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1. Install Java SDK
   
   1. The current stable release (16.11) needs Java 1.8 as a minimum
   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
   
   1. You can download the latest stable release via the following link (ADD link to Download)
      
      
3. Building and Starting OFBiz
   1. Extract the downloaded zip file
   2. Open a terminal and navigate into the newly created directory

   3. If you are using Linux enter Enter the following at the command line:

       

      Code Block
      Linux: ./gradlew "ofbiz ‐‐load--load-data readers=seed,seed-initial" loadAdminUserLogin -PuserLoginId=admin

      If you are using Windows then enter the following at the command line

      Code Block
      Windows: gradlew "ofbiz ‐‐load--load-data readers=seed,seed-initial" loadAdminUserLogin -PuserLoginId=admin admin

      Beware that copying this command in Microsoft Word will automatically transform the double dash in en dash (Unicode 0x2013: –) 

      This command will build OFBiz and load the seed data and create the admin user that you can use to login.

   4. Check if OFBiz is started

   5. or need needs to run start......////normally simply run

      Code Block
      Linux: ./gradlew ofbiz Windows: gradlew ofbiz

      See From Ant to Gradle - trunk version for more details

       

4. Logging into the Back End Applications
   1. Open your browser
   2. In the URL address bar enter https://localhost:8443/accounting
   3. The OFBiz login screen will be displayed
   4. Enter "admin" as the username and "ofbiz" as the password (NOTE: This user was created in the previous step)
   5. The OFBiz Accounting Manager application screen will be displayed
   6. You have now logged into OFBiz and can now navigate and use any of the back end applications (NOTE: The OFBiz install will be empty, there will be no chart of accounts, no transactions, no products, no customers and no suppliers)
   Logging into
   1. You can't log to the E-Commerce Store
   2. DONT THINK THERE IS ECOMMERCE STORE IF SEED DATA LOADED AS IS A DEMO. CHECK!!! (
   3. In the URL address bar enter https://localhost:8443/ecommerce. You will get: "A Product Store has not been defined for this ecommerce site. A Product Store can be created using the ofbizsetup wizard."
5. Stopping OFBiz
   1. Open another terminal and navigate to the ofbiz directoryIf you are using Linux enter the following at the command line
      OFBiz directory
   2. You can simply use Ctrl+C

   3. Or:

       

      Code Block
      Linux: ./gradlew "ofbiz --shutdown"

       

      If you are using Windows then enter the following at the command line

       

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1. 1. Windows: gradlew "ofbiz --shutdown"

      Beware that copying this command in Microsoft Word will automatically transform the double dash in en dash (Unicode 0x2013: –)