As an administrator at the enterprise, you need to undertake a lot of administration tasks, such as installing Liferay portal, installing and setting up databases, and so on.
You can install Liferay Portal through different ways, based on your specific needs. Normally, there are three main installation options:
We will take up the third installation option “Using the extension environment” in the coming section.
First let’s consider one scenario when you, as an administrator, need to install Liferay portal in Windows with MySQL database, and your local Java version is JavaSE 5.0. Let’s install Liferay portal bundled with Tomcat 5.5 in Windows as follows:
Note that the bundle comes with an embedded HSQL database loaded with sample data from the public website of Liferay. Do not use the Hypersonic in production.
Let’s consider another scenario when you, as an administrator, need to install Liferay portal in Linux with MySQL database, and your local Java version is Java 6.0. Let’s install Liferay portal bundled with Tomcat 6.0 in Linux as follows:
Note that, Liferay Portal creates the tables it needs along with example data, the first time it starts. Furthermore, it is necessary to make the script executable by running chmod +x filename.sh. It is often necessary to run the executable from the directory where it resides.
You can use one of the following options for Servlet containers and full Java EE application servers to install Liferay Portal:
You can choose a preferred bundle according to your requirements and download it from the official download page directly. Simply go to the website http://www.liferay.com and click on Downloads page.
As an administrator, you can install Liferay Portals on all major application servers, databases, and operating systems. There are over 700 ways to deploy Liferay Portal. Thus, you can reuse your existing resources, stick to your budget and get an immediate return on you investment that everyone can be happy with.
In general, you can install Liferay portal in Linux, UNIX and Windows with any one of the following application servers (or Servlet containers) and by selecting any one of the following database systems.
The applications servers (or Servlet containers) that Liferay Portal can run on, include:
Databases that Liferay portal can run on include:
Operating systems that Liferay portal can run on include:
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