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Warning

If you are running a SSP version prior to 1.1.1, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade or otherwise apply the reporting subsystem security patches described by SSP-701

If you are running SSP version 1.2.0, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade

Also please take a few minutes to review additional security-related announcements detailed at the top of the SSP space here in Confluence.

Table of Contents

Step by step instructions for building and deploying the SSP 1.2.1 release.

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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
      titleJava 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
      titleTomcat Configuration

      It is important to complete sections: Environment Variables, Shared Libraries, Shared Sessions, Java Heap

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Zip Download
The source files can be downloaded in a zip file
  • Download Location: SSP 1.2.1
  • Unzip the file into the directory created in step 1 above (ie: C:\ssp)

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  • Warning
    titleDelete 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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