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Overview of Developer Portal Installation Steps

This chapter presents an overview of the installation steps for the Developer Portal.

Table 4 summarizes the installation steps.

Summary of Installation Steps

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Table 4 Basic Installation Steps for the Developer Portal

Step	Description
Installing and Setting Up Apache	Download and configure Apache Web Server. Apache Web Server provides the basic web server for the Developer Portal.
Setting Up and Configuring MySQL	Installation and configuration of MySQL sets up the database that is used to store portal data.
Installing and Setting Up a PHP Environment	This step installs various scripts and applications that are required for the portal to function.
Installing Joomla	Installs the basic web interface for the Developer Portal.
Installing Cobalt extensions	Installs several customized packages that provide specialized functionality for the Developer Portal.
Installing on Windows	Option
Using a WAMP server.	By downloading a WAMP application, you can install Apache, MySQL, and PHP from a WAMP server, using an easy-to-use interface. See “Installing Required Software Using WAMP” in Chapter 2 of the Adapter Code for TIBCO API Exchange and Joomla! Installation document, “Windows Installation.”
Installing required components individually.	You can download and install each required component individually. See the following sections in Chapter 2 of the Adapter Code for TIBCO API Exchange and Joomla! Installation document, “Windows Installation.” • ”Installing and Setting Up Apache HTTP Server” • “Installing MySQL” • ”Installing and Setting Up PHP”
Installing Joomla	See “Installing Joomla” in Chapter 2 of the Adapter Code for TIBCO API Exchange and Joomla! Installation document, “Windows Installation.”
Installing Cobalt Extensions	See “Post-Installation Tasks” in Chapter 4 of the Adapter Code for TIBCO API Exchange and Joomla! Installation document, “Setting Up Joomla.”
Installing on Linux	Option
Using a LAMP server.	By downloading a LAMP application, you can install Apache, MySQL, and PHP from a LAMP server.
Installing required components individually.	You can download and install each required component individually See the following sections in Chapter 3 of the Adapter Code for TIBCO API Exchange and Joomla! Installation document, “Linux Installation.” • ”Installing and Setting Up Apache HTTP Server” • “Installing and Configuring MySQL” • ”Installing and Setting Up PHP” • “Installing the Adapter”
Installing Joomla	See “Installing Joomla” iAdapter Code for TIBCO API Exchange and Joomla! Installation“”

 

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