This page is to document the known machine configurations used by developers to successfully develop, build, and install/deploy Mifos.

Please put in the following information about your system configuration:

• Date (when you have last updated this information)
• Operating system
• Hardware details (processor type/speed, RAM, etc)
• Application server and version
• MySQL version
• Java SDK version
• Any additional information (e.g. special things you did to get Mifos working on your configuration)

Van Mittal-Henkle (Unlicensed)

• Date: April 8, 2011

• Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04
• Hardware:
  • CPU: 2 x Intel Core 2 Extreme Q6800, 3.4 Ghz
  • RAM: 4GB
• Application Servers
  • Jetty 7.3
  • Apache Tomcat 7.0.8
• MySQL: 5.1.41
• Java SDK: 1.6.0_24
• Time for "mvn clean install" from project root: 12:40.836s
  • timing using data dir in ram was +- 10 sec of data dir on disk

Adam Monsen (Unlicensed)

• Date: February 14, 2011

• Operating System: 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
• Hardware:
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.53 GHz
  • RAM: 4GB
• Application Servers
  • Apache Tomcat 7
  • Jetty 7
• MySQL: 5.1.47 (with data dir in ram)
• Java: Sun JDK 1.6.0_22
  • I use 64-bit Java for Eclipse, but 32-bit Java for Tomcat, Jetty, etc.
• Time for "mvn clean install": 16:42.685s
• IDE: Eclipse Helios (Java EE version)
• Maven: 3.0

UdaiU (Unlicensed)

• Date: July 5, 2011

• Operating system:  Ubuntu 11.04 (64 bit)
• Hardware details:
  • Intel i7 Q 720 1.6 GHz (1st Generation i7 code)
  • 6 GB RAM (2GB used by Mifos)
• Application server and version
  •  Jetty 7.4
• MySQL version: (Default of Ubuntu 11.04) MySQL 5.1.54, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 6.2
  • To make mysql faster for development use "innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 0"
  • Tuning Memory parameters in my.cnf can increase the speed.
  • RAMDisk
• Java SDK version: JDK 1.6.0.25
• IDE: Eclipse 3.7 for Java Developers
  • EGit/JGit plugin 1.0.0
  • M2Eclipse
  • TestNG Eclipse Plugin
  • Findbug
  • PMD
• Time for "mvn clean install" from project root: 30 min on Ubuntu

Kojo Gambrah-Sampaney

• Date: 08 April 2011
• Operating system : Release 10.10
• Hardware details
  • Intel Core i5 (2.4 GHz), 4GB ram (3.4 available), 7200 rpm HDD
• Application server and version:
  • Jetty 7
• MySQL version 5.1.49
• Java SDK version: 1.6.0_23
• Build time (mvn clean install)
  • 15:19.931s
• Any additional information (e.g. special things you did to get Mifos working on your configuration)
  • Ram backed mysql with tmpfs
  • Occasionally clearing out hibernate jars in m2 repository

keithwoodlock (Unlicensed)

• Date: April 14, 2011

• Operating System: Windows 7
• Hardware:
  • CPU: 2 x Intel Core i7
  • RAM: 4GB
• Application Servers
  • Jetty 7.3
  • Apache Tomcat 7.0.8
• MySQL: 5.1.41
• Java SDK: 1.6.0_19
• Time for "mvn clean install" from project root: 17mins 53s

Sarah Farrier (Unlicensed)

• Date: April 08, 2012

• Operating System: 32-bit Ubuntu 12.10
• Hardware:
  
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad, 2.40 GHz
  • RAM: 4GB (and 4GB Swap)
• Application Servers
  
  • Jetty 7.3.1.v20110307
• MySQL: 5.1.61
• Java: Sun JDK 1.6.0.06
• Time for "mvn clean install": ?
• IDE: Eclipse Indigo 3.7 with eGit and m2e plugins
• Maven: 3.0.4
• Any additional information: had PermGen Out of Memory issues until I added Jetty/Java parameters as outlined on the wiki