> From:
schneck@cnri.reston.va.us> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:20:38 -0400
> To:
robert.verkerk@surfsara.nl> CC:
handle-info@cnri.reston.va.us> Subject: Re: [Handle-info] How to create a new admin handle without using DBTool
>
> Indeed, we do not currently have ready-to-use non-GUI tools for editing a Handle store directly. There are a couple of possible options:
>
> (1) Edit a handle store using DBTool on your local machine, and then copy the whole handle store to your server.
> (2) Use the Java library to write a little non-GUI program to add the necessary admin handle to bootstrap your service.
> (3) Use the "server_config" option "anonymous_admin_full_access" = "yes". Then you can start the handle server and administer it without authenticating. Possibly just long enough to create an admin identity, then turn off the anonymous_admin_full_access.
>
> Best,
> Robert
>
> > On Jul 29, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Robert Verkerk <
robert.verkerk@surfsara.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think you are in a checken/egg situation.
> > - You can use the hdl-batch when a handle server is running
> > - You can use the REST API when a handle server is running
> >
> > But before you can start a handle server you need to configure an admin handle. There’s where the hdl-dbtool comes in.
> >
> > Are you able to connect to the Centos machine from an other machine using "ssh -X handle_user@handle_system”. When the hdl-dbtool than is started it will then X forwarding and display graphics on the machine where ssh is started from.
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Robert Verkerk
> >
> >
> >> On 29 Jul 2016, at 15:53, Scott Prater <
scott.prater@wisc.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> There is a command line script in the distributed software: bin/hdl-create.
> >>
> >> You can also use the batch interface (described in Chapter 4 of the Technical manual) or the REST API, using curl to send commands (described in Chapter 14). I think the src.zip file (also included in the distribution package) has a number of sample scripts you can look at.
> >>
> >> -- Scott
> >>
> >> On 07/28/2016 08:30 PM, Mrshao wrote:
> >>> I want to create an independent handle service, so i according to
> >>> the HN_Tech_Manual_8 in 10.2 chapter , which title is "10.2 Server
> >>> Side Configuration".
> >>>
> >>> I have as done the first two steps: (1)modify the config.dct, and (2)
> >>> add the prefix to the handle storage using the "auto_homed_prefixes"
> >>> configuration option. However, I have a problem to the step 3rd, (3)
> >>> Create the new admin handle using the DBTool. Because I use the Centos
> >>> which has no GUI, I cannot use the DBTool.
> >>>
> >>> So, I need help, how to create a new admin handle without using DBTool,
> >>> is there some shell script examples ?
> >>> thanks a lot
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >> --
> >> Scott Prater
> >> Shared Development Group
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> >> University of Wisconsin - Madison
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