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Switch to the tomcat user (makes sure that login scripts are run. The syntax for this may vary between operating systems:

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susudo -i -lu tomcat

Change back to the release directory and unzip / unpack the release:

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unzip phixflow-x.y.z-yyyymmdd.zip

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Windows

Unzip the release package using WINZIP or similar.

Release contents

On both linux and windows this will create a release directories likewith the following contents:

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phixflow-x.y.z-yyyymmdd
phixflow-x.y.z-yyyymmdd/schemainstall
phixflow-x.y.z-yyyymmdd/webapps

Windows

Unzip the release package using WINZIP or similar.

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phixflow-x.y.z-yyyymmdd
phixflow-x.y.z-yyyymmdd/schema
phixflow-x.y.z-yyyymmdd/webappsREADME.txt

Setting up the PhixFlow Database
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installingDatabase
installingDatabase

The schema installation has 4 main steps, regardless of platform:

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Platform

Create the database user

Oracle:

This command will prompt for the name of the user to be created.

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sqlplus SYS/SYSPassword@SID as SYSDBA @schema/oracle/install/create_user


Sql Server:

This command requires the user, the password, the login and the database to be provided as parameters.

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sqlcmd -S localhost\myservice -i schema/sql_server/install/create_database_and_user.sql -v dbName="phixflow" dbLogin="phixflow" dbUser="phixflow" dbPassword="mypass"


MySQL:

Start a session the database:

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mysql --user=myrootuser --password

Create the user, supplying the name of the database, the user and the password in the commands below:

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create database phixflow
    CHARACTER SET = 'utf8'
    COLLATE = 'utf8_bin';
grant all privileges on phixflow.* to 'myuser'@'%' identified by 'mypass';
exit


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jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostname:1521/:phixflow

Oracle (for containerised instances):

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jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostname:1521:/phixflow


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For Oracle 12c and above, you should use a '/' instead of ':' before [SID], so that [SID] is treated as a SERVICE name rather than an SID. This is due to Oracle 12c introducing pluggable databases (PDB's).

There is also the option to add the line 'USE_SID_AS_SERVICE_listener=on' to the tnsnames.ora Oracle configuration file in order to treat SID's as service names by default. This is provided by Oracle as a workaround for users who have hard-coded connection strings that are difficult to change by hand, and so should not be necessary for phixflow configuration.

For more information, please see the following Oracle documentation links:

USE_SID_AS_SERVICE_listener

Introduction to the Multitenant Architecture (including an explanation of PDB's)

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SQL Server:

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jdbc:sqlserver://hostname\myservice;databaseName=phixflow

MySQL:

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jajdbcjdbc:mysql://hostname/phixflow

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See Configuring for Resilience for more information.

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phixflowDomainsXmlInstall
phixflowDomainsXmlInstall

Configure phixflow-domains.xml

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For more information on how to configure for domain logins, see the PhixFlow ActiveDirectory Configuration userguidethe PhixFlow Active Directory Guide.

Configure log4j.properties

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Find the line containing the call to window.open and change the 2nd parameter from ‘PhixFlow’ to ‘alternative_name’