Installation Windows

Install software stack

Java 8

• https://java.com/en/download/

Tomcat application server

• https://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi#8.5.28

Notes

• Do NOT use default manager password
• Change default http port from 8080 to 80
• Change default https port from 8443 to 443

Option: Extra header security

For Tomcat 7 and higher you can add the security filter to <tomcat>/conf/web.xml inside the web-app tag

  <filter>
   <filter-name>HttpHeaderFilter</filter-name>
   <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-class>
   <init-param>
     <param-name>antiClickJackingEnabled</param-name>
     <param-value>true</param-value>
   </init-param>
   <init-param>
     <param-name>antiClickJackingOption</param-name>
     <param-value>SAMEORIGIN</param-value>
   </init-param>
  </filter>
  <filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>HttpHeaderFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  </filter-mapping>

After writing the file reboot Tomcat for changes to take effect.

MySQL database

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

Notes

• Pick version 5.4 or higher
• Do NOT use default administraion password
• Consider moving data folder relevant location

Missingen dependencies ?

Depending on your Windows installation you might need Visual C++ redistributable

For version 5.7 the following are needed

• Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 (Server)
• Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (Client tools)

Important change for MySQL 5.7+ on windows

Before importing please add the following to the my.ini fil

    innodb_strict_mode=0