yanokwa / odk-aggregate-cli

ODK Aggregate CLI

ODK Aggregate CLI

ODK Aggregate CLI is a command line application to help with the installation and update of ODK Aggregate server, starting with ODK Aggregate v2.0.

ODK Aggregate CLI is bundled with all ODK Aggregate Cloud-Config stacks.

ODK Aggregate CLI is part of Open Data Kit (ODK), a free and open-source set of tools which help organizations author, field, and manage mobile data collection solutions. Learn more about the Open Data Kit project and its history here and read about example ODK deployments here.

• ODK website: https://opendatakit.org
• ODK forum: https://forum.opendatakit.org
• ODK developer Slack chat: http://slack.opendatakit.org
• ODK developer Slack archive: http://opendatakit.slackarchive.io
• ODK developer wiki: https://github.com/opendatakit/opendatakit/wiki

Usage

Launch an operation with: aggregate-cli <operation> <params>

Available operations:
  -h,--help                        Show help
  -i,--install                     Install ODK Aggregate
  -l,--list                        List available versions
  -u,--update                      Update ODK Aggregate
  -v,--version                     Show version

Params for -u operation:
  -c,--configuration <arg>         Path to the configuration file (JSON)
Optional params for -u operation:
  -f,--force                       Force update
  -ip,--include-pre-releases       Include pre-release versions
  -rv,--requested-version <arg>    Requested version (latest by default)
  -vv,--verbose                    Verbose mode. Shows all commands
  -y,--yes                         Always answer 'yes' to confirm prompts

Params for -l operation:
Optional params for -l operation:
  -ip,--include-pre-releases       Include pre-release versions

Params for -i operation:
  -c,--configuration <arg>         Path to the configuration file (JSON)
Optional params for -i operation:
  -cu,--custom-url <arg>           Custom URL to download the Aggregate WAR package
  -cv,--custom-version <arg>       Version that the custom Aggregate WAR URL corresponds to
  -f,--force                       Force update
  -ip,--include-pre-releases       Include pre-release versions
  -vv,--verbose                    Verbose mode. Shows all commands
  -y,--yes                         Always answer 'yes' to confirm prompts

The install and update operations require you to provide the path to a JSON configuration file that describes your environment. There's a template of this file at src/main/resources/configuration.tpl.json:

{
  "home": "/root",
  "jdbc": {
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "port": 5432,
    "db": "aggregate",
    "schema": "aggregate",
    "user": "aggregate",
    "password": "aggregate"
  },
  "security": {
    "hostname": "aggregate.example.com",
    "forceHttpsLinks": true,
    "port": 80,
    "securePort": 443,
    "checkHostnames": true
  },
  "tomcat": {
    "uid": "tomcat8",
    "gid": "tomcat8",
    "webappsPath": "/var/lib/tomcat8/webapps"
  }
}

Setting up your development environment

These instructions are for IntelliJ IDEA Community edition, which is the (free) Java IDE we use for all the ODK toolsuite, but you don't really need any specific IDE to work with this codebase. Any Java IDE will support any of the steps we will be describing.

Import

• On the welcome screen, click Import Project, navigate to your aggregate folder, and select the build.gradle file.

  Make sure you check Use auto-import option in the Import Project from Gradle dialog.

• Make sure you set Java 8 as the project's selected SDK

Contributing code

Any and all contributions to the project are welcome.

If you're ready to contribute code, see the contribution guide.