Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Installing

Timestamp:

Oct 5, 2009, 6:04:22 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Gavin

Comment:

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Installing

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 == Install ==
 
-This topic is still on our TODO list, please see the online [http://democo.gnumims.com Demo]
+There are two ways to get gnuMims running:
+ 1. Download the [http://www.gnumims.org/downloads/gnuMims.war war] file and deploy to a Java Servlet (see bellow).
+ 1. Download the source code, build and run with Grails.
+
+Note: there is an online [http://democo.gnumims.com Demo]
 
 '''Requirements'''
 
- * Java servlet, we use tomcat.
- * Mysql - most databases can be used but the war is built for myslq.
- * See the the DeveloperStartPage if you want to generate a custom war.
+ * Java servlet, we currently use tomcat5.5.
+ * Sun java sdk, we currently use "1.5.0_17" (Debian Lenny: sun-java5-jdk).
+ * Database
+  * The war is built to use an in memory database (hsqldb), this will NOT save data between restarts!
+  * Most databases can be used, we currently use MySQL (Debian Lenny: mysql-server-5.0)
+ * See the the DeveloperStartPage if you want to build a custom war.
 
 '''Steps'''
 
- * Download zip file
- * Extract the zip file into a directory of your choice
- * Run SQL script setup.sql
- * Copy the gnumims.war file into the [tomcat.home]/webapps folder or choose to upload through the Tomcat online console.
- * Point your web-browser to !http://myserver:port/gnumims
+ * Copy the war file into the [$TOMCAT_HOME]/webapps folder or choose to upload through the Tomcat online console.
+ * Point your web browser to !http://localhost:8180/gnuMims/ or !http://myserver:port/gnuMims .
  * Sign on with the user name "admin" and password "pass"
  * Start using gnuMims.
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  * In Debian add/adjust the following lines in /etc/default/tomcat5.5:
   * JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/
+  * JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx256M"
   * TOMCAT5_SECURITY=no
-
- * Note: the security settings should not be used in production, see http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/security-manager-howto.html
+ * Note: the above security settings should not be used in production, see http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/security-manager-howto.html