How to install Joget Workflow

Installing Joget Workflow, a business process management tool, on an unmanaged virtual private server (VPS) is explained in this article.

RAM requirements for Joget Workflow are at least 1 GB. Prior to installing Joget Workflow, you should increase the RAM on your VPS if it is only 512 MB.Contents Table of

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Installing Joget Workflow

Based on Apache Tomcat and Java, Joget Workflow is a workflow and business process management tool. Installing Joget Workflow on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is shown in the following approach; it should also work on other versions of the operating system.

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To install Joget Workflow:

1. Download the Joget Workflow installation file at http://www.joget.org/download to your computer.Make sure you download the v3 Community Edition – Bundle for Linux.
2. Upload the .tar.gz installation file to the VPS.
3. Log in to your account using SSH. For information about how to access your account using SSH, please see this article.
4. Type the following commands to update the system:Copyapt-get update apt-get upgrade
5. To install Java, type the following command:
   Copyapt-get install openjdk-6-jdk
6. To install MySQL, type the following command:
   Copyapt-get install mysql-serverWhen you are prompted to do so, set the MySQL root password.
7. To create a MySQL database for Joget Workflow, start the mysql program. Use the root password that you specified in step 6:
   Copymysql -u root -p
8. At the mysql> prompt, type the following command:
   CopyCREATE DATABASE jwdb;
9. To exit the mysql program, type \q and then press Enter.
10. To extract the Joget Workflow application files, type the following commands. Replace PATH with the path to the installation file that you uploaded in step 2:
    Copycd /opt tar xvzf /PATH/joget-linux-3.1.1.tar.gzThe exact filename may differ slightly, depending on the version you downloaded.
11. Rename the extracted Joget directory in the /opt directory to joget. To do this, type the following command:
    Copymv joget-linux-3.1.1/ joget
12. Change to the joget directory:
    Copycd /opt/joget
13. Run the setup script:
    Copy./setup.shTo accept the default values, press Enter. (The only value you should have to change is the MySQL password.) When the setup script finishes, you should receive a BUILD SUCCESSFUL message.
14. Start the Tomcat server:
    Copy./tomcat6.sh run
15. Use your web browser to go to http://www.example.com:8080/jw, where example.com represents your domain name.
16. The Joget Workflow home page appears. From this page, you can access the web console (the default username and password are both admin), try a sample application, and more.