Installation
The System Planning Guide explains how to prepare for your PhixFlow installation.
The Installation Guide explains how to install PhixFlow. This explains how to install TomcatInstalling or upgrading PhixFlow itself is simple. However, PhixFlow depends on other parts of your system, including:
- databases
- Tomcat
- Java
- drivers.
Making any change to an interdependent system requires planning changes several weeks before you start to make them.
Stage 1: Planning
Several weeks before you intend to install or upgrade PhixFlow, make sure you know what changes you need to make to your existing infrastructure. There is help and information in:
- Compatibility Guide and Upgrade Planning: a list of the third-party software dependencies for each version of PhixFlow.
- Planning your PhixFlow System: what to think about.
Stage 2: Update Dependencies
At least one week before the planned PhixFlow installation or upgrade, complete any changes to your existing infrastructure infrastructure.
Stage 3: Backup
If you are upgrading an existing PhixFlow instance, remember to take a backup of your system.
Stage 4: Install or Upgrade PhixFlow
Installing PhixFlow: this includes how to install Tomcat, how to create the PhixFlow database and configure all necessary server-side files.
For upgrading:
- check for any Special Upgrade Instructions that you need to follow
- and combine them with the standard steps in Upgrading PhixFlow.
Stage 5: Configuration
Once PhixFlow is up and running, you will need to configure system properties through can configure:
- properties for the PhixFlow system: see System Configuration.
The Compatibility Guide and Upgrade Planning gives the allowed versions for third-party software dependencies.
Upgrade
The majority of PhixFlow upgrades are very simple and are applied by following the standard instructions. However, well in advance of each upgrade, please check Compatibility Guide and Upgrade Planning. In particular this page provides information which will help you plan if you need a database upgrade or need to install an updated version of the Java runtime. Very occasionally there are also special instructions for an upgrade. These can all be viewed from Compatibility Guide and Upgrade Planning- user access; see User Administration.
For information about ongoing maintenance of a PhixFlow system, see User Administration.
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