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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there. I think we should focus on giving the user a choice at install time.

1) Install H2
2) Install Postgres

This is pretty simple. Now the question is how easy is an unattended
Postgres install. We can easily package the Postgres MSI and have the
user click through. Now, any number of problems can occur there, so it
is probably not a good idea. I think the unattended Postgres install
is the best option, but it requires administrative rights, which the
installer can request, but there is no guarantee they will be granted.
Knut previous work includes many of the pieces of the puzzle, but it
does not solve the unattended Postgres install,which I see as the
biggest risk. If that does not install, then you are stuffed.

Write up a blueprint and include the actual requirements, and I will
take a look at it on the plane.

Regards,
JPP




2010/3/1 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> 2010/3/1 Ola Hodne Titlestad <olatitle@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> 2010/3/1 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2010/2/18 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> Hi there.
>>>>
>>>> Try building everything from the latest version of the files, per my
>>>> instructions sent in an earlier mail for the complete compile (dhis2,
>>>> docs, and the installer)
>>>>
>>>> I suspect something was out of date as well.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for testing.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> jason
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Jason, sorry lost focus on the installer for a while.
>>> What we badly need is an installer with DHIS2 Live + Postgres for
>>> Windows.
>>>
>>>
>>> Been getting quite a few requests for this lately and it will make our
>>> range of installers close to complete, as we already have a cross-platform
>>> package (Live) and a tomcat+postgres for linux (deb).
>>
>> I would like to add tomcat+postgres on Windows as well. I saw a request
>> for this on the users list this morning. Many users/admins are familiar with
>> tomcat and would like to use it instead of jetty (which is included in the
>> Live package). We had a pretty well functional windows installer for
>> tomcat+postgres 1-2 years ago ( the bitrock installer), and I think there is
>> still a need for it.
>
> Okay.. that could be good to have too.. The reason why I think we should at
> least prioritize Live now is that it makes life easy.. Common problems we
> get with tomcat which embedded jetty avoids are:
> - tomcat simply doesn't start
> - tomcat is already installed
> - dhis2_home isn't picked up
> I've been testing Live for a long time now and it really works well, with a
> postgres backend its a solid alternative.
>
>
>>
>> Ola
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>>>
>>> I was wondering if you would have time to compile such a package with the
>>> latest dhis? I know I could have dug into this myself but I'm seriously
>>> bogged down with Indian stuff this week...
>>> cheers, Lars
>>>
>>>
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