-server/soap?wsdl
Taverna Server REST	http://taverna.example.org:8080/taverna-server/rest
Taverna Server REST (WADL)	http://taverna.example.org:8080/taverna-server/rest?_wadl
Taverna Server admin REST	http://taverna.example.org:8080/taverna-server/admin
Taverna Server admin REST (WADL)	http://taverna.example.org:8080/taverna-server/admin?_wadl

Username and Password

There is a default user set up:

Username	Password
taverna	taverna

This user is both a regular taverna user and an administrator user. For details about these user types, how to change the password and how to set up more users please see the Taverna Server installation and configuration documentation.