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+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Script used for preparing DM development
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+# $0 
+#
+
+MY_DIR=`dirname $0` && cd $MY_DIR && MY_DIR=`pwd`
+if [ -z "${DM_ROOT_DIR}" ]; then
+    DM_ROOT_DIR=$MY_DIR/..
+fi
+DM_ENV_FILE=${DM_ROOT_DIR}/setup.sh
+if [ ! -f ${DM_ENV_FILE} ]; then
+    echo "Environment file ${DM_ENV_FILE} does not exist." 
+    exit 2
+fi
+. ${DM_ENV_FILE} > /dev/null
+DM_INSTALL_DIR=${DM_INSTALL_DIR:=$DM_ROOT_DIR/..}
+DM_ETC_DIR=${DM_INSTALL_DIR}/etc
+DM_LOG_DIR=${DM_INSTALL_DIR}/var/log
+
+DM_DB_NAME=dm
+DM_DB_USER=${DM_DB_NAME}
+DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_CONFIG_FILE=${DM_ETC_DIR}/${DM_DB_NAME}.ds-web-service.conf
+DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_LOG_FILE=${DM_LOG_DIR}/${DM_DB_NAME}.ds-web-service.log
+DM_DAQ_WEB_SERVICE_CONFIG_FILE=${DM_ETC_DIR}/${DM_DB_NAME}.daq-web-service.conf
+DM_DAQ_WEB_SERVICE_LOG_FILE=${DM_LOG_DIR}/${DM_DB_NAME}.daq-web-service.log
+DM_DB_PASSWORD_FILE=$DM_INSTALL_DIR/etc/${DM_DB_NAME}.db.passwd
+DM_SYSTEM_USER=dm
+DM_SYSTEM_PASSWORD_FILE=$DM_INSTALL_DIR/etc/$DM_SYSTEM_USER.system.passwd
+DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_PORT=22236
+DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_HOST=localhost
+DM_STORAGE_DIR=$DM_DATA_DIR
+
+echo "Preparing development configuration"
+mkdir -p $DM_ETC_DIR
+mkdir -p $DM_LOG_DIR
+
+#echo "Modifying glassfish-web config file"
+portalSrcDir=$DM_ROOT_DIR/src/java/DmWebPortal
+#configFile=$portalSrcDir/web/WEB-INF/glassfish-web.xml
+#cmd="cat $configFile.template | sed 's?DM_DATA_DIR?$DM_DATA_DIR?g' > $configFile"
+#eval $cmd || exit 1
+
+echo "Configuring glassfish db access"
+if [ ! -f $DM_DB_PASSWORD_FILE ]; then
+    echo "File $DM_DB_PASSWORD_FILE does not exist."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DM_DB_PASSWORD=`cat $DM_DB_PASSWORD_FILE`
+configFile=$portalSrcDir/setup/glassfish-resources.xml
+cmd="cat $configFile.template | sed 's?DM_DB_PASSWORD?$DM_DB_PASSWORD?g' > $configFile"
+eval $cmd || exit 1
+
+# Get system account password
+if [ ! -f "$DM_SYSTEM_PASSWORD_FILE" ]; then
+    sttyOrig=`stty -g`
+    stty -echo
+    read -p "Enter system password for the $DM_SYSTEM_USER user: " DM_SYSTEM_PASSWORD
+    echo
+    stty $sttyOrig
+    echo $DM_SYSTEM_PASSWORD > $DM_SYSTEM_PASSWORD_FILE
+    chmod 600 $DM_SYSTEM_PASSWORD_FILE
+fi
+
+echo "Generating web service config files"
+cmd="cat $DM_ROOT_DIR/etc/ds-web-service.conf.template \
+    | sed 's?sslCaCertFile=.*??g' \
+    | sed 's?sslCertFile=.*??g' \
+    | sed 's?sslKeyFile=.*??g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_STORAGE_DIR?$DM_STORAGE_DIR?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_INSTALL_DIR?$DM_INSTALL_DIR?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_DATA_DIR?$DM_DATA_DIR?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_DB_NAME?$DM_DB_NAME?g' \
+    | sed 's?handler=TimedRotatingFileLoggingHandler.*?handler=TimedRotatingFileLoggingHandler(\"$DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_LOG_FILE\")?g' \
+    > $DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_CONFIG_FILE"
+eval $cmd || exit 1
+cmd="cat $DM_ROOT_DIR/etc/daq-web-service.conf.template \
+    | sed 's?sslCaCertFile=.*??g' \
+    | sed 's?sslCertFile=.*??g' \
+    | sed 's?sslKeyFile=.*??g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_SYSTEM_USER?$DM_SYSTEM_USER?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_SYSTEM_PASSWORD_FILE?$DM_SYSTEM_PASSWORD_FILE?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_PROTOCOL?http?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_PORT?$DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_PORT?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_HOST?$DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_HOST?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_INSTALL_DIR?$DM_INSTALL_DIR?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_DATA_DIR?$DM_DATA_DIR?g' \
+    | sed 's?DM_DB_NAME?$DM_DB_NAME?g' \
+    | sed 's?handler=TimedRotatingFileLoggingHandler.*?handler=TimedRotatingFileLoggingHandler(\"$DM_DAQ_WEB_SERVICE_LOG_FILE\")?g' \
+    > $DM_DAQ_WEB_SERVICE_CONFIG_FILE"
+eval $cmd || exit 1
+
+echo "Done preparing development configuration"