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We need some more info on security of course but I have no experience running DHIS on Windows so I cannot add much there. This will be very specific of course to the environment. 

I have recently added some info on use of HTTPS and the use of a reverse proxy. If course this is more or less the same on windows if you use Apache, but it has not been documented. 

I am working on a document detailing how to setup DHIS 2 on Amazon web services which should handle the clustering aspect, but obviously only this will handle this platform.

Regards,
Jason

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From: "Knut Staring" <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 09:29
Subject: [Dhis2-users] Setting up a computer as a server
To: "Ola Hodne Titlestad" <olati@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Jason Pickering" <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>, <dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Stephen Gbanyan" <mambu9@xxxxxxxxx>


On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olati@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Stephen has already been installing several offline instances of DHIS 2
> using the installer (with java,postgres, dhis live). I guess what he is
> asking here is how a server set up (accessible over Internet or a local
> network)  will be different from such offline installs.
>
> Knut, didn't you write this up somewhere?

Well, I think Jason's point is that there isn't really much difference
between a desktop and a server installation as long as you go with
Tomcat and Postgresql and you are only running one instance of DHIS2.
Of course, there are issues around how to make a nicer URL and how to
make the server available on (exposed to) the internet. But as long as
you have a local area network, all you only have know  the address of
the server (on Windows, open a command window and type ipconfig). You
can then access the DHIS2 from any machine on the network by pointing
the browser to http://192.168.X.X:8080/dhis (replace the XX).

My earlier write-up was for a Ubuntu server, Jason has incorporated
this in chapter 2.1.4 of the user manual.

> We should expand the installation chapter in the implementation guide to
> include more on this topic, e.g. specifics of a Windows server setup.

Agree that there is more to be added, like how to make the server
visible on the internet, and some security considerations. Also
reverse proxy using Apache in combination with Tomcat, mulitiple
instances on the same server, database clustering and load balancing.
Anything else?

Knut

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> On 24 March 2011 04:01, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Stephen,
>> There are many different ways to setup DHIS2 depending on your exact
>> requirements. You will need to install a database system.  There are
>> two possible choices for a multi-user environment, either Postgresql
>> or MySQL. I would recommend to go with Postgresql unless you have a
>> reason not too. You will need to ensure the latest copy of Java is
>> installed on both computers.
>>
>> You can read more about the process in the user manual
>>
>> http://www.dhis2.com/doc/snapshot/en/user/dhis2_user_manual_en.pdf
>>
>> You can also try an experimental installer, which will install Java,
>> Postgresql, and an empty database for DHIS2 available here
>>
>> http://dhis2.net/ DHIS2-2.1-windows-live-JRE-en.exe
>>
>> Good luck and let us know how it goes.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/23/11, Stephen Gbanyan <mambu9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hi Knut,
>> >
>> > There are two machines and one has Windows 2003 and the other Windows
>> > 2008.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Stephen
>> >
>> >
>> > On 3/23/11, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Hi Stephen,
>> >>
>> >> What would be the operating system on this machine?
>> >>
>> >> Knut
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Stephen Gbanyan <mambu9@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Hi All,
>> >>>
>> >>> In our Malaria Control Program there is currently a server in which I
>> >>> would like to have the dhis install on.  The idea is for the data
>> >>> clerks to just log onto that machine and do the data entry and also
>> >>> for managers to access key information for management use. I would
>> >>> highly appreciate if you could guide me through the process to have
>> >>> their machine setup a a server.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>>
>> >>> Stephen
>> >>>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
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>> >> Knut Staring
>> >>
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