Minyaa - Installation using a self-built WAR file

What is it?

It is the procedure to follow when you need to built a WAR file or an EAR to deploy on your J2EE Server.

Since Minyaa requires to perform modifications in your settings, it requires to be deployed on J2EE Server where the WAR is unpacked!

Be aware that some J2EE Server like JBoss or Weblogic do not unpack the deployed WAR by default.

Minyaa Installation

Prepare WAR/EAR JIRA distribution :

Download the JIRA WAR/EAR Distribution (here 4.2) from the JIRA Download Center.
Make sure you are not downloading the Standalone Version.
Extract it to a folder of your choosing.

Configure you JIRA so that it will be able to start :

Set your jira.home in edit-webapp/WEB-INF/classes/jira-application.properties
Configure JIRA for your application server following the steps in JIRA: Installing JIRA WAR
Configure your Database following the steps in JIRA: Connecting JIRA to a Database

Note that you can evaluate Minyaa with HSQLDB. But if you do, some features will not be available

Follow Step 2 and 3 in Minyaa's Installation in 5 Steps, but using edit-webapp/WEB-INF/lib instead of atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/lib.

Build your JIRA WAR or EAR.

Deploy the WAR or EAR to your J2EE Server, and start JIRA.

Follow Step 4 and 5 in Minyaa's Installation in 5 Steps

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Minyaa's Installation using a self-built WAR file

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Minyaa Installation

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