Mifos X Installation on Windows

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1) Before beginning, uninstall any existing versions of Java currently on your computer. 

2) In your web browser, go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html, to download JAVA 1.8.

3) Oracle requires that you read the license agreement, then click the button labeled Accept License Agreement.

4) Click the link to download the version for your system architecture i.e. Windows x86 for 32bit or Windows x64 for 64bit. 

5) Save the Java installation file to your computer

6) Run and install the Java file.

1) In your web browser, go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.5.html#downloads to download MYSQL server v5.5.

Click the link to download the version for your system architecture i.e. Windows x86 for 32bit or Windows x64 for 64bit. 

2) You can skip this option by clicking the link at the bottom of the page that says No thanks, just start my download. 
and click on the Save button to save the file to your system.

 3) Run the MySQL installation file. Click on the Typical button and then click on Next button.

4) During MySQL installation, use Advanced Configuration > Show Advanced Options and set the MySQL ROOT Password to mysql. Then click on the Save button. This will set your username to root and your password to mysql.

1) In your web browser, go to http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi to download Tomcat 7.

 >> Under the section Binary Distributions>>Core, click on the link 32-bit windows zip or 64-bit windows zip (depending on your system architecture) to download.

2) Extract the apache-tomcat-7.0.68.zip.

  4) This is the folder once apache-tomcat-7.0.68 gets extracted:    

5) Copy and paste the apache-tomcat-7.0.68 folder to the c:\ drive, then rename it tomcat.

1) Open your Environment Variables:
Start Menu > Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables.

2) Create the JAVA_HOME variable:

• Click on the New button, under the User Variables section.

• For Variable Name, enter JAVA_HOME

• For Variable Value, provide the Java path (for example: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66).

• Click the OK button.

3) Edit the PATH variable:

• In the System Variables section, scroll down to and select the Path variable.

• Click the Edit button at the bottom of the window.
  

  

• Use your mouse cursor and click inside the Variable Value box. 
  Using your keyboard's right-arrow or End key, move all the way to the far right of the current text in Variable Value.

• Add the following text onto the end of the existing Variable Value text: 
  - For Java path example:- ;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\bin 
  - For Mysql server path example:- ;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin
  
  

• Click the OK button  

4) Create the JAVA_OPTS variable: 

• a. Under the User Variables section, click the New... button again.

• b. For Variable Name, enter JAVA_OPTS

• c. For Variable Value, enter the system's memory size, for example: -Xms512m -Xmx1024m

1) Go to http://mifos.org/ from your web browser and navigate to Take Action >> Get Mifos 

2) Click on the "DOWNLOAD IT ON YOUR OWN" link

3) Click on "Download MifosX Now"  

4) Fill out the Mifos Download Form with your information, then click the Next Page button. The download will start automatically.

5) You will automatically be redirected to a download page for Mifos on the Sourceforge website. Here you will be prompted to download a ZIP file containing the Mifos application.

6) Once you have download the Mifos ZIP file, extract it to a new folder on your computer.  Remember this location, as you will need to refer to it later.