Concept Description Repository#
The ConceptDescription Repository is a component that provides a REST API to interact with ConceptDescriptions. It allows the creation, retrieval, update, and deletion of ConceptDescriptions.
Features#
Configuration#
Server Configuration#
The following shows how to configure the server port, application name and ConceptDescription Repository Name.
server.port = 8081
spring.application.name = Concept Description Repository
basyx.cdrepo.name = cd-repo
Backend Configuration
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By default, it uses InMemory. Optionally, you can configure MongoDB.
InMemory
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basyx.backend = InMemory
MongoDB
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basyx.backend = MongoDB
spring.data.mongodb.host=mongo
spring.data.mongodb.host=127.0.0.1
spring.data.mongodb.port=27017
spring.data.mongodb.database=conceptdescription
spring.data.mongodb.authentication-database=admin
spring.data.mongodb.username=mongoAdmin
spring.data.mongodb.password=mongoPassword
CORS Configuration
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Configure CORS settings to specify allowed origins and methods.
Warning
To use the component with the BaSyx Web GUI this configuration is required.
To do this, you need to add the URL of the Web GUI to the allowed origins.
basyx.cors.allowed-origins = http://localhost:3000, https://my-url/*
basyx.cors.allowed-methods = GET,POST,PATCH,DELETE,PUT,OPTIONS,HEAD
Configure Favicon#
Note
A favicon is a small 16×16 or 32×32 pixel icon, symbol or logo used by web browsers to identify a website in a recognizable way
To configure the favicon, mount your favicon to the static directory of the component using Docker:
docker run --name=cd-repo -p:8081:8081 -v C:/path/to/favicon.ico:/application/static/favicon.ico eclipsebasyx/conceptdescription-repository:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
or
aas-env:
image: eclipsebasyx/conceptdescription-repository:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
container_name: cd-repo
volumes:
- ./basyx/cd-repo.properties:/application/application.properties
- ./basyx/static/favicon.ico:/application/static/favicon.ico
ports:
- '8081:8081'
Docker#
Eclipse BaSyx provides the Concept Description Repository as off-the-shelf component via DockerHub. The following command pulls the image and starts a container for the ConceptDescription Repository:
docker run --name=cd-repo -p:8081:8081 -v C:/path/to/application.properties:/application/application.properties eclipsebasyx/conceptdescription-repository:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
Warning
When running this component inside Docker, do not modify the internal port configuration.
Changing the port setting may prevent the service from being accessible from outside the container.
Virtual Machine#
Eclipse BaSyx provides the Concept Description Repository as a virtual machine image for Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Player.
The image can be found here. How to use it is described here.
Swagger UI#
In the Swagger UI, you can find the API documentation for the Concept Description Repository.
You can also execute all the API calls directly from the Swagger UI.
The Aggregated API endpoint documentation is available at:
http://{host}:{port}/v3/api-docs
The Aggregated Swagger UI for the endpoints is available at:
http://{host}:{port}/swagger-ui/index.html