Something about installing iPush Server on CentOS 5.1

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If you want to install iPush Server on CentOS 5.1 Linux, regarding Tomcat, JDK, and MySQL, please take this post for reference.


/* about Tomcat and JDK */

Don't use the Tomcat5 and J2SDK (gcj edition) shipped with CentOS 5.1 CD. Since iPush BackOffice can only run with Tomcat 4.x. And the J2SDK gcj edition is something incompatible with Sun J2SDK.

We recommand the following proven packages of Tomcat and JDK to install on your CentOS 5.1 or any Linux distribution:

1. Tomcat 4.1.x (download from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-41.cgi, select the Full distributions in tar.gz format)

2. J2SDK 1.4.2_xx (download from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html, select SDK, not JRE, RPM in self-extracting file)

After download these packages, you may follow those steps in iPush Server Installation Guide to install them.


/* about MySQL */

The MySQL 5 package shipped with CentOS 5.1 CD would work fine with iPush Server. For starting the MySQL Server:

1. Start them manually with the following shell command:

(change working directory to /etc/rc.d/init.d as user root first)

# service mysqld start // start MySQL Server

2. For auto-starting MySQL after system boot, use the tool ntsysv to check [ * ] before mysqld item:

# ntsysv // run ntsysv

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