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• The JOC Cockpit can only be installed alongside a JobScheduler Master version 1.11 and newer.
  

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• JOC Cockpit requires access to the DBMS that operates the JobScheduler database.
• An JVM 1.8 has to be installed. 
  The JAVA_HOME variable should point to the location of the JDK or JRE.
• If a MySQL DBMS is being used by the JobScheduler, then the MySQL wait_timeout that  setting that rules the max. lifetime of idle connections should be checked and if necessary modifiedextended. 
  • The default wait_timeout for MySQL is relatively short and the JOC Cockpit does not have a mechanism for keeping cannot keep the connection open busy over longer periods of time without user interaction such as overnight. 
  • See the following article the JOC Cockpit - Troubleshooting article for instructions about how to change the MySQL DBMS timeout variable:
    • Database Connections to MySQL get lost
    If the DBMS wait_timeout is too short users will get an "Unauthorized to access JOC Cockpit" message together with a JOC-407 error message after submitting their credentials. However, restarting the JOC Cockpit web service / daemon will create a new database connection and allow authorized users to log in again. setting. 

Operating Systems

The JOC Cockpit is available for Linux and Windows operating systems and the same archive setup can be used for installation on 64-bit and on 32-bit systems. See the Which platforms is JobScheduler available for and what platform support is provided? article for more information.

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• Language Selection

  • Select the language to be used for the setup: English and German are available.
    
    
    

• Step 1 - Welcome Screen
  

• Step 2 - Licensing Agreement

  • The License Agreement shown in Step 2 of the installation has to be accepted before installation can take place.

    
    
    

• Step 3 - Target Path for the Installation

  • The path to the installation directory for the JOC Cockpit program files - referred to later in this page as the joc_installation_directory - is set in this step.

  • The default installation paths for the JOC Cockpit are:

    • /opt/sos-berlin.com/joc on Linux systems and

    • C:\Program Files\sos-berlin.com\joc on Windows.
  • Users can use the Step 3 installation form shown below to specify their own installation path for the JOC Cockpit if required. 
    
    
    
    

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• Step 6 - Configure the Database Connection

  • The access parameters for the DBMS used by the JobSchedulers operated by the JOC Cockpit are specified in this step.

    • The DBMS access parameters used can be found in the database configuration for job history section of the $JOBSCHEDULER$SCHEDULER_DATA\factory.ini file of one of the JobSchedulers, where $JOBSCHEDULER$SCHEDULER_DATA is defined in the JobScheduler - Installation Guide (Section 1.2).

    
    
    

• Step 7 - No longer required
  
  

• Step 8 - Installation

  • Progress of the first part of the installation procedure is shown in this step.

    
    
    

• Step 9 - Processing

  • This step shows the progress of the second part of the installation procedure.
    
    
    

• Step 10 - Completion

  • The last step of the installation shows a summary of the installation (success/error) and paths to relevant information.

    

  • Note that if a problem occurs during installation a warning message will be shown here and a link to the installation log file will be provided.
    
    

• Initial Operation with the JOC Cockpit Login Form

  Note that a working web server - either the Jetty provided with the JOC Cockpit or another - is required before the JOC Cockpit installation can be operated..
  
  

  • Call the JOC Cockpit login form in a web browser and enter the username and password.

    After a first installation of the JOC Cockpit the default User Name and Password of root:root and Shiro Authentication will be active, if no changes have been made to the shiro.ini configuration file.

    See the Authentication and Authorization - Configuration article for information about the configuration of other user profiles and authentication methods.

  • Note that on some systems the web service may take a minute to start and display the login form shown below.
    

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