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Install Sakai 11.4 on Ubuntu server 16.04 using binary package

Install Sakai 11.4 on Ubuntu server 16.04 using binary package

Oct 11, 2017

This provides instruction for installing a default Sakai 11.4 demo instance on Ubuntu-server 16.04 using a packaged binary .deb

Preparation 

A fresh Ubuntu 16.04 install may not have all the required packages until after the package manager is updated, and some dependencies may require upgrading.

 

  1. update the apt package cache:

  2. Upgrade packages:

Step-by-step guide (DEMO Database)

 

Prepare a demo database (package default is server:127.0.0.1, username:sakai, password:changeme)

  1. Install MySQL-server:

  2. When prompted set your mysql root user password

  3. Create the sakai database: 

  4. Grant access to the package's default credentials:

Step-by-step guide (Sakai install)



These steps will install the Sakai 11.4 binaries and dependencies (tomcat, java, mysql-java-connector), after installation the sakai.properties can be found at /var/lib/tomcat8/sakai/sakai.properties, after making any changes restart Sakai with: sudo systemctl restart tomcat8


  1. Download the .deb package (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-yFOUaoqdfbV3VfQVJjSDQ4Ums/view?usp=sharing) 


  2. Install with:

     

  3. Monitor catalina.out for a startup message similar to " INFO: Server startup in 78834 ms" using:

  4. Sakai 11.4 should be available on port 8080 @ http://<serveraddresss>:8080/portal