Localyzer FAQ
Contents
Installation
Configuration
On-Boarding
- The '1 - Automation' tab contains on-boarded jobs which generate the status of the project and pushes it to the dashboard, and pseudo-localizes resource files if necessary. These jobs tend to run whenever files are pushed to the repository for the project.
- The '2 - Nightlies' tab contains on-boarded jobs which run every day or every night and provide an update to the dashboard and an email to a set of recipients based on the configured frequency.
- The '3- PrepKit' tab contains on-boarded jobs which are triggered by a human intervention to send the kits for translation based on the configured translation endpoint.
Each tab has a job setup during configuration. On-boarding a new job consists in copying an exiting job.
On Boarding the Automation Job
Jenkins Part One
- Go to the '1 - Automation' tab
- Click 'New Item' and give the job name. A typical job name is 'groupname.projectname', for instance 'Lingoport.javademo';
- Click 'Copy existing item' and enter the name of the existing job, for instance 'Lingoport.firstjob'
- Use a # sign to comment out the $LRM_HOME/bin/job_automate.sh
- Edit the repository location/authentication
- Build the job: You have the source code downloaded and you check that the repository location is correct.
- Go to the prompt on that machine and create the LRM project by copying the ProjectDefinition.xml of the existing project and replacing the relevant elements:
- group-name
- project_name
- top-level-dir
- pseudo-locale
- target-locales
- etc.
- Run java -jar <lrmserverpath>/lrm-cli.jar -cp -gn <group_name> -f newProjectDefinition.xml
- Verify the project has been created then make sure the files which are handled are correct by running java -jar <lrmserverpath>/lrm-cli.jar -gn <group_name-pn <project_name> -r -pi and checking the resulting files.
- If necessary, modify the newProjectDefinition.xml file, run the update-project command, and verify again the results until you are satisfied.
Configuration
When creating a new project, a couple of files are copied from the template directory to the <Lingoport_Data>/<L10nStreamlining>/<group_name>/projects/<project_name>/config configuration directory:
- config_email_recipients.xml: Specifies who will get messages (prep kits, import kits, errors, etc.)
- config_vcs.properties: Specifies SVN or Git properties (between two equal (=) signs!)
Other files may be copied under this directory if the project's configuration is more specific than the group configuration files, located under <Lingoport_Data>/<L10nStreamlining>/<group_name>/config:
- config_due_dates.xml: How the due dates are calculated.
- config_l10n_vendor.properties: The way to send files to a vendor (Lingotek, WorldServer, or FTP configuration)
- A couple of other files which typically do not need to be project specific and should very likely remain at the group level.
Jenkins Part Two
- Go back to the new job configuration and remove the # sign to uncomment $LRM_HOME/bin/job_automate.sh
- Run the job: The Dashboard should be updated, some files may be pseudo-localized.
- Go to the dashboard and set the permissions on the project as appropriate.
On Boarding the Nightly Job
- Go to the '2 - Nightlies' tab
- Click 'New Item' and give the job name. A typical job name is 'groupname.projectname-Nightly', for instance 'Lingoport.javademo-Nightly';
- Click 'Copy existing item' and enter the name of the existing nightly job, for instance 'Lingoport.firstjob-Nightly'
- verify by clicking the Build button
On Boarding the Prep Kit Job
- Go to the '3 - Nightlies' tab
- Click 'New Item' and give the job name. A typical job name is 'groupname.projectname-PrepKit', for instance 'Lingoport.javademo-PrepKit';
- Click 'Copy existing item' and enter the name of the existing nightly job, for instance 'Lingoport.firstjob-PrepKit'
- Only Prep the kit is necessary. At this point, it will send the files to be translated to the actual translation tool or FTP.
