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 Installing Standalone Distribution of Apache Archiva
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Installing Standalone Distribution of Apache Archiva

  Installing the standalone distribution of Archiva is quite simple - for an example, see the {{{../quick-start.html} Quick Start}} guide.

  However, the best way to use this installation technique is to separate the configuration from the installation to make it easy to
  upgrade to newer versions in the future.

* Running Archiva

  Archiva can be run by executing:

    * <<<bin/archiva>>>, or <<<bin\archiva.bat>>> for windows (select the one for your environment). The argument can be <<<console>>> to run
      interactively, or <<<start>>> to run in the background (in this case, run the script with <<<stop>>> to later stop the server). The logs
      are available in the <<<logs>>> directory where Archiva is installed.

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* Installing as a Service on Windows

  On Windows, to use the <<<start>>> and <<<stop>>> commands you must first install it as a service. This is done by running:

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.\bin\archiva install
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  You can then use the <<<start>>> and <<<stop>>> commands as well as the traditional Windows service management console to manage the Archiva
  service.

  This procedure installs the service to run as the local system user. You must ensure that it has access to read the installation, and to write
  to the logs and data directories.

  You can later remove the service with:

----
.\bin\archiva remove
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* Separating the base from the installation

  The standalone instance of Archiva uses the Plexus application server, which is capable of separating it's configuration from installation,
  in much the same way Tomcat does for example.

  This is achieved by the following steps:

   [[1]] Creating the base location. For example, you might install Archiva in <<</opt/archiva-1.0>>> and the data in <<</var/archiva>>>. Create the directories <<</var/archiva/logs>>>, <<</var/archiva/data>>> and <<</var/archiva/conf>>>.

   [[2]] Copy the configuration files from the Archiva installation (eg <<</opt/archiva-1.0/conf>>> to the new location (eg. <<</var/archiva/conf>>>). If you've previously run Archiva, you may need to edit <<<conf/archiva.xml>>> to change the location of the repositories

   [[3]] Set the environment variable <<<ARCHIVA_BASE>>> to the data location (eg. <<</var/archiva>>>). In bash, be sure to export the variable.

   [[4]] Start Archiva standalone as described above from the installation location

* Configuring Archiva

  Archiva's configuration is loaded from the following files, in order of most precedent:

    * <<<~/.m2/archiva.xml>>>

    * <<<$ARCHIVA_BASE/conf/archiva.xml>>>

    * <<<conf/archiva.xml>>> in the Archiva installation

  When Archiva saves it's configuration, all configuration is stored to a single file. The file chosen is by the following rules:

    * If <<<~/.m2/archiva.xml>>> exists, it is saved there

    * Otherwise, if <<<$ARCHIVA_BASE/conf/archiva.xml>>> exists, it is saved there

    * If neither apply, it is saved to <<<~/.m2/archiva.xml>>>.

  The configuration will never be saved in the Archiva installation directory if you are using a separate base directory.

  Note that the configuration can be edited, but only when Archiva is not running as it will not reload a changed configuration file, and will save over it
  if something is changed in the web interface.

* Database

 By default, Archiva uses embedded {{{http://db.apache.org/derby}Apache Derby}}
 to store the user information. It can be configured to use an external database
 by providing a JDBC driver and editing the <<<jetty.xml>>> file.

 [[1]] Place the jar containing the JDBC driver in the <<<lib>>> directory of the Archiva installation.

 [[2]] Edit <<<conf/jetty.xml>>>, providing the JDBC driver class
 name, database url, username, and password.

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 The example below uses Mysql for the database server. You can take a look at
 {{{http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ARCHIVA/Archiva+with+MySQL}Archiva with MySQL}}
 for more details.

+------+
  ...
  <!-- Archiva Database -->

  <New id="archiva" class="org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Resource">
    <Arg>jdbc/archiva</Arg>
    <Arg>
      <New class="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource">
        <Set name="serverName">localhost</Set>
        <Set name="databaseName">archiva</Set>
        <Set name="user">archiva</Set>
        <Set name="password">sa</Set>
      </New>
    </Arg>
  </New>

  <New id="archivaShutdown" class="org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Resource">
    <Arg>jdbc/archivaShutdown</Arg>
    <Arg>
      <New class="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource">
        <Set name="serverName">localhost</Set>
        <Set name="databaseName">archiva</Set>
        <Set name="user">archiva</Set>
        <Set name="password">sa</Set>
      </New>
    </Arg>
  </New>

  <!-- Users / Security Database -->

  <New id="users" class="org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Resource">
    <Arg>jdbc/users</Arg>
    <Arg>
      <New class="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource">
        <Set name="serverName">localhost</Set>
        <Set name="databaseName">redback</Set>
        <Set name="user">archiva</Set>
        <Set name="password">sa</Set>
      </New>
    </Arg>
  </New>

  <New id="usersShutdown" class="org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Resource">
    <Arg>jdbc/usersShutdown</Arg>
    <Arg>
      <New class="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource">
        <Set name="url">jdbc:mysql://localhost/redback</Set>
        <Set name="user">archiva</Set>
        <Set name="password">sa</Set>
      </New>
    </Arg>
  </New>
  ...
+------+

 More information about using Derby Network Server as an external user database
 for Archiva can be found on the wiki:
 {{{http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ARCHIVA/Archiva+User+DB+on+Derby+Network+Server}
 Archiva User DB on Derby Network Server}}