support-services

Support services

This folder contains a docker composition which can simulate an actual GeoNetwork 4 instance to be used for testing and development on GeoNetwork-UI.

The instance is already prepared with a few sample records and offers a reproducible development and testing environment.

Requirements

Docker Compose version 2+

Start

$ docker compose up -d

On the first run, the database will be populated with the settings and sample records.

A quicker startup can be obtained by only targeting the init service:

$ docker compose up init -d

To clear the volumes and let the database repopulate itself from scratch, run:

$ docker compose down -v

Access services

GeoNetwork can be accessed on http://localhost:8080/geonetwork.

Kibana can be used to inspect the ElasticSearch index and experiment with requests; it is accessible on http://localhost:5601.

Regenerate the initial database state

Running the following command will extract the current state of the database and store it as the new initial state:

$ docker compose exec database pg_dump -U geonetwork -d geonetwork -Fc > docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/dump

Please keep in mind that the initial state of the database should be as lightweight as possible and that changing it might break integration tests relying on it.