diff --git a/bin/clean.sh b/bin/clean.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -x
+. config.sh
+dropdb $DB
+
+case $POSTGIS_INSTALL in
+  "POSTGIS 2 create")
+    createdb -O www-data $DB
+    psql -d $DB -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis;"
+    psql -d $DB -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;"
+    psql -d $DB -f $SQL_DIR/legacy.sql
+    ;;
+  "template")
+    createdb -O www-data $DB -T template_postgis
+    ;;
+  "POSTGIS 1 create")
+    createdb -O www-data $DB
+    createlang plpgsql $DB
+    psql -d $DB -f $SQL_DIR/postgis.sql
+    psql -d $DB -f $SQL_DIR/spatial_ref_sys.sql
+    ;;
+esac
+
+rm -rf $DATA_DIR
+mkdir -p $DATA_DIR/config/
+cp -R $WEB_DIR/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/data/config/codelist $DATA_DIR/config/
+cp -R $WEB_DIR/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/data/config/schema_plugins $DATA_DIR/config/
+
diff --git a/bin/config.sh b/bin/config.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# resolve links - so that script can be called from any dir
+PRG="$0"
+
+while [ -h "$PRG" ]; do
+  ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+  link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+  if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+    PRG="$link"
+  else
+    PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`/"$link"
+  fi
+done
+
+# Get standard environment variables
+PRGDIR=`dirname "$PRG"`
+
+WEB_DIR="$PRGDIR/../web"
+JEEVES_DIR="$PRGDIR/../web"
+
+
+#################################################
+# The parameters below can be overridden in your personal
+# configuration file if the default don't work
+#################################################
+DEBUG="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005"
+OVERRIDES="-Dgeonetwork.jeeves.configuration.overrides.file=/WEB-INF/override-config-jeichar.xml"
+MEMORY="-XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xmx1024M -server"
+DATA_DIR="$HOME/gc_data"
+LOGGING="-Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Dlog4j.debug=true -Dlog4j.configuration=file://$WEB_DIR/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/log4j-jeichar.cfg"
+DB="geocat2_trunk"
+SQL_DIR="/usr/local/share/postgis/"
+POSTGIS_INSTALL="template" # options are: "template" or "POSTGIS 2 create" or "POSTGIS 1 create"
+export PG_PASSWORD="www-data"
+
+# Load personal config file
+CONFIG_FILE="config_`whoami`.sh"
+. $CONFIG_FILE
diff --git a/bin/config_fgravin.sh b/bin/config_fgravin.sh
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+++ b/bin/config_fgravin.sh
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+DB=geocat2_trunk
+SQL_DIR=/usr/lib/postgis/
+POSTGIS_INSTALL="template"
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diff --git a/bin/config_fvanderbiest.sh b/bin/config_fvanderbiest.sh
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+++ b/bin/config_fvanderbiest.sh
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+DB=geocat
+SQL_DIR=/usr/local/share/postgis
+POSTGIS_INSTALL="template"
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diff --git a/bin/config_jeichar.sh b/bin/config_jeichar.sh
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+++ b/bin/config_jeichar.sh
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+DB=geocat2_trunk
+SQL_DIR=/usr/local/share/postgis/
+POSTGIS_INSTALL="POSTGIS 2 create"
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diff --git a/bin/start.sh b/bin/start.sh
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+++ b/bin/start.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -x
+
+. config.sh
+
+if [ -z "$JREBEL_HOME" ] ; then
+    echo "you do not have JREBEL installed.  If you want to use JREBEL install it and define JREBEL_HOME.  It can be defined in the config.sh file in your profile"
+else
+  JREBEL_OPTS="-noverify -javaagent:$JREBEL_HOME/jrebel.jar"
+fi
+
+export MAVEN_OPTS="$JREBEL_OPTS $DEBUG $OVERRIDES $MEMORY -Dgeonetwork.dir=$DATA_DIR "
+
+cd $JEEVES_DIR
+mvn install $@
+if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "[FAILURE] [deploy] Failed to execute 'jeeves' correctly"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+cd $WEB_DIR
+mvn jetty:run -Penv-dev $@
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