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- JDK 1.6 update 21 or later (JDK 1.7 is not supported as of 2014/04)
- Download Location: http://java.sun.com (openjdk works as well)
Environment Variable: JAVA_HOME
Tip title Java Environment Variable JAVA_HOME=/path/to/your/java (ie: /usr/local/java or C:\java\jdk)
(optional)
PATH= append the bin subdirectory to the path statement
- Tomcat 6.X (Tomcat 7 is not supported as of 2014/04)
Instructions for installing and configuring Tomcat for the SSP-Platform (uPortal 4.0)
Warning title Tomcat Configuration It is important to complete sections: Environment Variables, Shared Libraries, Shared Sessions, Java Heap. Minimally, the catalina.properties file must contain:
shared.loader=${catalina.base}/shared/lib/*.jar
Additionally, a performance improvement has been experienced by enabling compression in Tomcat
Tip Add compression="force" to the server.xml in the connector like the following:
<Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1
connectionTimeout="20000"
redirectPort="8443"
emptySessionPath="true"
compression="force" />
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