Installing Bamboo 1.0 on Tomcat 5.x under Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP

This document assumes familiarity with most common Windows methodologies, an installed copy of Tomcat and a locally installed version of PostgreSQL 7.3 or higher.

  1. Download the bamboo-1.0.war file from the download site
  2. Install PostgreSQL and setup a database, username, and password

    PostgreSQL (in a Cygwin console):

    # createuser -W bamboouser

... give no permissions unless needed (not needed by default) ...

# createdb bamboo
  3. Drop the WAR in the Tomcat webapps directory using the console or Windows Explorer
    C:\> copy bamboo-1.0.war <tomcat_install>\webapps\forum.war
  4. Delete all files from the endorsed directory
    C:\> del <tomcat_install>\common\endorsed\*.*
  5. Start the server by restarting the NT service or by stopping Tomcat and then restarting through the Start Menu
  6. Open a web browser and goto http://localhost:8080/, unless Bamboo has been installed on a different server. In which case, you should go to that servers FQDN (fully qualified domain name)
  7. Upon loading this page you will be presented with the interactive setup guide. Please follow the instructions, at the end of which Bamboo will be fully installed
  8. Congratulations! Now the only thing left to do is communicate with your users

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