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We recommend:
These instructions assume that your frevvo-tomcat bundle is already installed and running successfully.
Start your frevvo server
If the status returns failures or disabled:
Review the previous installation steps.
See starting and testing the connector installation for troubleshooting.
To upgrade a previous version of the Database Connector to the latest version in your existing Tomcat bundle installation:
Ensure you have downloaded the supported version of OpenJDK. Check Supported Platforms before beginning.
Stop frevvo
Download the latest version of the Database Connector
Extract the database.war to your <frevvo-home>\tomcat\webapps directory.
Verify that the Database Connector configuration is correct for the new version.
Review Supported Platforms. Verify that the certified version of Java is installed and the Java_Home environment variable has been configured . |
Double click the <db-home>\database-connector-2.5.x\Install-Service.bat file to install the connector as a Windows service. Click the Start-DBConnector-Service.bat to start it
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It is possible to manage the Database Connector using systemd ‘service’ scripts.
You can now use systemd to manage the dbconnector service:
To flag the service to start automatically on system boot use the following command:
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To upgrade a previous version of the Database Connector to the latest version using the standalone connector:
Ensure you have downloaded the supported version of OpenJDK. Check Supported Platforms before beginning.
Stop frevvo
Download the latest version of the Standalone Database Connector bundle
Install the bundle.
Verify that the Database Connector configuration is correct for the new version.
Browse http(s)://localhost:8081/database/status. Your database configuration is successful when the status returns Passed! for each queryset.
The connector relies on the JDBC API. You must have a JDBC driver for your database. Refer to Supported Platforms for the list of databases certified by frevvo.
You MUST use a JDBC4 type driver, version 5.1.26 or later. |
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The BIRT (ClassicModels) and myStore querySets are preloaded with in-memory Derby databases and test data. This makes it very easy to try out the connector. No configuration is necessary.
Follow the steps below to deploy the connector in the frevvo-tomcat bundle and you can get started very quickly
Review Supported Platforms. Verify that the certified version of Java is installed and the Java_Home environment variable has been configured . |
Download the latest frevvo-tomcat bundle from the frevvo website.
Download the Database Connector war file. Rename it to database.war.
Extract the tomcat bundle zipfile to a location of your choice. We will refer to this directory as <frevvo-home>.
Copy database.war to <frevvo-home>\tomcat\webapps.
Start the Insight server, then start frevvo.