Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of InstallationTips

Timestamp:

Jun 24, 2010, 12:31:05 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Gavin

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InstallationTips

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 We would rather help than have you give up and miss out on a great application. [[BR]]
 
-'''Tomcat Setup Tips'''
+'''Debian GNU/Linux'''
+
+We highly recommend using Debian stable as the host operating system. [[BR]]
+It is a free, stable, powerful and very widely used operating system for servers. [[BR]]
+All our testing and configuration is done against Debian servers. [[BR]]
+
+ * Install sun-java5, be sure that no gcj (GNU java) packages are installed:
+{{{
+dpkg --get-selections |grep gcj
+}}}
+ Note: The above search command must return NO packages.
+{{{
+aptitude install sun-java5-jdk
+}}}
+
+ * Install tomcat:
+{{{
+aptitude install tomcat5.5
+}}}
+
+ * Install mysql:
+{{{
+aptitude install mysql-server
+}}}
+
+'''Tomcat'''
 
  * In Debian add/adjust the following lines in /etc/default/tomcat5.5:
@@ -51 +76 @@
 JkMount /*/servlet/ ajp13_worker
 }}}
+  * To configure mod-jk in Debian double check these lines in /etc/libapache2-mod-jk/workers.properties:
+{{{
+workers.tomcat_home=/var/lib/tomcat5.5
+workers.java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun
+}}}
   * Then run: 
    * a2enmod jk
@@ -58 +88 @@
 
  * In Debian MySQL only listens on 127.0.0.1 out of the box.
-  * Comment this line out in /etc/mysql/my.cnf:
+ * ONLY if you need to access mysql from outside, then comment this line out in /etc/mysql/my.cnf:
   * #bind-address           = 127.0.0.1