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• JDK 1.6 update 21 or later (JDK 1.7 is not supported as of 2013/01)
  
  • 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 2013/01)

  • 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" />

• Maven 3.0.3 or later
  
  • Download Loation: http://maven.apache.org

  • Environment Variable: MAVEN_HOME

    Tip
    title Maven Environment Variables
    MAVEN_HOME= /path/to/your/maven (ie: /usr/local/maven or C:\tools\maven) M2_HOME= /path/to/your/maven (ie: /usr/local/maven or C:\tools\maven) (optional) PATH= append the bin subdirectory to the path statement

• Ant 1.8.2 (use this exact version)
  

  • Download Location: http://ant.apache.org

  • Environment Variable: ANT_HOME

    Tip
    title Ant Environment Variable
    ANT_HOME= /path/to/your/ant (ie: /usr/local/ant or C:\tools\ant) (optional) PATH= append the bin subdirectory to the path statement

• Sencha SDK
  

  • Download Location: http://www.sencha.com/products/sdk-tools/download

    Tip
    PATH= append the root to the path statement

    
    

  • See  SSP Sencha Build Tool Usage for additional installation steps on 64-bit OSs
    
    

• RDBMS (support for PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server)
  
  • PostgreSQL 9.1 or later
    
    • Download Location: http://www.postgresql.org
      
      • On Unix:
        
        • PostgreSQL is available in the package manager of most linux distributions.
          
          • Install it according to the distribution's instructions
        • Ubuntu - https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/serverguide/C/postgresql.html
      • On Mac:
        
        • PostgreSQL is available via the homebrew package manager or as a download on the postgresql.org site.
      • On Windows:
        
        • PostgreSQL is available as a download on the postgresql.org site.
    • Configure PostgreSQL
      
      • Server Connection
        
        • Launch the PG Admin application
        • In the Object Browser, navigate to and right click on Server Groups -> Servers -> PostgreSQL 9.1 (localhost:5432)
        • Click Connect and the enter the administrator password
      • Login Roles
        
        • In the Object Browser, right click on Login Roles and click New Login Role
          

          • In the Properties tab, enter a Role name of "sspadmin" without the quotes

          • In the Definition tab, enter a Password of "sspadmin" without the quotes

        • In the Object Browser, right click on Login Roles and click New Login Role

          
          

          • In the Properties tab, enter a Role name of "ssp" without the quotes

          • In the Definition tab, enter a Password of "ssp" without the quotes

        • Confirm the new Login Roles exist in the Object Browser
      • Database
        
        • In the Object Browser, right click on Databases and click New Database
          
          • Enter "ssp" without the quotes as the database name
          • Enter "sspadmin" without the quotes as the database owner
        • Confirm the new database exists in the Object Browser
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
    
    • Server Connection
      
      • Launch the SQL Server Management Studio application
      • Enter your database connection info including administrator account credentials, and click Connect
    • Login Roles
      
      • Navigate to Security->Logins, and right click on New Login
        
        • Login name of "sspadmin" without the quotes
        • Select SQL Server authentication and enter a Password of "sspadmin" without the quote
        • Uncheck Enforce password policy
      • Right click on Logins again, and New Login Role
        
        • Login name of "ssp" without the quotes
        • Select SQL Server authentication and enter a Password of "ssp" without the quote
        • Uncheck Enforce password policy
      • Confirm the new users exist
    • Database
      
      • Navigate to and right click on Databases and click New Database
        
        • Enter "ssp" without the quotes as the database name
      • Confirm the new database exists
      • Run the following SQL to assign user permissions and configure the required database settings

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6. Production Deployment Tips

• Warning
  title Delete Demo Users
  If you are deploying to a production environment, you You should delete or change the passwords for the uPortal users created for demonstration purposes, including the admin userespecially in a production deployment. This can be done through the user interface: Manage Users ->  Find an Existing User -> [Enter user ID from list below] -> [Click result] -> > Delete or  or Edit, then change password. Demo users:admin advisor0 ken student0 student1 Non-private installs should also either change the admin user's password or add some other user to the Portal Administrators group and delete the admin user.

If anything in it is incorrect or unclear, please leave a comment below.

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