Sakai Terracotta distributed caching setup

Explains how to enable Sakai to use a Terracotta server for distributed caching. Requires Sakai 10.0 or better.

1. Download Terracotta 3.7.6 (works with older version of ehcache, currently 2.6.6, in Sakai):
   • http://d2zwv9pap9ylyd.cloudfront.net/terracotta-3.7.6.tar.gz
2. Get a license for the free version:
   • http://terracotta.org/downloads/bigmemorymax/free
3. Untar the Terracotta files ({TERRACOTTA_DIR})
4. In the {TERRACOTTA_DIR} directory
   • copy the license key file from #2 here
   • create a tc-config.xml file based on:

     • {TERRACOTTA_DIR}/config-samples/tc-config-express-reference.xml 

     • sample tc-config.xml 
       1. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/282240/tc-config.xml
5. To start terracotta:

   • {TERRACOTTA_DIR}/bin/start-tc-server.sh -n <NAME_OF_SERVER>

6. (OPTIONAL) To start the dev console monitor:

   • {TERRACOTTA_DIR}/bin/dev-console.sh