Changes between Version 19 and Version 20 of Installing

Timestamp:

May 19, 2011, 4:30:19 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

Gavin

Comment:

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Installing

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 Once installed to a server all user access is via a web browser (IE, Firefox, Safari etc) so there are no installation requirements for user machines. [[BR]]
 
-There are two ways to get gnuMims running:
- 1. Download a prepared WAR file and deploy to a Java Servlet (as detailed bellow).
- 1. Download the source code and build a custom WAR with Grails (see the [wiki:DeveloperStartPage Developer Start Page] for this option).
+There are three ways to get gnuMims running:
+ 1. Easy: [http://www.gnumims.org/services.html get service] everything will be done for you.
+ 1. Harder: [http://www.gnumims.org/downloads/gnuMims.war Download WAR] and [http://www.gnumims.org/trac/export/935/trunk/gnuMims-config.groovy Config file] and deploy to a Java Servlet (as detailed bellow).
+ 1. Hardest: Download the source code and build a custom WAR with Grails (see the [wiki:DeveloperStartPage Developer Start Page] for this option).
 
 Note: the online [http://democo.gnumims.com Demo] provides the easiest way to take gnuMims for a test run.
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  * Java servlet.
   * We currently use Tomcat-6.
- * Sun Java SDK.
+ * Sun Java-6 SDK.
   * We currently use "Java-6.24" (Debian Squeeze: sun-java6-jdk).
  * Database.
-  * The development [http://www.gnumims.org/downloads/dev/gnuMimsDev.war WAR] is configured to use an in memory database (HSQLDB).
-   * This will NOT save data between restarts!
-   * But has the advantage that no database setup is required, good for quick demo runs.
-   * May be handy to check that the Java server is working.
-  * The production [http://www.gnumims.org/downloads/prod/gnuMimsLive.war WAR] is configured to use MySQL.
-   * We currently use "Mysql-5.1.49" (Debian Squeeze: mysql-server-5.1)
+  * We currently use "Mysql-5.1.49" (Debian Squeeze: mysql-server-5.1)
    * See [wiki:MysqlConfig MySQL Configuration Guide].
   * For other database options please see [wiki:ChangingTheDatabase Changing the Database].
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 A server with Tomcat and a Java servlet can be a tricky thing to setup. [[BR]]
-If you are not experienced with these things please contact us for help! [[BR]]
+If you are not experienced with these things please contact us for help [[BR]]
 By all means have a go if you are keen but contact us well BEFORE severe hair loss occurs ;-) [[BR]]
 We would rather help than have you give up and miss out on a great application. [[BR]]
 
- * Copy the war file to [$TOMCAT_HOME]/webapps/gnuMims.war or choose to upload through the Tomcat Manager.
- * Point your web browser to !http://localhost:8180/gnuMims/ or !http://myserver:port/gnuMims[Live|Dev].
- * Restart Tomcat if required.
+ * Stop Tomcat.
+ * Copy the war file to [$TOMCAT_HOME]/webapps/gnuMims.war.
+ * Copy the config file to [$TOMCAT_HOME]/commons/classes/gnuMims-config.groovy and follow the advice in the file.
+ * Start Tomcat.
+ * View the Tomcat log files [wiki:TomcatLogExample $TOMCAT_HOME/logs/example].
+ * Point your web browser to !http://localhost:8180/gnuMims/ or !http://myserver:port/gnuMims.
  * The exact case and name of the war file must match the browser URL.
  * Login with the user name "admin" and password "pass".
+ * For production, disable demo data in the admin view.
 
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