This page last changed on Sep 19, 2006 by david.soul@atlassian.com.
Installing the standalone version is easy:
- Download and install the Java Development Kit (JDK) from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html. You want the J2SE SDK version without the Sun Java System Application Server.
- Set the JAVA_HOME variable to where you installed Java. If you are running windows, steps on how to do this can be found here
- Unzip the standalone version into a directory. It does not matter where you put it, but you need to remember where it is. This directory is called the 'confluence install directory' in the rest of the instructions.
- Ensure that you do not have the CATALINA_HOME environment variable specified or pointing to a previously installed instance of Tomcat. The confluence standalone instance runs within a bundled tomcat instance, and having CATALINA_HOME specified in the environment will confuse the tomcat startup scripts.
- Edit the confluence-init.properties file in the confluence\WEB-INF\classes directory which you can find under the confluence install directory, and set the confluence.home property to a directory of your choice. The line that you need to change in the confluence-init.properties file looks like #confluence.home=/tmp/confluence. You need to change it to confluence.home=<your confluence home location>. For example you might choose c:/confluencedata as your confluence.home directory, so you'd change that line to confluence.home=c:/confluencedata. Don't forget to remove the leading '#' character. This directory is where Confluence will store it's configuration information, indexes and attachments, so the user running the server must have write access to this directory.
- Run bin/startup.sh (*nix) or bin\startup.bat (Windows). Check that there are no errors on the console. See Troubleshooting & Technical Support if you see any errors
- Point your browser at http://localhost:8080/. You should see the Confluence Setup Wizard!
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