How to install SysON for production ?
This section provides instructions for installing a production-ready version of the application. This setup is intended for deployment in a live environment, with full multi-user access and all necessary security configurations.
1. Get SysON
Stable versions
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2. Prepare ecosystem
Pay attention to deploy enterprise grade version of the prerequisites. In particular the databse service. Before do deploy manually the databse, we recomend to use managed database instance (provided by the IT service of a corporation or using cloud services)
Before you proceed with the installation, please ensure you have the following prerequisites:
We recommand to provide a dedicated host (server or virtual machine) to serve the syson application and only the application.
This step provide the following configuration elements :
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database hostname
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database port
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database name
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database username
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database password
3. Installing SysON Manually
SysON is distributed as a single executable Java Archive JAR
which contains the complete SysON application along with all its dependencies.
This distribution simplifies the setup process, enabling convenient exploration of SysON’s features.
To download the latest pre-built JAR for SysON, follow these steps:
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Before you begin the installation process, navigate to the download page for
org.eclipse.syson.syson-application-YYYY.M.X.jar
to access all versions. -
Identify the SysON latest available version for download.
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Click the latest version to open its specific page.
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In the
Assets
section, locate the JAR file namedorg.eclipse.syson.syson-application-YYYY.M.X.jar
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Click the JAR file to start the download to your local machine.
This process ensures that you get the most recent version of the SysON application in the form of a pre-built JAR file.
4. Secure the application
As explain on this guide, the SysON application must be secured to ba availlable on a network. For a production grade deployment, certificates used to secure the connexion must be valid and provided by a valid authority.
Documentation to generate this kind of certificate is provided by dedicated organism as exemple (Nameship
Following the Autority certification authority, a PKCS12 keystore must be produced.
This step provide the following configuration elements :
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keystore path
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keystore password
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private key password
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certificate alias name
5. Start the application
To run the application, you’ll need to use the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to execute the pre-build JAR (org.eclipse.syson.syson-application-YYYY.M.X.jar) you downloaded earlier.
Go to the folder containing the org.eclipse.syson.syson-application-YYYY.M.X.jar and run the command:
java -jar path/to/your/syson-application-YEAR.MONTH.0.jar \
\
--spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://databaseHost:5433/databaseName \
--spring.datasource.username=databaseUsername \
--spring.datasource.password=databasePassword \
\
--server.ssl.key-store=path/to/your/keystore.p12 \
--server.ssl.key-store-password=keyStorePassword \
--server.ssl.key-store-type=PKCS12 \
--server.ssl.key-alias=server \
--server.ssl.key-password=privateKeyPassword \
\
--server.port=443
6. Open your web browser
Navigate to https://<serverIP>:443
to experience SysON.
If you encounter any issues during the installation process, please refer to the troubleshooting guide for detailed solutions.