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Build Apache Fortress Rest

This section describes how to install and use the Fortress Rest Application. It provides a RESTful wrapper around the Fortress Core apis.

Set java and maven home env variables.

Change directory:

cd directory-fortress-enmasse/

Copy the fortress.properties, created on step Build Apache Fortress Core, to this package's resource folder.
```
                    
cp [directory-fortress-core]/config/fortress.properties [directory-fortress-enmasse]/src/main/resources
                    
                
```
Where [directory-fortress-core] is base folder of the fortress core source package and [directory-fortress-enmasse] is the current package's home folder.

To load policies for testing into ldap, run this command:

mvn install -Dload.file=./src/main/resources/FortressRestServerPolicy.xml

To deploy fortress rest, run this command:

mvn tomcat:deploy

To redeploy:

mvn tomcat:redeploy

Run the tests:

mvn test -Dtest=EmTest

Checkout the README.txt in [directory-fortress-enmasse] package for other ways to test fortress-rest component.

Generate the javadoc

mvn javadoc:javadoc

Point your web browser to the following location: file:///[directory-fortress-enmasse]/target/site/apidocs.

javadoc note: If using JDK 8, you must turn off doclint to get past errors. Add the following to project's pom:

                    
<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
    </configuration>
</plugin>