Get the Hippo Repository source code from the Hippo Subversion Repository and build, install and run it.
Prerequisites
- Java 1.4.x or Java 1.5.x from Sun
- Maven 1.0.x
- Getting a Subversion Client
Get the code
- Check out the code from the Hippo Subversion Repository:
svn co https://svn.hippocms.org/repos/hippo/hippo-repository/trunk hippo-repository
Build the repository
- In the repository main directory type:
maven
Starting the repository
- Go to the bin directory in the target:
cd target/hippo-repository-<version>/bin
- on windows type:
fortress.bat console
- on linux type:
./fortress.sh console
- For more info on fortress see: Windows Users, Linux Users, MacOSX Users.
Testing the Repository
- Open a webbrowser and navigate to http://localhost:60000/
- Click on default
- You should get a popup asking for a username and password
- Enter the username "root" and password "password"
- Congratulations, your Hippo Repository is running!