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Installation Help
What port is tomcat running on? Port 8080 or port 80?
The instructions say to browse http://localhost:8080/openvpms/app but that only works if your browser is on the same host as tomcat, which is listening for connections on port 8080.
I'm guessing your tomcat is running on port 80, and you are browsing from a different host, so your URL will be something like:
http://my.hostingcompany.com/openvpms/app
(i.e you can omit the 80 as its the default)
-Tim
Installation Help
Thanks Tim,
Do I have to also install the Java 1.5 jdk on my host server or is that mainly a client side install....and do I need root access to install correctly....I don't:
This is what I am getting: I am not sure what I am doing incorrectly....
HTTP Status 404 - /openvpms/app
type Status report
message /openvpms/app
description The requested resource (/openvpms/app) is not available.
Apache Tomcat/5.5.25
Is there any type of video tutorial for installing when using a hosting company...
Installation Help
You're running tomcat so you have java installed. You need to be running at least java 1.5. You can verify this by running
at the command prompt.
You shouldn't need root access.
Are there any errors in the log file? OpenVPMS logs errors to a file named openvpms-full.log
This is located in the directory you start tomcat in.
-Tim
Installation Help
Hi Tim,
Would you be able to take a look at my configuration ......I am trying to set this up on a sub-domain....I can get you my cpanel creditials to take a look.
Regards,
Installation Help
Hi again,
Tim,
Is there some sort of video tuturial for installing on a hosting company server.....my hosting company has Java 1.6 installed....now I don't have root access thus how can I run the datalaod files.....can you do an install for me....I am in the The States....I am available via Skype at chuck_williams or email at chuckwilliams11[at]gmail[dot]com...I am just trying to learn how to install.....thanks a ton...
Chuck
Installation Help
No tutorials sorry. Different hosting companies provide different services and administration facilities.
At the very least, you need to have installed, or be able to install those products referred to in readme.txt in the OpenVPMS distribution ie:
1.1 Requirements - OpenVPMS requires the following to be installed: - Java 1.5.x or higher See http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp - MySQL 5.0.24a or higher See http://www.mysql.org/downloads/mysql/5.0.html - MySQL Connector/J JDBC driver See http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html - Tomcat 5.5.12 or higher See http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi - OpenOffice 2.2.1 or higher See http://download.openoffice.org/Both tomcat and MySQL have recommended configuration settings for OpenVPMS.
Typically this means you will need shell access to the host.
In addition, you need to be able to run the dataload script to populate the database with data.
The easiest way to do this is with shell access to the host.
-Tim
Installation Help
In a hosted environment like this it may be better to do the initial setup on a local server and then all you will need to do is:
1. take a dump of the local database
2. import the createdb.sql script in the db directory of the release through phpmyadmin, or manually create the database, users, etc.
3. import the dump of your local database to the webserver
4. install the openvpms.war file on the webserver.
The biggest issue in a hosted environment is probably going to be openoffice which I imagine probably isn't installed on most hosts and mysql connectivity could be an issue(although surely they would provide this?).
Matt Y.