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1. Install Java SDK
   
   1. The current stable release (13.07) needs a minimum of Java 7 ( NOTE: 14.12 will need a minimum of Java 8!)
   2. If you do not have Java installed then you can download it from here (ADD Link to Java for download)
      
      
2. Download the latest stable release (ADD link to download)

   1. NOTE: Optional - If you have Apache Subversion installed then instead of just downloading the stable release you can checkout the code from the OFBiz repository. 

      To do this you can run the following command:

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      $ svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/branches/release.ofbiz13.07 ofbiz.13.07

3. Building OFBiz
   1. OFBiz comes with Apache Ant included and Ant is used to build OFBiz.

   2. To build OFBiz navigate into the ofbiz directory and then run the following command

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      $ ./ant load-demo

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      NOTE: This will build OFBiz using the version of Apache Ant that is included. It will also load the demo data that will help you understand OFBiz by seeing some sample transactions and reports.

4. Starting OFBiz
   1. Once the build is complete, you will need to start OFBiz

   2. To start OFBiz, navigate into the ofbiz directory and then run the following command

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      $ ./ant start

      
      NOTE: If you are running Windows you will need to use the command terminal and run the ant start.bat (NOTE - check if this is correct)

5. Logging into OFBiz and the backend applications

   1. To log into OFBiz and its backend applications you will need to open a browser and enter the following URL

       

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      https://localhost:8443/accounting/control/main

   2. Once the login screen appears

      Login using the user 'admin' with the password 'ofbiz'

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      NOTE: All the parties setup with the demo data have the default password 'ofbiz' so you can also login as 'DemoCustomer', 'DemoSupplier' or 'DemoEmployee' etc

      
      
      

6. Logging into the e-commerce store

   1. To log into the OFBiz E-Commerce Webstore you will need to open a browser and enter the following URL

       

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      http://localhost:8080/ecommerce/control/main

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      NOTE: You can test the webstore features including shopping cart, blog, newsletter subscriptions, promotions and also buy products using the DemoCustomer profle (User Id = DemoCustomer, password = 'ofbiz').

      
      
      

7. Stopping OFBiz

   1. To stop OFBiz navigate into the ofbiz directory and enter the following command

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      $ ./ant stop

General Setup

Parties

In OFBiz there is the concept of a party. A party can be an individual person or it can be a group (e.g. an organisation). The party manager application allows you to create both individuals and groups.

A party is also associated with a role, e.g. SUPPLIER, CUSTOMER or EMPLOYEE

The roles are used to help OFBiz manage how the party will interact with the OFBiz applications. A party can have multiple roles.

Parties can be created automatically (e.g. via the e-commerce store when a customer registers) or manually. A customer registering via the ecommerce store is automatically given the role of CUSTOMER.

When you create a new party manually in the Party Manager application you will see that there are some options to directly create a party and assign a role automatically. If you use the

Create New Party Group

Create New Person

then you will have to add the roles manually to them

Accounting

Facilities

Webstore