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Klaros-Testmanagement is equipped with an installer for the Microsoft Windows and Linux based operating systems. Excluding a Java Runtime Environment - which is needed for the installer itself, it will install all the necessary applications to run Klaros-Testmanagement, including a file based database (Apache Derby) and the Apache Tomcat application server.
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The installer installs a version of Klaros-Testmanagement that uses the Apache Derby database for persistence. For production systems, it is strongly recommended to use a database like MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle which will provide a significantly better performance. After running the initial installation process, the database can be changed. How this is done is described in Section 3.5, “Changing the Database” |
This chapter provides all necessary information to install Klaros-Testmanagement.
Since Klaros-Testmanagement is a web application the installation prerequisites for the client and the server side are different. These are explained in detail in the next sections.
To access Klaros-Testmanagement a modern web browser supporting JavaScript is required.
Table 3.1. Supported Browser
| Name | Version |
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| Microsoft Internet Explorer | Version 7 and above |
| Mozilla Firefox | Version 3.5 and above |
| Google Chrome | Version 4 and above |
| Safari | Version 4 and above |
Please note that due to its current state Konqueror is currently not a supported browser.
To run the Klaros-Testmanagement server a Microsoft Windows or Linux operating system running Sun/Oracle Java 6 is required.
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Out of the box, most Linux distributions do not come with a Sun/Oracle Java installation but some alternative Java implementation like GJC or OpenJDK. Klaros-Testmanagement is not supported in such an environment and is known to not install or not work properly in such environments. |
For optimal performance a separate database installation is recommended. This database is not required to run on the same physical machine as the Klaros-Testmanagement server.
Table 3.2. Supported Databases
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| Apache Derby | Version 10.5.0.3 and above (already configured) |
| MySQL | Version 5.1 and above |
| PostgreSQL | Version 8.4 and above |
| Oracle | Version 10g, 11g |
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A common caveat is that although Java is installed on your machine, the startup script will complain that neither the JAVA_HOME nor the JRE_HOME environment variable is defined. Windows users will find an option to set this in their computer control panel. The location where to reach this varies with different versions of windows, an example is shown below. Linux users should set the variables in their startup scripts. |
To run Klaros-Testmanagement on Microsoft Windows operating system the following requirements have to be met:
Minimum requirements
1GB RAM, 2GHz CPU
Recommended requirements
2GB RAM, 2.5GHz Dual-Core CPU
Operating system
Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows 7
Java Runtime Environment
Sun/Oracle Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0 or better
To run Klaros-Testmanagement on Linux operating system the following requirements have to be met:
Minimum requirements
1GB RAM, 2GHz CPU
Recommended requirements
2GB RAM, 2.5GHz Dual-Core CPU
Operating system
Linux IA32 (Intel 32 bit architecture) distribution containing Version 2.2.1 or better of the GTK+ widget toolkit and associated libraries
GTK+ is only needed for running the Klaros-Testmanagement installer.
Java Runtime Environment
Sun/Oracle Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0 or better
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