This Getting Started track is for experienced Java developers, who would like to add to, customise or otherwise work with the latest version of the Hippo Repository. We will take you through how to get and build the source code.

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Building Hippo Repository from Source

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!

More info

• Configuring the Hippo Repository
• Initializing the Hippo Repository
• Hippo Repository v1.2.x Documentation