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Step 1) Install Ubuntu
Step 2) Install any missing prerequisites
Java-6 JDK
The default JDK on Ubuntu is OpenJDK 6, which Mifos should support (at least one developer is successfully using soylatte, the OpenJDK 6 port to Mac OS X).
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- Mifos currently requires Jetty 7.3.x - download the relevant Jetty tarball from http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/ and unpack it.
- In the instructions that follow, we'll assume you unpacked Jetty to
$HOME/jetty7. If you've put it somewhere else, adjust accordingly. - If using extended characters, be sure server configuration includes
URIEncoding="}}UTF-8 8 {{"in the Connector definition.
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- If you run into 'java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space' during mvn's e.g. javac invocation, an "export MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx512m" helps, best appended to your ~/.profile file.
- Your JAVA_HOME path may be different than the one listed in the Maven installation instructions e.g. instead of
/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_02it may be inuser/lib/jvm
Step 3) Set up the database
OPTIONAL: create a file named mifos.cnf in /etc/mysql/conf.d/ and put in it:
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No Format ~$ mysql -u root -p mysql> CREATE DATABASE mifos; mysql> CREATE DATABASE mifostest; mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | mifos | | mifostest | | mysql | +--------------------+
- Grant permissions to user 'mifos' (doing these grants more than once has no effect). If you want to choose a different user name and password, adjust these instructions accordingly:
No Format mysql> GRANT ALL on mifos.* to 'mifos'@'localhost' identified by 'mifos'; mysql> GRANT ALL on mifostest.* to 'mifos'@'localhost' identified by 'mifos'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
- Test the database connection as user 'mifos' with:
No Format mysql -u mifos -pmifos mifos
Step 4) Get the source
This page shows The Mifos Version Control Guide shows you how.
Based on its contents, ensure that you have:
- Told Git to handle line endings
- Set your Author Information correctly (specifically, name and email)
Note:
- You can skip the Git install step on the instructions, as this was installed at the start of this tutorial.
- The root of the working copy should be
$HOME/mifostrunkwhich you can do with the following command:
git clone git://github.com/mifos/head.git mifostrunk
Step 5) Create production tables
See "Initializing the Mifos Database" in $HOME/mifostrunk/INSTALL, with one exception: the SQL files in your working copy are in /db/src/main/resources/sql/, not /db/sql/.
The INSTALL file is really for war-only installs (not developers building from source).
Step 6) Set up the build
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Create a Local Properties File.
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Database connections can be configured by customizing the following settings in your Local Properties File:.
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main.database=mifos main.database.user=mifos main.database.password=mifos integration.database=mifostest integration.database.user=mifos integration.database.password=mifos acceptance.database=mifostest acceptance.database.user=mifos acceptance.database.password=mifos |
Step 7) Build Mifos and run integration, unit and acceptance tests
Execute the following:
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cd $HOME/mifostrunk mvn clean install |
To skip the tests, execute the following instead of the second line above (much quicker to get building quickly):
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mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
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Step 8) Deploy
Execute the following:
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cd $HOME/mifostrunk/mifoswar cp target/mifos_webapp.war $HOME/jetty7/webapps/mifos.war |
Step 9) Start Mifos
Set up environment variables for Jetty:
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Visit http://localhost:8080/mifos/ in a browser to use Mifos . (username: "mifos", password: "testmifos").
Step 10) Done!
Enjoy your Mifos install.
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Additional Details
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What next?
Install some Development Tools and start fixing some bugs!
Timezone Fix
If you're seeing time-related failures in the unit tests, you may need to alter your timezone. See this post for details.
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If you've correctly set your environment variables for Maven (MAVEN_OPTS) and Java (JAVA_OPTIONS), as above, but you're still seeing memory issues when using Mifos, you may need to increase the size of your swap file / partition.
What next?
Install some Development Tools and start fixing some bugs!