SysAid Server v5.6 for Linux/Unix
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Installation Instructions
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The SysAid package is available as a Web ARchive file (.WAR file) and should be deployed to an existing Tomcat web application server.

A. Option with Embedded Database (Derby)


If you want to work with an embedded database (Derby), please follow the instructions below:

1. Install SUN JAVA JRE 1.5 or a later version. Java is available at http://java.sun.com/
2. Install Tomcat 4.1 , 5.0 or 5.5. Tomcat is available at http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/
3. Deploy the sysaid.war file to the tomcat server. Usually you will just need to copy it to the webapps directory, and Tomcat will automatically deploy it.  
   A sysaid directory tree will be created in the deployed location (default is tomcat/webapps/sysaid).
   SysAid will start to work with the derby database.
4. If you have a license file for the full version please replace it now at tomcat/webapps/sysaid/WEB-INF/conf/activation.xml and restart the Tomcat server.
5. Access SysAid at http://<host>:<port>/sysaid.  The main login will be sysaid/changeit .


B. Option with MySQL database:


1. Install SUN JAVA JRE 1.5 or a later version. Java is available at http://java.sun.com/
2. Install Tomcat 4.1, 5.0 or 5.5. Tomcat is available at http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/
3. Install MySQL version 3.x or 4.0.x database server. MySQL is available in most of the Linux distributions and also available at    http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.0.html .
4. Create an empty database in the MySQL server.
5. Deploy the sysaid.war file to the tomcat server. Usually you will just need to copy it to the webapps directory, and Tomcat will automatically deploy it.    A sysaid directory tree will be created in the deployed location (default is tomcat/webapps/sysaid).
6. Stop the Tomcat server.
7. If you have a license file for the full version replace it now at tomcat/webapps/sysaid/WEB-INF/conf/activation.xml.
8. Execute the init-sysaid.sh script. The first and only required parameter is the location of the deployed SysAid web application 
   (e.g. ./init-sysaid.sh /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/sysaid ). Follow the instructions in that initialization script.
9. Start the tomcat server
10.Try to access SysAid at http://<host>:<port>/sysaid



If you have any questions or problems, please email support@ilient.com. In any case of error during installation, please attach the content of the logs folder at .../sysaid/WEB-INF/logs.