To distribute a collection containing a generated set of publications into the field, use LiveContent Central's IETP Packaging tool.
Before you begin
One or more publications must have been generated using LiveContent Central's IETP packaging tool.
If you have generated your publications using LiveContent Central's Publish tool, the collection name is set to default. To generate an IETP for these publications, set collname to default in the following script.
Procedure
- Depending on your operating system, open a Windows command prompt or Linux terminal with administrative privileges.
- On the command prompt, navigate to the [LCC_home]/distribution-service directory, where the IETP Packaging tool is located.
- To generate the IETP
On Windows, enter the following command
lcccollectionpub.exe -A --cfg=[config] --collname=<collname> --booknames=[booknames] --nozip
On Linux, enter the following command
lcccollectionpub.bin -A --cfg=[config] --collname=<collname> --booknames=[booknames] --nozip
where
- The parameter -A is used to generate the IETP.
cfg is the file path to the properties file, lcccollectionpub.properties. This parameter is optional.
collname is the name of your collection. This parameter is optional and defaults to default.
booknames is an optional parameter that specifies the publication's book name. Use comma (,) to separate multiple book names.
nozip is an optional parameter. Use this parameter if you do not want to ZIP up the package.
- Navigate to the target directory you specified. Here, you will find a ZIP file with the name
LCCCollectionPub_<collection name>.zip where collection name is the collection directory you have bundled.
For example, if you packaged the collection with the identifier BIKE2009, your target directory will now include a file named LCCCollectionPub_BIKE2009.zip. If you used the nozip option to generate the IETP, then a directory such as LCCCollectionPub_BIKE2009 is created. This ZIP file or the directory can be distributed to multiple detachable media devices.
- To distribute your collection on a detachable media, copy the ZIP file or the directory to it.
- To verify the package:
Copy the contents of the detachable media to the disk, extract the content of the ZIP file and execute
lcclaunch.exe.
Note: On Linux, execute lcclaunch.bin.
- In the LiveContent Central screen that opens, login as admin. Contact your administrator for the username and password to login.
- Select a publication to view in LiveContent Central.