OFBiz Install on AWS t2.micro

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This section is how to install OFBiz onto the AWS t2.micro instance that was created in the prior section.

Type into a web browser:

https://ofbiz.apache.org/business-users.html#UsrInstall

Press Enter

Select Download Mirrors

Select Download

apache-ofbiz-16.11-download-mirrors-local

Click on the suggested site.

Download status show in the lower left corner of you web browser.

apache-ofbiz-16.11-download-mirrors-local-suggested

Load WinSCP

Click on New Site

Copy Public DNS from your AWS Instance to the Host Name Field

Enter ec2-user in the User Name Field

Click on Save

Click on Login

Click on Yes

This acknowledges that the servers host key is not cached in the registry.

winscp-aws-host-name-dns-user-name-settings

Right Click on apache-ofbiz.18.12.05.zip

Select Upload

Click on Ok to Upload file to /home/ec2-user

winscp-aws-ofbiz-name-change-upload-aws-server

Type:

Press Enter

Check for file apache-ofbiz-18.12.05.zip

Type:

unzip apache-ofbiz-18.12.05.zip

Press Enter

Type cd apache-ofbiz-18.12.05

Press Enter

putty-ls-ofbiz-16-11-06-zip-unzip-aws-ec2-user

Type:

gradle/init-gradle-wrapper.sh

Press Enter

Type:

./gradlew "ofbiz --load-data readers=seed,seed-initial" loadAdminUserLogin -PuserLoginId=admin

seed=Data that is required in order for the software to run

seed-initial=Data that is only required for the first time. I believe you don't want to run seed-initial on subsequent runs our you may have duplicates or overwrite existing data such as passwords in the system.

ext=Your data.

https://www.hotwaxsystems.com/ofbiz/ofbiz-data-setupdata-reader-best-practices-tutorial/

Press Enter

This installs OFBiz with minimal seed data and a super admin user with password ofbiz. Change "admin" to something like "adminbigsteve" or something. You will be forced to change password at first login.