Prepopulated Virtuoso hosting of NeuroCommons on EC2 AMI What is NeuroCommons Project? As articulated in the Science Commons mission statement video, NeuroCommons project within Science Commons aimed at creating openly accessible neuroscience and computational biology knowledgebases on the Web.NeuroCommons Installation on Virtuoso EC2 AMI instance OpenLink Software provides a backup up of the current NeuroCommons Database as hosted on the live service at http://sparql.neurocommons.org/, that users can restore into a Virtuoso EC2 AMI instance in the cloud, providing them with an instance of NeuroCommons for their own use. Installation Start a Virtuoso EC2 AMI instance. Note a Virtuoso Release 5 AMI instance ( ami-ids ami-59628630 or ami-c46084ad ) must be used with this backup. We recommended a 64-bit large image AMI instance with 8GB of memory be used, which is a m1.large EC2 instance type.

Note for best performance particularly under extensive usage it is recommended the 16GB m1.xlarge EC2 instance type be used. Load the Virtuoso Conductor Administration interface of the running EC2 AMI instance with a URL of the form http://your-ec2-instance-cname/conductor.

From the Virtuoso Conductor, navigate to the "System Admin" -> "Packages" tab to obtain a list of available Virtuoso packages (VADs) to install.

Click the "Install" button to initiate installation of the "EC2 Extensions" VAD package for use in performing backup and restore tasks.

Click the "Proceed" button to install the "EC2 Extensions" VAD package. Go to the URL http://your-ec2-instance-cname/ec2exts to load the Virtuoso Extensions for Amazon EC2 Images login page and log in as the "dba" user.

From the Virtuoso Extensions for Amazon EC2 Images main page, click the "Restore a Remote Backup" link.

On the "Restore a Remote Backup" page, set the follow options. Protocol: WebDAV/HTTP Host: s3.amazonaws.com Path or Bucket: neurocommons-virtuoso-bundle Backup File Prefix: neurocommons-bundle

Click the "Restore" button to begin the restoration of the NeuroCommons database from backup.

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Click on the "Continue" button to begin the re-assembly of the database from the restored backup files. Output similar to the following will be displayed when the re-assembly of the database is complete.

Once complete the server will have been restarted automatically with the restored NeuroCommons database ready for use. Usage Examples You can then access pages such as these on your NeuroCommons server:NeuroCommons SPARQL endpoint — http://your-ec2-instance-cname/nsparql.html

NeuroCommons XHTML Description page — http://your-ec2-instance-cname/commons/record/pmid/12477932

NeuroCommons VAD Application Package For those running a NeuroCommons Virtuoso EC2 AMI instance created before December 8, 2008, you will need to update your NeuroCommons VAD Application package to obtain the latest enhancements, by taking the following steps Download the NeuroCommons VAD Application (neurocommons_dav.vad) package. Navigate to the "System Admin" -> "Packages" tab of the Virtuoso Conductor.

Scroll down to the "Install Package" section of the tab, use the "Upload Package" option "browse" button.

Navigate to the location of the downloaded neurocommons_dav.vad file and click the "open" button to select it.

Click the "Proceed" button to begin the installation process.

Results The NeuroCommons SPARQL endpoint can be accessed on http://your-ec2-instance-cname/sparql The OpenLink Interactive SPARQL Query Builder can be accessed on http://your-ec2-instance-cname/isparql, enabling the visual construction of queries (Graph Patterns). Related Safeguarding your Virtuoso-hosted SPARQL Endpoint EBS-backed BYOL ("Bring Your Own License") Virtuoso EC2 AMI SPARQL Endpoint Protection Methods Collection Virtuoso documentation SPARQL Service Endpoint Service Endpoint Security Managing a SPARQL Web Service Endpoint SPARQL Virtuoso Tips and Tricks Collection SPARQL Endpoint DET Configuration Guide WebID Protocol & SPARQL Endpoint ACLs Tutorial SPARQL OAuth Tutorial Securing SPARQL endpoints SPARUL over SPARQL using the http://cname:port/sparql-auth endpoint Virtuoso Authentication Server UI Manage a SPARQL-WebID based Endpoint Configure Virtuoso instance as an X.509 Certificate Authority and HTTPS listener Configure Virtuoso+ODS instance as an X.509 Certificate Authority and HTTPS listener WebID Protocol Support in OpenLink Data Spaces. Manage ODS Datadspaces Objects WebID Access Control Lists (ACLs): ODS Briefcase WebID based ACL Guide Person Entity WebID based ACL Guide Group Entity WebID based ACL Guide Public WebID based ACL Guide ODS Feed Manager WebID based ACL Guide Person Entity Specific ACL Group Entity Specific ACL Public Specific ACL for anyone with a WebID ODS Calendar WebID based ACL Guide Person Entity Specific ACL Group Entity Specific ACL Public Specific ACL for anyone with a WebID ODS Bookmark Manager WebID based ACL Guide Person Entity Specific ACL Group Entity Specific ACL Public Specific ACL for anyone with a WebID ODS Addressbook WebID based ACL Guide Person Entity Specific ACL Group Entity Specific ACL Public Specific ACL for anyone with a WebID Guide for Set up a X.509 certificate issuer and HTTPS listener and generate ODS user certificates. Setting up PubSubHub in ODS PubSubHubBub Demo Client Example Feed subscription via PubSubHub protocol Example Setting Up PubSubHub to use WebID Protocol or IP based control lists CA Keys Import using Conductor Generate an X.509 Certificate hosted WebID Guide Generate an X.509 Certificate (with a WebID watermark) to be managed by host operating system keystore Generate an X.509 Certificate (with a WebID watermark) to be managed by a browser-based keystore Using Virtuoso's WebID Verification Proxy Service with a WebID-bearing X.509 certificate Using Virtuoso's WebID Identity Provider (IdP) Proxy Service with an X.509 certificate ODS Briefcase WebID Protocol Share File Guide WebID Protocol Specification Test WebID Protocol Certificate page WebID Protocol Certificate Generation page