Deployment runthrough on Windows¶

This is an example deployment on a 32-bit Windows 7 host.

See Deployment runthrough for a typical Linux deployment.

See Deployment troubleshooting for notes about Java and Tomcat versions and on things that might go wrong.

1. Obtain the current code from Mercurial repository¶

I use EasyMercurial as my Windows Mercurial client. Use "Open" -> "Remote repository" and provide https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/hg/human-echolocation-java-webapp as the remote repository URL, cloning to a folder called human-echolocation-java-webapp in my Documents folder. (See screenshot)

2. Install the MATLAB Compiler Runtime¶

Navigate to http://www.mathworks.co.uk/products/compiler/mcr/ and find the download URL. (I am using release R2013b here.) Download and run the installer, accepting its default installation path of C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Compiler Runtime.

3. Install Java and Tomcat¶

Navigate to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html to download (in our case) Java 7 JDK. (Tomcat only requires the JRE, the runtime, but if we're going to do any development we'll want a JDK later.) Run the installer and install to the default path.

Navigate to http://tomcat.apache.org/ and download the "32-bit/64-bit Windows Service installer" for (in our case) Tomcat 7. Again we accept the default path (C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0). Note that the installer asks you to set a username and password for the Tomcat administrator login -- this is optional, but it will save some configuration later if you set a password now. (See screenshot)

When installation is complete, you will be given the option to start Tomcat -- accept it. You should then be able to open the URL http://127.0.0.1:8080/manager/html in a browser to see the Tomcat manager page. You will be asked for a username and password to access it -- these should be the same ones you provided during installation.