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Mifos 21.07.02 Installation on Tomcat-Windows

Mifos 21.07.02 Installation on Tomcat-Windows

Dec 21, 2023

Prerequisite Software   

Note

the software and versions included below are a mandatory prerequisite

  • JAVA DEVELOPMENT KIT >> VERSION 15.0.2      later versions not tested                           

  • MYSQL SERVER >> Version 5.7  later versions not tested

  • TOMCAT >> Version 9.0.80    later versions not tested

    For First time installations, kindly stick to the versions below and only change after you have succeeded 
    tomcat 9.0.xx
    Mysql 5.7.xx
    JDK 15.0.xxx  

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

2) In your web browser, go to https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk15-archive-downloads.html 

Download and Install jdk-15.0.2_windows-x64_bin.exe

 

1) In your web browser, go to https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/installer/5.7.html to download MYSQL server v5.7.

Or you can directly download the installer file for (windows 64bit) from my drive here

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

                                                                                                               

3) 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 https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.80/bin/to download Tomcat 9.0.80.

 >> 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-9.0.80.zip.

                   

3) Copy and paste the apache-tomcat-9.0.80 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\jdk-15.0.2).

  • 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. 

  • When you click edit you will see the image similar to what is shown below below 

  • Following the numbering shown above click New, a newline will be added at the bottom. and the line below 
    C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-15.0.2\bin 

  • Following the numbering shown above click New, another newline will be added at the bottom. and the line below 
    C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin

  • In case you have other softwares that use other java version its best to move the path by using the option of Move Up see image below

  • Once you are done click 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: -Xms2048m -Xmx4096m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=256m

5) Create the CATALINA_HOME variable: 

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

  • b. For Variable Name, enter CATALINA_HOME

  • c. For Variable Value, enter this C:\tomcat

6) Create the CATALINA_OPTS variable: 

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

  • b. For Variable Name, enter CATALINA_HOME

  • c. For Variable Value, enter this -Xms2048m -Xmx4096m

 

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.

 

Note

You can skip the form by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on:

No thanks. I would just like to download Mifos without providing additional information.

However, we are able to understand and serve you better if you provide details of your organization.

 

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.

Note

Or You can also download other versions directly from here

 

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. 

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