sakai.properties Config

This page serves as a walkthrough for editing sakai.properties for Sakaibrary configuration and provides a sample file as an example. Jump to the sample below.

Walkthrough

File location

Open (or create) sakai.properties at:

<Tomcat_root>/sakai/sakai.properties

Properties

Add and define the following properties to sakai.properties:

• osidImpl@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.SearchManager - the package name of the Repository OSID implementation:
  • For the MetaLib X-Server

    org.sakaibrary.osid.repository.xserver

  • For the Sirsi Web2Bridge

    edu.indiana.lib.osid.base.repository.http

• metasearchUsername@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.SearchManager - the username used to access your metasearch engine.
• metasearchPassword@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.SearchManager - the password used to access your metasearch engine.
• metasearchBaseUrl@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.SearchManager - the metasearch engine XML gateway base URL.
  • Example for the MetaLib X-Server

    http://metalib.university.edu/X

  • Example for the Sirsi Web2Bridge
• openUrlResolverAddress@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.CitationService - the base URL for your institution's OpenURL link resolver.
  • If you do not know this address, or, do not have an OpenURL link resolver, you can use OCLC's OpenURL Gateway. The base URL for this OpenURL resolver is:

    http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/gateway

• openUrlLabel@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.CitationService - the label users see for the OpenURL resolution link to find full-text and other institutional services (i.e. "Find It!", "IU Link", etc.).

Additional Guidelines

• Your sakai.properties file may define any other Sakai properties (such as database configuration, server identification, etc.)
  • the Sakaibrary-specific properties will not effect other configuration.
  • the Sakaibrary-specific properties are not dependent on other configuration properties.

Sample