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Installation Instructions: Release 0.9.1 Embedded

Special release for testing purposes

Prerequisites

The application needs Java Version 1.5 (or higher).

Installation

Deployment

Unpack the application vif_embedded-Rel0.9.1.tar.gz in any directory in the file system.

Start the application

Navigate to the directory where you've installed the application and run the application's start script vif_start.bat (Windows) or vif_start.sh (Linux).
In the command window displayed you can track how the embedded database is created and populated. After this step is successfully finished, the embedded web server is started listening on port 8080 (default).

Create Super User

Start your web browser and enter the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/admin?requestType=createSU
A form is displayed where you can enter user id and password for the application's super user.

Start forum administration

Enter the following URL to start the VIF administration application: http://localhost:8080/admin/.

Set up forum

A login page is displayed. Log in as super user with your newly created user id and password. You're able know to add new members and discussion groups and to edit permissions. The next thing you have to do is to create member entries for the forum administration.

Star forum application

You can start the application simply by calling http://localhost:8080/forum/.

Note: Configuring the web server's port

By default, the application is listening on port 8080. However, you can easily change this value. To do this, open the configuation file $INSTALL_DIR/vif_embedded/configuration/config.ini and set org.eclipse.equinox.http.jetty.http.port to a different value.