Mifos X Installation on Windows

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

4) Click the link to download with respect to you system architect i.e Windows x86 for 32bit or Windows x64 for 64bit. 

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

Click on download button with respect to you system architect 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. 
& Click on the Save file to your system.

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

4) During MySQL installation, use Advanced Configuration > Show Advanced Options & set the MySQL ROOT Password to mysql. Then click on Save button.So your user name will be root and password will be 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( with respect to your system architect) to download.

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

  4) Folder: apache-tomcat-7.0.68, gets extracted:-      

5) Copy & Paste apache-tomcat-7.0.68 folder to c:\(drive) then Rename it to tomcat 

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

• 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
  NOTE: 
  i - If you are running 32-bit Windows, then the path would be ex:- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_66
  ii - Java jdk path "jdk1.8.0_66" will be with respect to the installed version and it may not be the same as mentioned in the above example. 
  
• Click the OK button.

• In the System Variables section, scroll down to and select the Path variable.
• Click the Edit button just below.
  
• Click your mouse cursor into 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
  
  NOTE: 
  i - There must be exactly one semi-colon between whatever is already in your PATH variable, and the new C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\bin – don't add a semi-colon if your previous PATH already ended with a semi-colon.
  ii - Java jdk path "jdk1.8.0_66" will be with respect to the installed version and it may not be the same as mentioned in the above example. 
  
  
• Click the OK button  

4) Create JAVA_OPTS variable: 

• a. Click the New... button again, under the User Variables section.
• b. For Variable Name, enter JAVA_OPTS
• c. For Variable Value, example -Xms512m -Xmx1024m
  Note: Variable value example can be changed with respect to the system memory size for example: -Xms512m -Xmx1024m 
  

3) Click on "Download MifosX Now"  

4) Kindly fill the Application form with basic information on Mifos Download Form, then click the Next Page button.

(NOTE: You could skip this part, by going to the bottom of the page,then click on:

No thanks. I would just like to download Mifos without providing additional information.) The download will automatically start.

However we would like to understand & serve you better if you can provide your organization details.

5) You will automatically navigate to a download page for Mifos on the Sourceforge website, where you will be prompted to download the Mifos application files in a ZIP format.

Note:- You could also download other versions directly from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mifos/files/Mifos%20X/

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. 

1) Download HEIDISQL from:- http://www.heidisql.com/download.php & Save the installation file to your computer.

2) Run the Heidisql installation file & setup Heidisql: 

i) For local - Provide mysql password as mysql. 

ii) Click on Save button.

iii) Click on open button. 

4) Copy the following database command and paste it into the large white box titled Query
create database `mifosplatform-tenants`; create database `mifostenant-default`; use `mifosplatform-tenants`;

5) Click on Run button to Execute the query. . 

6) On heidisql, click on File>>Load SQL file..

2) Generate keystore

 Generate a new keystore using java keytool :

>> Open command prompt 
>> Go to the path where your JAVA>>bin folder is located. 
>> Run this command to generate the key: keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA
>> Then provide the password. 
For example: 


Provide input and type in y for the last question to confirm. 


Note: Once the keystore is created, it should be placed in your home directory. For Example: C:/Users/john/.keystore

3) Configure server.xml page,

a) Go to  tomcat>>conf>>open server.xml with notepad:

1) fineract-provider.war to tomcat>>webapps folder

1-a) Copy "fineract-provider.war" file from downloaded fineract-platform folder 

1-b) Paste it to tomcat\webapps folder

2) Community-app to tomcat>>webapps folder

2-a) Copy "community-app" folder from downloaded Mifos-platform>>apps folder: 

2-b) Paste it to tomcat\webapps

3) api-docs to tomcat>>webapps>>ROOT folder

3-a) Copy "api-docs" folder from downloaded Mifos-platform>>api-docs folder: 

1) Create .mifosx folder in home directory & paste Pentaho folder into it

Use command prompt for creating .Mifos folder i.e md .mifosx

2) Copy PentahoReports folder from downloaded Mifos-platform folder

3) Paste it to .mifosx folder

1) Go to "C:\tomcat\bin" folder, Run "startup.bat" by clicking it.

Note: You can create a shortcut  of "startup.bat" on your desktop and rename it as start mifosx.  

2) Application gets started

3) Once server starts, will display as "Server startup in xxxxx ms"

 5) For the first time access it will display as shown below, please click on proceed:- 

6) Login into Mifos, Provide user name: mifos and password as: password