OpenSIF – an Open Source SIF XML Library
We have started the development of an open source SIF XML library. This Ruby library will allow you to easy create and read SIF XML data elements.
This project is being housed at GitHub and is currently focusing in on the UK Specification. We have chosen the UK specification as we have had a lot of attention from UK Vendors as well as UK Educational Authorities (Sorry NDA’s).
This first round of development is being done in Ruby – however – we may move to create these same SIF XML Libraries in C#, VB, PHP and Java if there is enough interest.
Thanks,
OpenZIS Team.
UK SIF 1.2 Specification is in Alpha Testing
We have begun Alpha testing UK SIF 1.2 specification. We hope to have a beta release within the OpenZIS Demo site within two weeks and then released the fallowing week to the public.
Install UK SIF 1.1 Specification in your ZIS
Introduction
This post will talk you through the installation of UK SIF Spec 1.1 in to a properly installed ZIS. I will be login in as the user ZIT for this example.
Ubuntu versions tested
Ubuntu 9 64 bit Server Version
Step 0: download SIF 1.1
wget http://www.openzis.org/download/uk_1_1_lib_install.zip
unzip uk_1_1_lib_install.zip
cd uk_1_1_lib_install
Step 1: Load MySQL Data
mysql -u root -p
mysql> use zit
mysql> source uk_1_1_lib_install/install.sql
mysql> commit;
mysql> exit
Step 2: Move the ’sif_schema’ directory
mv uk_1_1_lib_install/sif_schema ZIT_CommunityEdition/ZIT_APPLICIATION
Step 3: Move the ‘uk_1_1_lib’ directory
mv uk_1_1_lib_install/lib/uk_1_1_lib ZIT_CommunityEdition/ZIT_APPLICIATION
Install US SIF 2.0r1 Specification in your ZIS
Introduction
This post will talk you through the installation of US SIF Spec 2.0r1 in to a properly installed ZIS. I will be login in as the user ZIT for this example.
Ubuntu versions tested
Ubuntu 9 64 bit Server Version
Step 0: download SIF 2.0r1
wget http://www.openzis.org/download/us_2_0_r_1_lib_install.zip
unzip us_2_0_r_1_lib_install.zip
cd us_2_0_r_1_lib_install
Step 1: Load MySQL Data
mysql -u root -p
mysql> use zit
mysql> source us_2_0_r_1_lib_install/install.sql
mysql> commit;
mysql> exit
Step 2: Move the ’sif_schema’ directory
mv us_2_0_r_1_lib_install/sif_schema ZIT_CommunityEdition/ZIT_APPLICIATION
Step 3: Move the ‘us_2_0r1_lib’ directory
mv us_2_0_r_1_lib_install/lib/us_2_0r1_lib ZIT_CommunityEdition/ZIT_APPLICIATION
Install UK SIF 1.0 Specification in your ZIS
Do not use these steps to install
Introduction
This post will talk you through the installation of UK SIF Spec 1.0 in to a properly installed ZIS. I will be login in as the user ZIT for this example.
Ubuntu versions tested
Ubuntu 9 64 bit Server Version
Step 0: download SIF 1.0
wget http://www.openzis.org/download/uk_1_0_lib_install.zip
unzip uk_1_0_lib_install.zip
cd uk_1_0_lib_install
Step 1: Load MySQL Data
mysql -u root -p
mysql> use zit
mysql> source uk_1_0_lib_install/install.sql
mysql> commit;
mysql> exit
Step 2: Move the ’sif_schema’ directory
mv uk_1_0_lib_install/sif_schema ZIT_CommunityEdition/ZIT_APPLICIATION
Step 3: Move the ‘uk_1_0_lib’ directory
mv uk_1_0_lib_install/lib/uk_1_0_lib ZIT_CommunityEdition/ZIT_APPLICIATION
Install US SIF 1.5r1 Specification in your ZIS
Update:
These installation steps are no longer correct: The most recent version is located at: http://sif.openzis.org/2010/03/04/installation-from-github/
Introduction
This post will talk you through the installation of US SIF Spec 1.5r1 in to a properly installed ZIS. I will be login in as the user ZIT for this example.
Ubuntu versions tested
Ubuntu 9 64 bit Server Version
Step 0: download SIF 1.5r1
wget http://www.openzis.org/download/us_1_5_r_1_lib_install.zip
unzip us_1_5_r_1_lib_install.zip
cd us_1_5_r_1_lib_install
Step 1: Load MySQL Data
mysql -u root -p
mysql> use zit
mysql> source us_1_5_r_1_lib_install/install.sql
mysql> commit;
mysql> exit
Step 2: Move the ’sif_schema’ directory
mv us_1_5_r_1_lib_install/sif_schema ZIT_CommunityEdition/ZIT_APPLICIATION
Step 3: Move the ‘us_1_5r1_lib’ directory
mv us_1_5_r_1_lib_install/lib/us_1_5r1_lib ZIT_CommunityEdition/ZIT_APPLICIATION
Install your Zone Integration Server
Introduction
This guide will walk you through the installation of our open source zone integration server (ZIS) known as ZIT. At the end of this tutorial you will have a Zone Integration Server that is functionally ready to serve SIF Messages and ready for SIF specs to be applied. So lets login to your ubuntu server – i will be login in as the user ZIT for this example.
Ubuntu versions tested
Ubuntu 9 64 bit Server Version
Step 0: get apt-get ready
sudo updatedb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo reboot
Step 1: Install Apache 2
sudo apt-get install apache2
Step 2: Install MySQL
You will want to assign the MySQL root user a password – please do not leave it blank as you will need it for your ZIS.
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo apt-get install mysql-client
sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
Step 3: create MySQL database
mysql -u root -p
> create database zit default character set utf8 collate utf8_unicode_ci;
> quit
Step 4: Install PHP 5
sudo apt-get install php5 php5-common
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5-gd php5-dev
sudo apt-get install php-pear
Add two lines to php.ini file:
extension=pdo.so
extension=pdo_mysql.so
sudo pecl install pdo_mysql
Step 5: Install Zend Framework
wget http://framework.zend.com/releases/ZendFramework-1.8.0/ZendFramework-1.8.0-minimal.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ZendFramework-1.8.0-minimal.tar.gz
mv ZendFramework-1.8.0-minimal ZendFramework
Lets restart apache – it should restart successfully.
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Step 6: Download your ZIT Core & unzip
This will contain the basic server package, installation script, and the admin site.
sudo apt-get install unzip
wget http://www.openzis.org/download/zit_core.zip
unzip zit_core.zip
After unzipping the zit_core file you should have a directory named ZIT_CommunityEdition. Now lets move into that directory and see what
our working directory is.
cd ZIT_CommunityEdition
pwd
Take note of the working directory structure that is printed.
Step 7: Configure Apache2
sudo vi httpd.conf
Add in three virtual hosts for your ZIT installation. The Installation will be removed later.
NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.103 <-- use your IP Address for your machine.
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.103 >
ServerAdmin someone@openzis.org
DocumentRoot /The working directory from step 6/ZIT_SERVER
Servername zis.domainname.
<Directory "/The working directory from step 6/ZIT_SERVER">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order deny,allow
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.103 >
ServerAdmin someone@openzis.org
DocumentRoot /The working directory from step 6/ADMIN_SERVER
Servername admin.domainname.
<Directory "/The working directory from step 6/ADMIN_SERVER">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order deny,allow
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.103 >
ServerAdmin someone@openzis.org
DocumentRoot /The working directory from step 6/INSTALL
Servername install.domainname.
<Directory "/The working directory from step 6/INSTALL">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order deny,allow
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Add the rewrite module
LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so
Step 8: ZIS Configuration
Now locate your config.ini located in your ZIT_CommunityEdition directory so that you may update it with your database connection string.
vi config.ini
Now restart your Apache 2 server so that it can pick up the newly added directories.
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
After a successful restart point your browsers to the Installation directory. There you will want to create your web admin account as well as your ZIT Server Setup variables.
Suggested ZIT Variables:
ServerName: Same as SourceID
SourceID: The unique name for your ZIS ex:zis_abcusd_k12_ca_us
Server URL: ( Virtualhost to your ZIS domain) ex: zis.abcusd.k12.ca.us
Admin URL: ( Virtualhost to your Admin domain ) ex: admin.abcusd.k12.ca.us
Min Buffer: 1024
Max Buffer: 1024000000
After you have walked through the setup you will want to remove the VirtualHost for the installation directory. So simple edit the http.conf file like you did above – just this time you will want to remove the INSTALL virtualhost.
You now have successfully installed the core of your Zone Integration Server. You will need to install the SIF Specs you are interested.
SIF Specifications Available
- US 1.5r1
- US 2.0r1 – not yet available for download
- US 2.1 – not yet available for download
- UK 1.0 – not yet available for download