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--- en:user_advanced:public_tomcat_win10 [2020/09/02 00:00] – [Instructions] anupama
+++ en:user_advanced:public_tomcat_win10 [2023/03/13 01:46] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Windows 10 instructions to make your GS3 tomcat web server public ======
-Follow these instructions only **for briefly testing a public GS3 tomcat**, such as for the //Validating the Greenstone OAI server// section of the tutorial [[http://files.greenstone.org/tutorial/gs3-current/en/GS_OAI_server.htm|Setting up your Greenstone OAI Server]], as I'm not sure the following method is robust against potential security threats.
+Follow these instructions **only for briefly testing a public GS3 tomcat**, such as for the //Validating the Greenstone OAI server// section of the tutorial [[http://files.greenstone.org/tutorial/gs3-current/en/GS_OAI_server.htm|Setting up your Greenstone OAI Server]], as I'm not sure the following method is robust against potential security threats.
 ====Instructions====
-. Obtaining your PC's public IP and LAN/private IP:
+**1. Obtaining your PC's public IP and LAN/private IP:**
 a. Work out your PC's private LAN (local area network) IP by [[old:miscellaneous_questions#how_do_i_open_a_terminal_called_dos_console_in_windows|starting up a DOS/command prompt]] and then typing:
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 b. Work out public IP by visiting http://ip4.me/ or https://www.whatismyip.com/\\ It will list your public IPv4 address. Make a note of this also.
-. Configure Windows Defender FireWall to make the port accessible:
+**2. Configure Windows Defender FireWall to make the port accessible:**
 a. Go to Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Firewall > Advanced Settings.
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 The output should display 'LISTENING' for port 8383.
-. Set up port forwarding:
+**3. Set up port forwarding on your router to map to privateIP:port to public IP:port:**
 Login to your router (a local URL/IP that may look like ''192.168.1.1'' or similar digits) and set up port forwarding from the private port 8383 on private LAN IP to public port 8383.
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 If you don't know how to work with your local home/work router, google a manual for your router's make online and search for port forwarding instructions for it.
-. Now the GS3 tomcat web server should be visible at %%http://<public-ip>:8383/%%
+. Stop your Greenstone 3 server.\\
+Edit your Greenstone's top level ''build.properties'' file and set its ''tomcat.server'' property to the public IP.\\
+Restart the Greenstone 3 web server.\\
+Now the GS3 tomcat web server should be visible at %%http://<public-ip>:8383/%%
-. Once you've finished testing your GS3's tomcat web server's works correctly when public, remember to undo the Firewall and port forwarding changes to make the web server private once more.
+. Once you've finished testing your GS3's tomcat web server's works correctly when public, remember to undo the Firewall and port forwarding changes, **and** remember to return the ''build.properties'' file's ''tomcat.server'' property back to ''localhost'', to make the web server private once more.
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   * https://www.tomshardware.com/news/how-to-open-firewall-ports-in-windows-10,36451.html
   * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22730420/how-to-configure-apache-webserver-to-be-accessed-by-public-domain-or-static-ip
+Perhaps useful:
+  * https://blogs.mulesoft.com/dev/tomcat-tcat-server/the-easiest-way-to-run-tomcat-as-a-windows-service/