Jan 25, 2011

Openbravo Installation

Openbravo ERP/CRM Installation
Recently I performed installation of Openbravo ERP/CRM on windows XP. It is an open source ERP/CRM  I was trying for so many days, today I am succeeded. You may also find it easy if you use following steps:


Minimum Requirements :
512 MB (I used it)
Pentium 4

1. First of all Download
   Apache Tomcat 6.0.16
   Apache ant 1.7.0-bin
   postgresql 8.1.4-1
   jdk-6-windows-i586
   and OpenbravoERP_2.40-windows-installer

2. extract tomcat and ant to C folder in their respective folders
3. install jdk in C:/java
4. install postgresql-8.1.4
5. Set Environment Variables and Path in System properties>>Advanced

Variable Name        Variable Value
ANT_HOME             C:\ant
CATALINA_BASE        C:\tomcat
CATALINA_HOME        C:\tomcat
CATALINA_OPTS         -Xms384M -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M
JAVA_HOME            C:\java

Path (Bin files to be located of tomcat, ant and java in this path)
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%ANT_HOME%\bin;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%CATALINA_HOME%\bin


6. Start tomcat by running start.bat file and Run postgresql too before installation of Openbravo.

7. Follow the installation manual for steps included in openbravo, use C:/openbravo folder for installation.

8. Always use the above configuration of softwares for smooth installation of Openbravo, other versions may conflict during installation.

9. After finish of installation use following link
    http://localhost:8080/openbravo
username: Openbravo
pwd: openbravo (by default)

Comments are welcomed, please give me some suggestions if I forgot to mention any step.

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