This article briefly explains how to prepare your account in order to receive Saada and to work with it. It is especially destinated to conservative Linux users. Other users can translate the following in click-mouse language.

All operation related to the creation, the deployement or the management of Saada databases (SaadaDBs) must be done by the same user, the Saada operator.

The following articles will refer to the operator.

Here we assume that this account exists, that it has all current permissions and it is named saadaop

 Install Postgresql. This step is described in this article.

 Install Tomact.This step is described in this article.

• • Make sure that the saadaop has the permission to write in the directory $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps.

 Create a directory where saadadbs will be installed (usually named saadadbs).

• • saadaop@host% mkdir saadadbs
  • Each SaadaDB will be created in a subdirectory.
  • No data are copied here but just Java code, java tools and other resources. Once SaadaDB requires about 40Mb.
  • Make sure that saadaop has a permission to write in this directory.

 Create the Saada data repository (usually named repository)..

• • saadaop@host% mkdir repository
  • One subdirectory will be created here for each SaadaDB
  • All ingested data files are copied here. Make sure that you have enough disk space .
  • Make also sure that saadaop has a permission to write in this directory.