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+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Script used for configuring DM webapp
+# Deployment configuration can be set in etc/$DM_DB_NAME.deploy.conf file
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+# $0 [DM_DB_NAME]
+#
+
+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
+. ${DM_ENV_FILE} > /dev/null
+
+# Use first argument as db name, if provided
+DM_DB_NAME=${DM_DB_NAME:=dm}
+if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
+    DM_DB_NAME=$1
+fi
+echo "Using DB name: $DM_DB_NAME"
+
+# Look for deployment file in etc directory, and use it to override
+# default entries
+deployConfigFile=$DM_ROOT_DIR/etc/${DM_DB_NAME}.deploy.conf
+if [ -f $deployConfigFile ]; then
+    echo "Using deployment config file: $deployConfigFile"
+    . $deployConfigFile
+else
+    echo "Deployment config file $deployConfigFile not found, using defaults"
+fi
+
+DM_HOST_ARCH=`uname | tr [A-Z] [a-z]`-`uname -m`
+GLASSFISH_DIR=$DM_SUPPORT_DIR/glassfish/$DM_HOST_ARCH
+JAVA_HOME=$DM_SUPPORT_DIR/java/$DM_HOST_ARCH
+
+export AS_JAVA=$JAVA_HOME
+ASADMIN_CMD=$GLASSFISH_DIR/bin/asadmin 
+
+DM_DB_HOST=${DM_DB_HOST:=localhost}
+DM_DB_PORT=${DM_DB_PORT:=11136}
+DM_DB_USER=${DM_DB_USER:=dm}
+DM_DB_PASSWORD=${DM_DB_PASSWORD:=dm}
+DM_DB_POOL=postgresql_${DM_DB_NAME}_DbPool
+DM_DATA_SOURCE=${DM_DB_NAME}_DataSource
+DM_DOMAIN=domain1
+
+# copy db driver
+echo "Copying db driver"
+rsync -ar $DM_ROOT_DIR/src/java/DmWebPortal/lib/postgresql-9.3-1102.jdbc41.jar $GLASSFISH_DIR/glassfish/domains/${DM_DOMAIN}/lib/ext
+
+# Check password from file
+passwordFile=$DM_INSTALL_DIR/etc/$DM_DB_NAME.db.passwd
+if [ -f $passwordFile ]; then
+    DM_DB_PASSWORD=`cat $passwordFile`
+fi
+
+# restart server
+echo "Restarting glassfish"
+$ASADMIN_CMD stop-domain ${DM_DOMAIN}
+$ASADMIN_CMD start-domain ${DM_DOMAIN}
+
+# create JDBC connection pool
+echo "Creating JDBC connection pool $DM_DB_POOL"
+$ASADMIN_CMD create-jdbc-connection-pool --datasourceclassname org.postgresql.ds.PGSimpleDataSource --restype javax.sql.DataSource --property user=${DM_DB_USER}:password=${DM_DB_PASSWORD}:driverClass="org.postgresql.Driver":portNumber=${DM_DB_PORT}:databaseName=${DM_DB_NAME}:serverName=${DM_DB_HOST}:url="jdbc\:postgresql\://${DM_DB_HOST}\:${DM_DB_PORT}/${DM_DB_NAME}" ${DM_DB_POOL}
+
+# create JDBC resource associated with this connection pool
+echo "Creating JDBC resource $DM_DATA_SOURCE"
+$ASADMIN_CMD create-jdbc-resource --connectionpoolid ${DM_DB_POOL} ${DM_DATA_SOURCE}
+
+# test the connection settings 
+echo "Testing connection"
+$ASADMIN_CMD ping-connection-pool $DM_DB_POOL || exit 1
+