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Installation

Supported Platforms

  • Ubuntu 14.04+
  • Mac 10.6+
  • Windows 10

Requirements

System Requirements

  • Internet connection (recommended)
  • 4GB RAM (minimum), 8GB RAM (recommended)
  • 25GB disk storage (minimum)

Software Requirements

  • Java 7 (required)
  • Tomcat 7 (recommended)
  • Database - MySQL 5.7 (recommended)
  • SMTP server - Sendgrid, Mailgun, etc (recommended)
  • Web Browser - Chrome/Firefox (recommended)

Basic Instructions

  1. Install dependencies
  2. Download latest release
  3. Create new database in MySQL
  4. Grant permissions to new database user
  5. Configure runtime properties (openboxes-config.properties)
  6. Copy WAR file to Tomcat
  7. Configure Tomcat
  8. Start Tomcat
  9. Watch the Tomcat logs during startup
  10. Open application using Chrome browser