How to Build caGrid 1.3

Install Prerequisite Software and Obtain a caGrid Release

Set the following environment variables:

JAVA_HOME (pointing to the root directory of the java installation)
ANT_HOME (pointing to the root directory of the ant installation)
GLOBUS_LOCATION (pointing to the root directory of the Globus installation)
CAGRID_LOCATION (pointing to the root directory of the caGrid installation : this is optional and not used by the build, but these instructions use it for simplicity)

Add ANT_HOME/bin and JAVA_HOME/bin to your environments PATH variable

Microsoft has a help page describing how to set environment variables under Windows XP.

To validate that Java and Ant are installed correctly, run the following commands.

%> java -version

%> ant -version

Result of running java -version

To validate that Globus was installed correctly, start up the Globus container.

%> cd %GLOBUS_LOCATION%\bin

%> globus-start-container -nosec

Result of starting globus

Before any caGrid tools can be used, the software must be built. To (re-)build caGrid at any time, type these commands:

%> cd %CAGRID_LOCATION%

%> ant all

You can run the testing suite of caGrid from your local caGrid directory.

To run the test suite, type:

ant test

NOTE: Some of the tests require an installed MySQL database that is accessible via local JDBC.

To see all the documented ant targets available, type the following from your caGrid directory:

ant -p