smartEditor Configuration Guide to ESRI Geoportal Server

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Editors: Stefan Blume, Kristian Senkler, DanielNuest

Introduction

Both smartEditor and ESRI Geoportal Server (http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/geoportal and http://esri.github.io/geoportal-server/) have been modified to run with each other as two web applications. This means that you can use smartEditor as the primary metadata editor in Geoportal Server.

This Guide was last tested with Esri Geoportal Server version 1.2.5.

Basically Geoportal can call smartEditor sending the fileIdentifier of a specific document. Then smartEditor will request Geoportal for that document. After the user has finished editing the resource, smartEditor will return the document to the Geoportal Server via a CSW-T request (SOAP protocol).

To ensure the user’s identity geoportal sends a SAML token to smartEditor application when invoking the edit procedure. smartEditor will also send this token back to geoportal when the user pushes the publish button. The token is being generated inside of the geoportal based on the current logged in user information. The SAML token will also be signed digitally to make it immutable.

This document describes the configuration of Geoportal Server and smartEditor.

Configuration

smartEditor webapp directory will be referenced as $EDITOR_HOME in the next chapters.

Geoportal Server webapp directory will be referenced as $GEOPORTAL_HOME in the next chapters.

Configure smartEditor for Geoportal

CSW endpoint configuration

If you want to bind smartEditor to the CSW-T of Geoportal server, you’ll need to edit the main configuration file of smartEditor. Open $EDITOR_HOME/WEBINF/classes/application.properties and locate the two properties:

• csw.discovery
• csw.manager

Assuming a standard configuration of geoportal the appropriate settings for these two values are:

csw.discovery=http://[server]/geoportal/csw202/discovery/soap

csw.manager=http://[server]/geoportal/csw202/publication/soap

With [server] being the name of your http server running Geoportal Server.

Using ESRI ArcGIS Server JS API for map widget

It is possible to switch the map widget inside of smartEditor between an OpenLayers based or an ArcGIS Server based implementation.

Currently this can be done by using the maven module overlay being part of the smartEditor maven project. To enable the ESRI Geoportal map widget please build the artifact smarteditor-gpt-webapp from
https://svn.52north.org/svn/metadata/smarteditor/

You can also use the OpenLayers-based map, see http://metadata.forum.52north.org/smartEditor-and-Esri-GPT-td4011971.html.

Configure Geoportal Server for smartEditor

As mentioned Geoportal Server got some programmatic extensions to interact with other web applications seamlessly. On the one hand this is con terra’s sdi.suite software but smartEditor as well.

Copy and configuration

The smartEditor Adapter for Esri Geoportal Server project on GitHub contains all files for integration of smartEditor using the extension points provided by ESRI Geoportal Server.

Download the latest version as a zip file: https://github.com/52North/smartEditor-adapter-gpt/archive/master.zip

This package contains the following directories and files:

• WEB-INF * classes\gpt\config\gpt-tc.xml
  • classes\de\conterra\suite\ security\portal\gpx\EmbeddedSAMLTokenIntegrationContext.class
  • lib
    • log4j-1.2.14.jar
    • opensaml-1.1c.jar
    • xml-resolver-1.1.jar
    • xmlsec-1.4.3.jar

Stop your Servlet engine and copy the folder WEB-INF to $GEOPORTAL_HOME and make sure you have made a backup of your geoportal instance beforehand.

Afterwards you need to open the file $GEOPORTAL_HOME\WEB-INF\classes\gpt\config\gpt-tc.xml and adjust some configuration values. Most of the values have xml comment strings it is just necessary to edit these parameters.

parameter name	default value	explanation
sdisuite.enabled	true	keep value to "true"
sdisuite.integrationContextClass	de.conterra.suite.security.portal.gpx.EmbeddedSAMLTokenIntegrationContext	class name of implementation of smartEditor integration
sdisuite.smartEditorUrl	http://[host]/smartEditor/startEditor.do	change the [host] value according to your environment
sdisuite.smartEditorStartWithUrl	http://[host]/smartEditor/startWithExternalResource.do	change the [host] value according to your environment
sdisuite.keystore.passwd	changeit	password to access the keystore
sdisuite.keystore.location	/.keystore	path to the keystore containing the certificate that is used to sign the SAML assertions within the SAML token. Path needs to be classpath resolvable and must match the setting in gpt-tc.xml
sdisuite.keystore.key.alias	gpt-security	alias of the named certificate, must match the setting in gpt-tc.xml
sdisuite.keystore.key.passwd	changeit	password to access the certificate

Optional: keystore generation

If you don’t have a keystore file yet, you’ll need to generate one by opening a command line on your system (assuming here you are running a Windows OS) and executing the following statement:

"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool" -genkey -keystore ".keystore" -storepass "changeit" -alias "gpt-security" -keypass "changeit" -keyalg RSA -validity 1800 -dname CN=security,OU=server,O=[company_name],C=EU"

Update [company_name] by setting your organization name. This command will generate a keystore file named “.keystore” having one certificate which alias named “gpt-security”. Both keystore and certificate have the password “changeit” set. Change these settings where necessary.

After generating the file it has to be copied to the following directories:

• $EDITOR_HOME/WEB-INF/classes/
• $GEOPORTAL_HOME/WEB-INF/classes/

Additionally make sure you have configured smartEditor’s parameters according to security correctly set, see file $EDITOR_HOME/WEB-INF/classes/application.properties and Installation Guide for smartEditor.

Choosing the way of smartEditor integration when starting from scratch

There are two possibilities to integrate smartEditor into the ESRI Geoportal Server Metadata Editing workflow:

• replace the existing Geoportal internal metadata editor
• add smartEditor as separate metadata editing capability

The latter one is directly activated when applying all steps of integration. Replacing the existing editor means, having the smartEditor running within the Geoportal (IFrame based) without being capable of choosing the Geoportal Server internal metadata capability.

After clicking “Proceed” smartEditor will be opened using an IFrame:

If you choose this option for new metadata documents, open the file $GEOPORTAL_HOME/WEB-INF/gpt-faces-config.xml in an editor and locate the element:

<navigation-case>
    <from-outcome>catalog.publication.createMetadata</from-outcome>
    <to-view-id>/catalog/publication/createMetadata.jsp</to-view-id>
    <redirect/>
</navigation-case>

Change this to (change is using a different JSP for the view, namely /catalog/tc/smartEditor.jsp):

<navigation-case>
    <from-outcome>catalog.publication.createMetadata</from-outcome>
    <to-view-id>/catalog/tc/smartEditor.jsp</to-view-id>
    <redirect/>
</navigation-case>

The file /catalog/tc/smartEditor.jsp is already part of your geoportal distribution.

How do I change the IFrame settings?

Open the file $GEOPORTAL_HOME/catalog/tc/smartEditorBody.jsp in an editor and locate the IFrame-element (around line #66).

<iframe id="ifrm-sdisuite-launch" name="ifrm-sdisuite-launch" width="100%" height="600px" src=""></iframe>

For example, if you want to disable the Iframe border change the element as follows:

<iframe id="ifrm-sdisuite-launch" name="ifrm-sdisuite-launch" style="border:0px;" width="100%" height="600px" src=""></iframe>

How do I remove the "smartEditor" link from "Administration" tab?

Open the file $GEOPORTAL_HOME/catalog/skins/tiles/secondaryNavigation.jsp in an editor and locate following element (around line #109).

<h:outputLink id="sdisuiteEditor" value="javascript:void(0);" styleClass="" onclick="snSdiSuiteLauncher('Editor');" rendered="#{PageContext.roleMap['gptPublisher'] and not empty SdiSuiteIntegrationFactory.smartEditorUrl}"> <h:outputText value="#{gptMsg['catalog.sdisuite.smartEditor.menuCaption']}" />
</h:outputLink>

Add html comment strings around this element and save the file.

Important version notes

Changes in geoportal version 1.1.1

If you are integrating smartEditor with geoportal 1.1.1, be sure to uncomment the following line of code in the file $GEOPORTAL_HOME\WEB-INF\classes\gpt\config\gpt-tc.xml:

<!-- uncomment if using geoportal version 1.1.1 -->
<!-- possible values are: 'dialog', 'iframe' and 'externalWindow' -->
<parameter key="sdisuite.integrationType" value="dialog"/>

This value declares how the smart Editor window shall be opened when activated.

Changes in geoportal version 1.2.2

Known issue: SAML token parameter name

There is one known bug according the integration of smartEditor to ESRI Geoportal’s metadata management interface. The html form parameter name is wrong and needs to be adjusted.

Open $GEOPORTAL_HOME/catalog/publication/manageMetadataBody.jsp in an editor and replace all occurrences of string “samlTicket” by “ticket” (should occur twice).

Changes in Geoportal version 1.2.5

• The SAML issue must not be fixed anymore.
• The integration type must be set to „iframe“ so that the button appears in the menu.
  <parameter key="sdisuite.integrationType" value="iframe"/>
  (There is no case for an empty integration type in the respective JSP file.)

Version

• 1.3 - based on 52n_smarteditor_2.1.6_configuration_guide_to_geoportal_server.pdf