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Manual installation on Apache Tomcat

Find out more details on how to install the MobileFirst Server components on Apache Tomcat.

Make sure that you have fulfilled the requirements as documented in Apache Tomcat prerequisites.

Application server settings

You must activate the Single Sign On Valve. For example:

<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn"/>

Optionally, you might want to activate the memory realm if the users are defined in tomcat-users.xml. For example:

<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.MemoryRealm"/>

Topology constraints

The MobileFirst Server administration service, the MobileFirst Server live update service, and the MobileFirst runtime must be installed on the same application server. The context root of the live update service must be defined as <adminContextRoot>config. The context root of the push service must be imfpush. For more information about the constraints, see Constraints on the MobileFirst Server components and MobileFirst Analytics.

• MobileFirst Server administration service configuration details
  The administration service is packaged as a WAR application for us to deploy to the application server. We need to make some specific configurations for this application.
• MobileFirst Server live update service configuration details
  The live update service is packaged as a WAR application for us to deploy to the application server. We need to make some specific configurations for this application.
• MobileFirst Operations Console configuration details
  The console is packaged as a WAR application for us to deploy to the application server. We need to make some specific configurations for this application.
• MobileFirst runtime configuration details
  The runtime is packaged as a WAR application for us to deploy to the application server. We need to make some specific configurations for this application.
• MobileFirst Server push service configuration details
  The push service is packaged as a WAR application for us to deploy to the application server. We need to make some specific configurations for this application.
• MobileFirst Server artifacts configuration details
  The artifacts component is packaged as a WAR application for us to deploy to the application server. We need to make some specific configurations for this application.

Parent topic: Install the MobileFirst Server components manually