WSO2GREG : Upload files

WSO2 Governance registry (WSO2GREG) is a metadata repository. It supports storing, cataloging, indexing, managing and governing your enterprise metadata related to any kind of asset.

Uploading files directly in to the GREG is not recommended. What is recommended is to upload the files in to a file server and use a link to the file as a metadata.

But there may be situations where you really need to keep the files in GREG itself. Let's see how you can do this in GREG.


1. Download the file.rxt file from [1].
2. Create a new artifact type from the WSO2GREG management console. Extensions-> Configure->Artifact Types->Add new Artifact
3. Download the "file" extension from [2]
4. Copy the "file" directory to "[GREG_HOME]/repository/deployment/server/jaggeryapps/publisher/extensions/assets/"

This will add a new item "file" in to the menu and you should be able to upload and download files in WSO2GREG.

If you need to make any association to "files" you upload here, you have to do the following to list the files in the associations view.

Let's assume you want link these files to "soapservice" artifact. Then do the following.

1. Edit the Association types for "soapservice" in [GREG_HOME]/repository/conf/governance.xml file to have the file details
<file>file</file>

Following is a sample configuration for Association type="soapservice", once you add the "file" type

<Association type="soapservice">
<security>policy</security>
<ownedBy>soapservice,restservice,wsdl</ownedBy>
<usedBy>soapservice,restservice,wsdl</usedBy>
<dependancies>soapservice,restservice,wsdl,endpoint</dependancies>
<file>file</file>
</Association>

[1] http://www.mediafire.com/view/dtog4qdrs1v0mw1/file.rxt
[2] http://www.mediafire.com/download/6df8eofni2tqtwr/file.zip

WSO2GREG : Categorized view of your assests

Let's assume you have five services, namely, Service1, Service2, Service3, Service4 and Service5. If you just create these service in the WSO2GREG, all those services will be displayed as follows,

Sometime it is needed to group the assets based on some criteria. Let's say, Service1 and Service2 belongs to DepartmentA and Service3, Service4, Service5 belongs to DepartmentB.

If we need to have a categorized view based on the department. Follow the below mentioned steps.

1. Add the following filed to the "soapservice" artifact. You edit it via management console. Extensions->Configure->Artifact Types->soapservice->Edit

<field type="options">
  <name label="Category">Category</name>
  <values>
    <value>Department1</value>
    <value>Department2</value>
  </values>
</field>

2. Download the asset.js file in the following location and copy it to the following location [GREG_HOME]/repository/deployment/server/jaggeryapps/publisher/extensions/assets/soapservice (replace the existing asset.js file)

http://www.mediafire.com/view/ka31hd4q5eqt44u/asset.js

3. Restart the server

4. You can now see, a new dropdown got appear in front of the search box.

5. Go to each of those service and edit those service to have its corresponding department in the "Category" field.

6. You can now view and search on the selected category.

WSO2GREG Publisher and Store

New WSO2 Governance registry (WSO2GREG) comes with a brand new two applications

1. Governance Center : Publisher
2. Governance Center : Store

These two will be the main UIs to deal with the assets (assets governance), WSO2 will no longer encourage to use the management console for artifact management. (you can use the management console to setup assets, lifecycles, users, etc. but not for artifact management)

Governance Center : Publisher

Governance Center : Store