DEBVisDic Server Setup

To setup the server you need to install Ubuntu packages debserver-common and debserver-wordnet. For the setup of the DEB Server common part, see Server Setup guide. For detailed description of the DEB server administration interface, see the Documentation for Web admin interface.

Note: hostname means the domain name of your machine

Initial import of XML data

• open console and go to directory /var/lib/deb-server/bin
• run following command (wncode should be wn+​language code):

  ./index_wn.rb --db-file=wncode.dbxml --code=wncode --name="My WordNet"   --source-xml=/path/to/xml/file
  

The data can be also imported in the Web admin interface.

Service setup

• open ​https://''hostname'':8000 in your web-browser
• default login/password is deb/deb (change it using the link change my password)
• go to services
• create new service:

     code: debvisdic
     name: DEBVisDic
     check the box next to WordNet dictionary code
     click ''save''
  

Users

• go to users
• click on a username to edit this user or fill the form at the bottom of the page to add new users
• check the box next to debvisdic and write w to the box next to Wordnet dictionary code

Starting the service

• open console and run (as root or using sudo)

      /etc/init.d/debserver-common restart wordnet_services
  

• logfile is in /var/log/deb-server/wordnet_services.log

Connecting from client

• install client software as described in DEBVisDic manual
• by default, client is connecting to NLP server, so cancel the login dialog
• in DEBVisDic main window, select Settings -> Connection settings
• use "​https://hostname:9001/" as a server address
• click Ok and login dialog should open asking for your password (if not, select User -> Relogin)
• next time, when you run DEBVisDic, your server address will be used