Loading templates and sample data

Open a web browser and go to the GeoNetwork homepage. If you installed it on your computer, this is probably at http://localhost:8080/geonetwork.

When you use Docker, you can find our what IP and Port to connect to from the Kitematic application. Or run docker ps in a terminal (on Linux or OSX). This should give you the port the Docker is running on.

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Your opening screen should look like this:

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Signing in and loading templates

Click the sign in to connect as administrator. The default account is username admin with password admin.

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Once connected, the top toolbar should provide a link to the Admin console and your login details.

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Go to the Admin console and click on Metadata and templates:

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Choose the metadata standards you wish to use and click Load templates for selected standards and then Load samples for selected standards in order to load the example data:

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Once loaded, you will see an Import report on the right side of your screen.

You can now go back to the Search page to see the loaded examples:

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