Pre Requirements

• Automated installer only supports Windows platforms (XP/Windows2000/2003/Vista)
• An installed database server, database instance and administrative credentials ready to use. (Please see Installing Velo Repository for more details how to install the repository databases)
• Download JDK 1.6 from: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
• Set JAVA_HOME environment variable to JDK home page (example: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01)

JAVA_HOME is a must! JAVA_HOME parameter is a must and should point to the JDK (not JRE) folder!

Detailed pre-requirements If you would like to find out more detailed pre requirements including hardware requirements please check out Pre Requirements

Download the installer

Download the latest installer from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=200157&sel_platform=4273

Running the installer

Double click the downloaded exe and follow the wizard instructions.

Do not choose installation directory with spaces Java/Jboss/etc... may break when directories has spaces, Please do not choose a directories with spaces (such as "Program Files") for Velo.

Importing Initial Data

Importing initial data is required in order to create default information into the repository.

• Enter the setup page via the following link:
  http://localhost:8080/velo/Setup.seam
  (If your are not using the browser within the machine Velo server was installed on please replace 'localhost' with the right host name)
• Press the 'Import Initial Data' button

Expect a 'successfully imported initial data'

Wait until the server finish starting up After the installation process has completed, otherwisethe Setup link won't be accessible. It takes 1-3 minutes for the server to start up depends on your hardware. If you want to make sure the server successfully started then expect the last line in server log to look like: 2007-12-24 23:28:31,500 INFO [org.jboss.system.server.Server] JBoss (MX MicroKernel) [4.2.2.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_4_2_2_GA date=200710221139)] Started in 3m:8s:891ms The server log file is located under: $VELO_HOME/jboss-4.2.2.GA/server/default/log/server.log

Logging into the administrative front-end

Logging into the administrative front-end is very simple,

The Import initial data button should already redirect you to the right page,
The left thing is to login with the following credentials:

username: admin
password: admin

What's next?

For more information, please refer to Documentation