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Running Cortex API & Cortex Studiooutside of Eclipse

Running Cortex API & Cortex Studiooutside of Eclipse

You can run Cortex Studio and the Cortex API outside of Eclipse by using a local Apache proxy server.

For quick setup, we provide Apache config files pre-configured to run on your local. Any proxy works, but Apache HTTP Server is the only server we test.

  1. Download the Apache 2.4 win32 zip file from http://www.apachelounge.com/download/ or the win64 from http://www.apachelounge.com/download/win64/
  2. Extract the Apache24 folder locally to C:\Apache24
  3. Download the pre-configured Apache configs from here: ZIP.
  4. Unzip the reference configuration files [ep-cortex-proxy.conf and httpd.conf] to C:\Apache24\conf
  5. Start up Cortex API on port 9080: open a command line, navigate to your Cortex API web application folder (C:\repository\cortex-dce\webapp), and run the following: 
    mvn tomcat:run-war
  6. Start up Search on port 8080: open another command line, navigate to your Search web application folder (C:\repository\commerce-engine\search\ep-search-webapp), and run the following: 
    mvn tomcat:run-war
  7. Start up Cortex Studio on port 8888: open another command line, navigate to your Cortex Studio (C:\repository\relos\studio), and run the following: 
    mvn tomcat:run-war -Dmaven.tomcat.port=8888
    Note: Studio Port 8888

    Cortex Studio starts on port 8080 by default, but so does Search. Starting Cortex Studio on port 8888 avoids port conflicts.

  8. Open a new command line, navigate to C:\Apache24\bin and run the following command to run Apache:
    httpd.exe
  9. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost/studio
Note: PORT 80

On Windows 7, often port 80 is in use by a system service. Change your apache httpd.conf to Listen on another port like 81 instead.

Note: 403 Forbidden

If you receive this error when accessing Cortex Studio, you probably need to change the X-Forwarded-Base setting. For more information, seeMultiple Proxies Connecting to Cortex API (A.K.A Getting around CORS).

Note: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.

This is a CORS issue. Make sure Cortex Studio's Server is set to http://localhost/cortex. In Cortex Studio, click Setup and set the Cortex Server to: http://localhost/cortex.