1. Contribution to MD9 Viktor Pusztai Ministry For Environment and Water GRID-Budapest CEOS WGISS meeting 17 September 2003 Thailand - Chiang Mai

2. MD8 overview The latest software update was done in June. The software running Solaris and Red Hat Linux operating systems with Oracle database. All the MD8 software features are working properly including the server and local database agent. There are two new components which were configured - Mod_jk enable to handle Java Server Pages requests to be served on the port 80 - Procmail is enabled for submitting metadata into the system via email.

3. MD8 with PostgreSQL The Postgres Database creation scripts are ready The Postgres Database creation scripts are ready Database contents imported to PostgreSql Database contents imported to PostgreSql MD server software can handle the incoming requests and the www interface is also functional. MD server software can handle the incoming requests and the www interface is also functional. Configuration of Local Database agent has not finished yet. The configuration files and the code have to be correct to be able to use a database independent installation method. Configuration of Local Database agent has not finished yet. The configuration files and the code have to be correct to be able to use a database independent installation method. The early tests proved that MD8 with PostgreSQL can work at least the same speed or faster. The early tests proved that MD8 with PostgreSQL can work at least the same speed or faster.

4. Future plan In MD8 the installation process can be done in 7 steps. - Configuration of the Software - Ant installation - Tomcat Installation - Jython installation - Database creation - Download the latest export file from GCMD and import data to the database - LDA configuration The proposed changes on the installation interface are: - Add the possibility to install mod_jk and procmail module - Enable to choose the type of database server ( Oracle / Postgres ) Figuring out the best method to add an interface for web mapping to search and show Georeferenced data.