Install itracker

1. First you have to download and install Apache Tomcat-6 you can do this here: Download Tomcat-6 If you need more instructions about Tomcat-6 take a look at this site: Information Tomcat-6
2. itracker assumes the mail and activation libs are provided in the application class-path either by the JVM or application server. Best practice is to install the required files to the Tomcat lib folder if necessary:
   1. download and extract java activation framework available from sun.com
   2. copy the jar file activation.jar to the webserver library (eg $TOMCAT6_HOME/lib/)
   3. download and extract javamail available from sun.com
   4. copy the jar files mail-api.jar and javamail.jar to the webserver library
   5. restart Tomcat to apply this changes
3. After installing Tomcat-6 you have to set up an empty MySQL database for your itracker. The database must support UTF-8 charset for itracker to function properly. If you need more instructions about MySQL: www.mysql.com .
4. If you have all this requirements resolved, download the binary itracker file on Sourceforge. Extract it and deploy the itracker.war file to $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps folder
5. You can update configurations in tomcat/webapps/itracker folder:
   • Database Connection configuration you will find in WEB-INF/classes/application.properties
   • The Application settings are in this file: WEB-INF/configuration.properties
6. If you have finished the configuration restart the tomcat application to change your settings. You should be able to open the url itracker on localhost port 8080