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- #Prerequisite software
- #Downloading Geronimo
- #Changing the default ports
- #Changing the default user name and password
- #Topologies
- #Summary
Prerequiste software
Apache Geronimo v1.2 builds on J2SE 1.5 using Maven 2, get the appropriate versions from the following sites.
- J2SE SDK (http://java.sun.com/)
- Apache Maven (http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/start/download.html).
Downloading Geronimo
The source code and binaries for Geronimo v1.1 2 can be found at the following URL
http://geronimo.apache.org/downloads.html
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Uncompress the source code (.zip or tar.gz) and change the command line to the <geronimo_home> directory.
In order to do the build, type the following commandcommands:
maven -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.itest-skip=true m:rebuild-all
mvn -Dstage=bootstrap
mvn install
Detailed steps and requirements are covered in deep in Building Apache Geronimo with Maven 2The two system properties will tell Maven to ignore all the test and just do a straight build.
Installing Geronimo from binaries
Depending on the platform you plan to install and run Apache Geronimo download the appropriate insallation image.
Select the file compression format compatible with your system (zip, tar, gz) by clicking directly on the link, download it and expand the binary to your hard drive in a new directory. The installation of Apache Geronimo is as simple as uncompressing the .zip or .tar files.
Change the command line to the <geronimo_home> directory and start the server using the following command
java -jar server.jar
Tested platforms
There are some of the platforms Apache Geronimo v1.1 has been tested:
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OS
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Platform
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Java version
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Open Suse 10.0
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Intel 32bit
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Sun Java 1.4.2_11
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Fedora Core v5
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Intel 32bit
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Sun Java 1.4.2_11
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Ubuntu 6.06
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Intel 32 bit
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Sun Java 1.4.2_12
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Debian 3.1r2
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Intel 32 bit
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Sun Java 1.4.2_12
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Gentoo 2006.0
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Intel 32 bit
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Changing default ports
The HTTP port is the standard network that the Web container uses. This port number has to be used on any HTTP URL that calls Web applications running on Geronimo. The server and startup configuration modules of Geronimo are controlled by the config.xml file with the default port being 8080. There are several reasons for changing the network ports, namely to run multiple instances of Geronimo.
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