[ome-users] OMERO.web install under Mac OS X 10.6 on a MacBook isolated from the net

Thu Jun 10 20:30:59 BST 2010

Hi Ron,

  Yes, you are exactly right.
localhost:8000

The other settings don't really matter. You can make up any invalid  
values here if you don't actually want the webclient to try and send  
mail for you.

And then connect to
localhost:8000/webadmin or ocalhost:8000/webclient

Good luck,

   Will.

On 10 Jun 2010, at 19:37, Taylor, Ronald C wrote:

>
> Hello Will, Ken, all,
>
> Hopefully a simple question to answer:
>
> How do I set up the OMERO.web server to be used on my MacBook when  
> my MacBook is not on the network? That is, since I have a personal  
> MacBook that I am not allowed to put on our intranet, and I want to  
> try out the OMERO.web web interface on it, can I set the default  
> Django server to function with my MacBook serving as a "localhost"?
>
> Specifically, I want to find out how to I answer the questions in
>
>  ../bin/omero web settings
>
> Would the domain be
>   localhost:8000 ?
>
> How do I answer the questions on email address and SMTP server host,  
> and on SMTP server port and SMTP server username?
>
>
> I presume that there are some settings for such a localhost that  
> will still allow me to bring up the web server via
>
>   omero admin ice
> And then use
>   server enable Web
>   server start  Web
>
> And then connect to the server's home page in my Firefox browser at,  
> say, localhost:8000
>
> Is this doable?
>
> Ron
> ___________________________________________
> Ronald Taylor, Ph.D.
> Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Group
> Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taylor, Ronald C
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 11:03 AM
> To: 'Will Moore'
> Cc: ome-users at lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk; Swan, Jeremy (NIH/NICHD)  
> [C]; Ronald Taylor
> Subject: RE: [ome-users] OMERO client install attempt under Mac OS X  
> 10.6 - the client login popup
>
>
> Will,
>
> Yea! Those settings worked. Finally up and running, at least on my  
> Mac. Thank you very much. Just tried the Insight and Importer and I  
> could get into both using the settings you suggested.
>
> So - I'll start to play around with some image files. And finish the  
> install, adding OMERO.web using Ken's manual as a guide.
>
> Again, thanks much.
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Moore [mailto:will at lifesci.dundee.ac.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 12:54 AM
> To: Taylor, Ronald C
> Cc: ome-users at lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk; Swan, Jeremy (NIH/NICHD)  
> [C]; Ronald Taylor
> Subject: Re: [ome-users] OMERO client install attempt under Mac OS X  
> 10.6 - would appreciate some help on the client login popup
>
>
> Hi Ronald,
>
>  Have you tried:
>
> localhost (port 4063)
> user:  root
> password:  omero
>
> Unless I'm missing something, that should work for you?
>
>   Will.
>
> On 7 Jun 2010, at 22:37, Taylor, Ronald C wrote:
>
>>
>> Just in case anybody was wondering: I did try "127.0.0.1" for the
>> server address (and left the port at the default of 4063). Did not
>> work - at least, not combined with a Username of "omero" and Password
>> of "omero".
>> Ron
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Taylor, Ronald C
>> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 2:26 PM
>> To: 'Arcieri, Kenneth (NIH/NICHD) [V]';
>> ome-users at lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk
>> ; 'callan at lifesci.dundee.ac.uk'; Swan, Jeremy (NIH/NICHD) [C]
>> Cc: Taylor, Ronald C; 'Ronald Taylor'
>> Subject: OMERO client install attempt under Mac OS X 10.6 - would
>> appreciate some help on the client login popup
>>
>>
>> Ken, Jeremy, other OMERO users,
>>
>> I think I am very close to getting (finally) OMERO running on at  
>> least
>> one machine. I have been following Ken's Mac 10.6 install manual,
>> except instead of creating a separate omero account I have been doing
>> the install in my pre-existing "RT" account.
>>
>> This is being done on my own personal Mac, just upgraded to 10.6.
>> (Waiting on a OS 10.6 upgrade to a larger Mac server in our lab.)
>>
>> I have apparently installed everything for the OMERO server correctly
>> this time. I do an
>>
>> omero admin start
>> And
>> omero admin diagnostics
>>
>> And the diagnostics appear OK, from what I can gather.
>>
>> However, I cannot bring up the client successfully. I have not yet
>> installed the OMERO web server - from what I understand, that is not
>> required to get a client connection on the same machine, and the
>> server-client combination is the thing I want to test as fast as
>> possible. Do I have that correct - I can use the client before
>> installing the web server?
>>
>> Presuming I could manage without the web server for my test, I went
>> ahead and installed the OMERO client zip file OMERO.clients-
>> Beta4.1.1.mac.zip, which matches the server release.
>>
>> I then double-clicked on the OMERO.insight icon in the client
>> directory. Got the popup. This is where my current problem is.
>>
>> When I earlier installed the server and ran
>>  bin/omero db script
>>
>> I gave the server the root password of "omero". Also, the omero
>> Postgres account was named "omero" and has the password "omero". All
>> this is being done in my Mac OS account of "RT".
>>
>> My problem now is I can't get past the popup. I enter "omero" for the
>> Username and "omero" for the Password. Is that the correct thing to
>> do? Does my OS account of "RT" come into play here in any way?
>>
>> Also - the client popup window says that I need to "Add a new  
>> server".
>> Don't know what this means. When I click on that option I get an  
>> empty
>> text box, followed by something for a port that defaults to "4063".
>> Have no idea how to fill this out.
>>
>> As I write this, my MacBook is not connected to the net - personal
>> machines are not allowed on the lab intranet. So - it does not any IP
>> address to put in. I tried entering "localhost", but that did not
>> work.
>>
>> What server is this entry panel referring to - the server started by
>> "omero admin start"? Does that come up by default on port 4063? Or
>> does this refer the OMERO web server, which I have not set up yet?
>> Do I need to set up the web server before getting the client app to
>> work?
>>
>> I checked they OMERO clients User Guide. Sadly, cannot find anything
>> useful on how to fill out the initial log in screen! In sect 2.2 it
>> says
>>
>> "When you start OMERO.importer, you will be asked to log in (See
>> Figure 2.2-1). The administrator who set up OMERO can provide you  
>> with
>> a user account and the address of the OMERO.server where your images
>> will be stored.
>> You provide the address of the OMERO server by selecting the button
>> and entering the details in the form provided."
>>
>> Well - duh. Unforunately, I'm the admin and I don't know how to
>> provide myself with the correct account name and server address to
>> use.
>>
>> Would very much appreciate some help - hopefully OMERO users (who  
>> have
>> logged in!) can answer these questions in just a couple sentences.
>>
>> - Ron
>>

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