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== Features and Benefits ==
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==Introduction==
==== File History ====
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OpenGrok is a source code searcher similar in idea to MXR.  It is very advanced and written in Java.  It uses Apache Lucene to build a search database for a source code tree.  This tool is perfect for the new mercurial repository as it has built in hg repo parsing.  There is only version number searching capability I think: you can't use, for example, FIREFOX_3_1b1_RELEASE in the History boxIf there is interest in Mozilla adopting this program, I'd be willing to write support for it.  I'd also like to customize the look and feel for the Mozilla web sites.  I have a list of things to do in my script.
OpenGrok analyzes CVS versioning histories in order to get the versionsOpenGrok currently does not support branching properly.
 
  
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[[OpenGrok/script|The Script]]
  
[http://blogs.sun.com/chandan/entry/releasing_opengrok_0_3_subversion Blog about OpenGrok] that explains file history betterThis means that it is not really the best choice to use the CVS history information for indexing mozilla code because the history tracker will just use the newest version of the file, not the branch that it is in, thus, It would be a wise course of action to have either one opengrok webpp for each branch or have one opengrok with all versions in it.
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==Setup==
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Setting this up is fairly easy if you know your way around a unix shellYou will need the following tools:
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* JDK 1.5+
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* Servlet container - JBoss, Glassfish, Tomcat, Jetty, etc.
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* Exuberant Ctags
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* Mercurial
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* Basic unix programs: sed, zip, unzip, nice, bash
  
==== Extendable ====
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I am assuming you have set up all the required applications installed and configured.
If there are files which cannot be analysed by the included analysers, OpenGrok allows the user to develop their own analysers, I am unsure of whether or not there is a JavaScript analyser allready, maybe even an XPCOM/XUL analyser could be written, but I don't know the first thing about XPCOM/XUL so this maybe allready implemented in another language.
 
  
==== In File Linking ====
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You are going to need to download the opengrok binary release tarball from [http://opensolaris.org/os/project/opengrok/ OpenGrok].  Untar it (tar zxf opengrok-0.7.tar.gz) and make note of the directory you put it inNext you will configure the following variables in my script:
The indexer hyperlinks all symbols to the file and line number of their declarationIf the symbol is in multiple files it shows a list of all files which have it.
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#Mercurial Repository to use
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REPO=http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central <-- Change to your HG Repo
  
==== Integrates Well ====
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#Base directory for contents
The header and footer are completely customizable.  OpenGrok could be integrated with the current MDC.
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BASEDIR=/home/jhford/mozilla <-- This is the base directory for the OpenGrok data files and the HG repo
  
== Example Implementation ==
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#This is the name of the data directory for OpenGrok
[http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/ OpenSolaris]
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DATADIR=data-dir <-- This is the folder *name* for opengrok's data
  
== Installation Procedure ==
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#This is the name of the source directory for OpenGrok
==== Notes ====
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SRCDIR=src-dir <-- This is the folder *name* for opengrok's copy of HG code
I will be listing notes for my own reference, feel free to use them
 
  
==== Steps ====
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#OpenGrok install path - Where is opengrok.jar?
* Install Ubuntu Linux as a server from the Ubuntu DVD
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OGDIR="/home/jhford/opengrok/opengrok-0.7" <-- this is where the OpenGrok tarball files ended up. It is likely where you ran "tar zxf opengrok-0.7.tar.gz"
* Install the following packages
 
  - ctags -> exuberant-ctags
 
  - sun-java5-jdk
 
  - tomcat5 tomcat5-admin tomcat5-webapps
 
    - Installs GNU Java which must be removed
 
  -make
 
  -CVS
 
* Run "sudo update-alternatives --config java" and "apt-get remove --purge java-gcj-compat"
 
* Change the tomcat5 config (/etc/default/tomcat5) to point to the new default Java runtime (/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/) and disable the security manager, until that can be figured out
 
* Setup a Mozilla code directory (mkdir /var/mozilla)
 
* Follow guide at the [http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/opengrok/manual OpenSolaris Project Guide]
 
* Enjoy!
 
  
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#OpenGrok source.war from opengrok tarball
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OGCONTEXT="grokzilla" <-- this variable defines the grokzilla in http://china:8080/grokzilla
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OGWAR="${OGCONTEXT}.war" <-- Likely, you will never need to change this
  
==== Important Info ====
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#Your application server's .war deployment directory
* /var/lib/tomcat5 is the default $CATALINA_HOME for Ubuntu, but Ubuntu's packages are non-standard
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WEBAPPDIR="/home/jhford/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/webapps" <-- This is where your app server's war deployment folder is or where you want the resulting war file
* /etc/default/tomcat5 has some configuration files
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* My SRC_ROOT is /var/mozilla
 
* My DATA_ROOT is /var/opengrok/data
 
* My run.sh uses a ctags at /usr/bin/ctags not the default in the run.sh
 
* Setting up the Admin webapp [http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/06/25/tomcat_tips.html here]
 
  
* [http://blogs.sun.com/chandan/entry/releasing_opengrok_0_3_subversion Blog about OpenGrok]
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Then run the script and notice that you have opengrok!  It will likely show up at http://localhost:8080/grokzilla
* [http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=8934&tstart=30 Usefull topic for history info]
 
 
 
==Requirements==
 
* be able to start/stop tomcat5/5.5 init.d script
 
* write access to $catalina.home/webapps/
 
* write access to tomcat5/5.5 configuration files
 
* have a non-home folder writable, personal preference for /var/mozilla
 
* Tomcat5 or 5.5
 
* Sun Java JRE and JDK 1.5.0
 
* CTags
 
* CVS and Subversion
 

Latest revision as of 22:37, 12 November 2008

Introduction

OpenGrok is a source code searcher similar in idea to MXR. It is very advanced and written in Java. It uses Apache Lucene to build a search database for a source code tree. This tool is perfect for the new mercurial repository as it has built in hg repo parsing. There is only version number searching capability I think: you can't use, for example, FIREFOX_3_1b1_RELEASE in the History box. If there is interest in Mozilla adopting this program, I'd be willing to write support for it. I'd also like to customize the look and feel for the Mozilla web sites. I have a list of things to do in my script.

The Script

Setup

Setting this up is fairly easy if you know your way around a unix shell. You will need the following tools:

  • JDK 1.5+
  • Servlet container - JBoss, Glassfish, Tomcat, Jetty, etc.
  • Exuberant Ctags
  • Mercurial
  • Basic unix programs: sed, zip, unzip, nice, bash

I am assuming you have set up all the required applications installed and configured.

You are going to need to download the opengrok binary release tarball from OpenGrok. Untar it (tar zxf opengrok-0.7.tar.gz) and make note of the directory you put it in. Next you will configure the following variables in my script:

#Mercurial Repository to use
REPO=http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central <-- Change to your HG Repo

#Base directory for contents
BASEDIR=/home/jhford/mozilla <-- This is the base directory for the OpenGrok data files and the HG repo

#This is the name of the data directory for OpenGrok
DATADIR=data-dir <-- This is the folder *name* for opengrok's data

#This is the name of the source directory for OpenGrok
SRCDIR=src-dir <-- This is the folder *name* for opengrok's copy of HG code

#OpenGrok install path - Where is opengrok.jar?
OGDIR="/home/jhford/opengrok/opengrok-0.7" <-- this is where the OpenGrok tarball files ended up. It is likely where you ran "tar zxf opengrok-0.7.tar.gz"

#OpenGrok source.war from opengrok tarball
OGCONTEXT="grokzilla" <-- this variable defines the grokzilla in http://china:8080/grokzilla 
OGWAR="${OGCONTEXT}.war" <-- Likely, you will never need to change this

#Your application server's .war deployment directory
WEBAPPDIR="/home/jhford/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/webapps" <-- This is where your app server's war deployment folder is or where you want the resulting war file
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Then run the script and notice that you have opengrok!  It will likely show up at http://localhost:8080/grokzilla