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 .
Include Page JDK Options 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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If you were also setting JAVA_HOME, this file would look like this.
Step 8. (Only if using Oracle Database) ADF Essentials comes with the JDBC driver for Oracle 11g database (ojdbc6dms.jar). If you are using Oracle 12c database, you can download the driver (ojdbc7.jar) from the Oracle Technology Network site at Oracle 12c drivers. Delete ojdbc6dms.jar from <FlexDeploy Home>/apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/lib and place ojdbc7.jar in that same folder.
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If you use different Oracle JDBC driver (ojdbc7.jar, ojdbc8.jar etc.), then remove ojdbc6dms.jar. If you leave multiple Oracle JDBC drivers in the lib folder, you could encounter the following exception on startup: java.lang.SecurityException: sealing violation: package oracle.jdbc is sealed |
Step 9. (Optional) Only ff if using IBM ClearCase, you will need to copy some jar files from your ClearCase server or ClearTeam Explorer installation to the FlexDeploy installation
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After starting your server, check the <FlexDeploy Home>/apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/logs/flexdeploy.0.log file for the following error message:
If present, increase the number of processes for the database
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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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