Install

This topic is still on our TODO list, please see the online ​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.

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
• Sign on with the user name "admin" and password "pass"
• Start using gnuMims.

Tomcat

• In Debian add/adjust the following lines in /etc/default/tomcat5.5:
  • JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/
  • TOMCAT5_SECURITY=no
  • JAVA_OPTS="-Dorg.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader?.ENABLE_CLEAR_REFERENCES=false"

• Note: the security settings should not be used in production, see ​http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/security-manager-howto.html