Windows Quick Start Installer

The FlexDeploy™ Windows Quick Start provides a means for getting FlexDeploy up and running in less than 15 minutes, and is generally used for a trial or proof of concept.

The installer will install the following components:

  • JDK 1.7
  • FlexDeploy database schemas
  • FlexDeploy master data
  • Tomcat application server
  • The FlexDeploy application
  • All FlexDeploy plugins (/plugins sub-folder of the installation folder)

The FlexDeploy installer requires that the Oracle XE software be installed and validated prior to running the FlexDeploy installer. Oracle XE can be downloaded from Oracle's site:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/express-edition/downloads/index.html

Installation pre-requisites

  • A windows laptop/desktop or windows server.
  • Oracle XE must be installed on the same laptop/desktop or windows server.
  • You must have location of OracleXE installation, TNS listener port, and system password to access the existing installation of Oracle XE.
  • Port 8000 should be free so that the FlexDeploy server can start. Otherwise the port number can be changed in the configuration files.
  • For Download link to FDsetup<version>.exe, contact us via the Flexagon website. We will send you download link via Email.
  • The installer will ask where to install of the FlexDeploy software. Currently, this directory cannot contain spaces in the name. The remainder of this document will refer to this directory as %INSTALL_LOCATION%.

Installation Instructions

Run the FDsetup<version>.exe file, reading all instructions and questions in the setup wizard carefully as to install FlexDeploy correctly.

Click Next and follow through to finish installation.

After the completion of this setup, the Tomcat server is available with FlexDeploy running.  Enter the following URL into a browser.

http://localhost:8000/flexdeploy/

For further information regarding FlexDeploy and getting started, refer to the FlexDeploy Getting Started Guide.

Installation Details

FlexDeploy userfdadmin
FlexDeploy passwordwelcome1
Oracle XEInstalled by user
Oracle XE usersystem
Oracle XE passwordUser defined
Oracle XE portUser defined (normally 1521 by default)
Tomcat%INSTALL_LOCATION%\tomcat
Tomcat logs%INSTALL_LOCATION%\tomcat\logs
Tomcat startFlexDeploy-x.x (Start Server) icon in start menu (x.x is current version of FlexDeploy)
Tomcat stopFlexDeploy-x.x (Stop Server) icon in start menu (x.x is current version of FlexDeploy)
FlexDeploy login pagehttp://localhost:8000/flexdeploy
JDK1.7.0_67%INSTALL_LOCATION%\java
Install Logs%INSTALL_LOCATION%\install.log
FlexDeploy Install Root%INSTALL_LOCATION%\application
Uploaded Plugins%INSTALL_LOCATION%\application\uploadedplugins
Artifact Repository%INSTALL_LOCATION%\repository

Debug Information

Information for each step of the FlexDeploy installation gets redirected to the install logs for reference and debugging if needed.

If the installation fails after the validation step (#1), and the install.log file has the message “FlexDeploy already exists on file system”, perform the following steps in order (x.x is current version of FlexDeploy):

  1. Make sure that the %INSTALL_LOCATION% directory doesn’t exist on the laptop/desktop/server.  This is a pre-requisite stated above.
  2. Drop the FF, FD, and FD_ADMIN users from the Oracle XE database
  3. Uninstall FlexDeploy-x.x from laptop/desktop/server
  4. Delete \FlexDeploy-x.x directory, including all subdirectories

If the installation fails at any point after the installing the database objects step (#3), then perform the following steps in order:

  1. Check the install.log file for information on the installation problem
  2. Drop the FF, FD, and FD_ADMIN users from the Oracle XE database
  3. Uninstall FlexDeploy-x.x from laptop/desktop/server
  4. Delete remaining FlexDeploy-x.x directory and all sub-directories
  5. Retry installation of FlexDeploy-x.x after adjustments for error in install logs are made

If you need to restart the FlexDeploy server, go to your start menu and find FlexDeploy in your installed programs/applications, and perform the following steps:

  1. Click ‘FlexDeploy-x.x (Stop Server)’ icon
  2. Click ‘FlexDeploy-x.x (Start Server)’ icon

Getting Started

You can reference FlexDeploy Getting Started (for ADF and SOA) to get jump start on initial setup. We

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