FlexDeploy provides a file distribution for Tomcat which simplifies the installation process.  This distribution contains Tomcat, the FlexDeploy WAR, and the base configurations, leaving only a few simple steps to complete the install. The distribution contains the following components. 

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 If you wish to use an existing Tomcat server, or to use a different version of Tomcat other than 8.5.11, please see Installing FlexDeploy on existing Tomcat.

Requirements 

• 8GB of RAM
• 1 CPU
• At least 20GB of available space, may need additional space based on purge criteria and usage.
• 64 bit Java 8 JDK which can be downloaded from JDK Options
• If you have not created FlexDeploy Working Directory and Artifact Repository folders, we will create in steps below. (See Create Folders for FlexDeploy Server)
• See Installation Instructions - Database Tier for requirements on Database tier.
• Optional - consider Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) unlimited strength policy files to avoid SSH issues when using strong ciphers.

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Here is how it will look like after unzip.

Step 3. Setup the database for FlexDeploy, if you not already done so.

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• Configure -Dflexagon.fd.install.root with directory to use as the FlexDeploy working directory (See Create Folders for FlexDeploy Server - FlexDeploy Working Directory)
• Configure -Dflexagon.fd.repository.root with the directory to host the FlexDeploy artifact repository (See Create Folders for FlexDeploy Server - FlexDeploy Artifact Repository)

Below are default artifact and working directories created under FlexDeploy Home when you extracted zip file. If you want to use different directories then modify setenv.sh or setenv.bat file, otherwise skip this step.

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• http://hostname:8000/flexdeploy
  • Update hostname in URL to indicate host where FlexDeploy is installed.
  • Update port if you had modified server.xml for different port number.
• You will need to complete Initial Registration process, where you will create admin user for login.

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