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  1. Download and install Java 1.8 or higher JDK/J2SDK (not the JRE, you need the full SDK) from Sun's Java (J2SE) site. You can use OpenJdk 8 (or higher).
    Make sure your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to this JDK after installation (NOTE that for Mac OS X no JVM setup is needed, just make sure Java is up to date with the OS X Software Update facility).
    There are still people using older versions, even it it's of course not recommened, notably for security reasons. By and large see this page on system requirements.
  2. "Download" OFBiz in the directory of your choice (see comments below about that). This should create one sub-directory: ofbiz. This will be the OFBIZ_HOME location.
  3. (not for snapshots) Load OFBiz demo data in the embedded Apache Derby database running "gradlew loadAll" on Windows or "./gradlew loadAll" on Linux/Unix/OSX.
  4. Start OFBiz with embedded Tomcat by going into the ofbiz directory and then running
    • Windows: "gradlew ofbiz" or "startofbiz.bat" (or even "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -jar build\libs\ofbiz.jar")
    • Linux/Unix/OSX: "./gradlew ofbiz" or "./startofbiz.sh" (or even "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -jar build/libs/ofbiz.jar").
  5. Open a browser and go to
    httphttps://127.0.0.1:8080/ecommerce/control/mainlocalhost:8443/ecommerce or https://localhost:8443/ecomseo for the ecommerce application or
    https://127.0.0.1localhost:8443/webtools /control/main    for the WebTools application or
    https://127.0.0.1localhost:8443/catalog /control/mainfor the Catalog Manager application.
  6. The default administrative account is username: "admin", password: "ofbiz".
  7. Have fun with it! You are running on a Java database. For more discussion of databases, read the section below on that topic.
  8. For more detailed options and configuration information, read on!

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You can get more information about available Gradle possibilities using "gradlew takstasks" (Windows) or "./gradlew takstasks" (Linux/Unix/OSX)

Database Setup

Database setup is done in the entityengine.xml file. There are many options there which are described in the Entity Engine Configuration Guide

The OFBiz package comes with Apache Derby, an open source Java database with DB2 specs and is based on the IBM Cloudscape product. This database is good for demonstration purposes because it is easy to setup and use. It is not the best for large data sets and does not provide the same performance or scalability that a major database would, but compared to HypersonicSQL (that we used to use) it is significantly better because while not as fast for small scale operations it is closer to a production database environment and allows us to catch issues earlier on. Smaller sites might even consider this as an option for their production deployment, especially once the database is a bit more stabilized.

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