Installing WorldServer through Tomcat (on Linux)
Before you begin
- Make sure that you have downloaded and installed Java 8, which you can find it in the UNIX folder of the WorldServer distribution kit. Tomcat requires javac and jdb to run. Therefore, you must have the full Java SDK installed, not just the JRE.
- Make sure the $JAVA_HOME environment variable is set and points to the Java SDK installation root.
- If you are installing on an SQL Server database, but you want to separate the database creation process from the installation process, you must create and populate the WorldServer database before installing WorldServer.
- If you are installing on an Oracle database, you must create and populate the WorldServer database before installing WorldServer.
- Depending on your installation, you may need
rootaccess. Specifically:- If you want the application server to listen on a port lower than 1024, you have to run the application server as root.
- If you want to install to a standard location (for example, /user/local), you need permissions to create the folder.
- We recommend creating a separate Linux user to own and manage the WorldServer processes. Creating this user may require
rootpermissions. - If you want to configure WorldServer to start automatically on reboot, you need
rootaccess to install the necessary startup scripts.
Procedure
Results
What to do next
At this point, you can make various other configurations or you can proceed to installing the Report Center and the File Type Support (FTS) Server.