How to download, install and run the Hippo Repository, so you can serve content to a Hippo CMS or your own Hippo Site.

Hippo Repository

• Download the latest build from http://repository.hippocms.org/hippo-repository/v1.2.x/
• Unzip the build into a folder on your harddisk, for example ~/hippo/hippo-repository-1.2.x

  Warning Windows Explorer's built-in "compressed folder" functionality is reported to incorrectly unzip the Hippo Repository binary distribution. Windows users are adviced to use a third-party ZIP utility, e.g. 7-Zip.

• Then you need to change directory to where the startup scripts are, if this is your first run, make them executable, then run them. In a new console, type:

  cd ~/hippo/hippo-repository-[version]/bin
  chmod u+x fortress.sh wrapper.bin libwrapper.so
  ./fortress.sh start
  

NB. Windows Users, Linux Users, MacOSX Users.

Now you can see if it is working

• Open a webbrowser and navigate to http://localhost:60000/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!