Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.

x and Linux

Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7

A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux

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Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction License Donate You can donate to my PayPal account by clicking here. About The Community Thanks Getting Started Installing and Configuring Java Installing and Configuring MySQL 5.x Server Deploying the Platform Packaged Apache-Tomcat Server Existing Apache-Tomcat Server MySQL Java Connector webapps SQL Script Pack Configuring the Databases Extract the MySQL 5.x SQL Script Pack Load the SQL scripts Configuring JDBC Security applicationContext-spring-security-jdbc.xml applicationContext-spring-security-hibernate.properties hibernate-settings.xml mysql5.hibernate.cfg.xml (optional) Configuring Hibernate and Quartz Configuring Apache-Tomcat Server solution-path fully-qualified-server-url Disable HSQL Database Startup TrustedIpAddrs Other Parameters Configuring SMTP (mail server) Configuring Publishing Configuring the Administration Console Starting the Business Intelligence Platform Starting the Administration Console

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Introduction
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

Donate
This tutorial is accessed by thousands on a monthly basis, from most of the feedback many found it extremely helpful! But contrary to belief I do not work for Pentaho and all of this work is voluntary, so even $1 can help me with producing bigger and better tutorials!

You can donate to my PayPal account by clicking here. About

To use this guide It is assumed that readers have intermediate to advanced knowledge in their setup of choice and basic knowledge of Pentaho (although it is not needed). The following operating systems and databases are supported:

Windows MySQL 5.x PostgreSQL 8.x.x Oracle 10g & 11g Linux * MySQL 5.x * PostgreSQL 8.x.x Oracle 10g & 11g

* This tutorial is for Linux and MySQL 5.x setup.

The Community
Don't forget about the other hardworking projects which are part of the Pentaho community and also deserve a donation:

PAT (Pentaho Analysis Tool) An alternative to Pentaho's current OLAP analyser tool, JPivot. CDF (Community Dashboard Framework) A framework for building dashboards within Pentaho's Business Intelligence Server User Console.

CBF (Community Build Framework)

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Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux Is an ant build.xml file script and alternate way to setup and deploy Pentaho based applications

CDA (Community Data Access)

A data access layer for CDF (Community Dashboard Framework).

Thanks Thanks to the following blogs, individuals, companies and groups: ##pentaho & ##pentaho.pat IRC channels found on Freenode (Pentaho and Pentaho PAT). Pentaho Wiki & Pentaho Forums The first place any new user to Pentaho should look. Open Source Business Intelligence Provided a working copy of the sample database for MySQL. Bizcubed Provided a working copy of the sample database for PostgreSQL - they are also Australian! Pentaho Solutions: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL A book by Roland and Jos van Dongen.

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Getting Started
Installing and Configuring Java
The Pentaho BI Platform requires a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) to be installed on your PC or server. To check if Java is already installed issue the following command (seen in bold) at the terminal prompt: user@terminal:~# java -version java version "1.6.0_13" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.3-b02, mixed mode, sharing) If a similar output (seen above) is displayed Java is already installed. If not, to install Java on Linux issue the following commands (seen in bold): Ubuntu user@terminal:~# sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre Fedora user@terminal:~# sudo su install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre The next step is to check if the JAVA_HOME environment variable is setup correctly, issue the following command (seen in bold) at the terminal prompt: user@terminal:~# echo $JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun If a similar output (seen above) is displayed the JAVA_HOME environment variable is already setup. To setup the JAVA_HOME environment variable add this line to the bottom of the /etc/environment file: JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun" The CATALINA_OPTS environment variable should also be set to tell the Apache-Tomcat server to use more than the default memory, to do this also add the following line to the bottom of the /etc/environment file: CATALINA_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx768m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000" From now on every time the PC or server is started/restarted the JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_OPTS environment variables will be set automatically.

Installing and Configuring MySQL 5.x Server

Click here for guides for Ubuntu and Fedora.

Deploying the Platform

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Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux You are able to deploy the platform in many different ways but in this guide I will explain how to deploy it with the packaged Apache-Tomcat server (comes with the Pentaho BI Server installation file) or with an existing Apache-Tomcat server.

Packaged Apache-Tomcat Server

You will need to first download the pentaho-ce-3.7.x.stable.tar.gz file from the Pentaho Sourceforge projects page - this file contains all the files/packages needed for setting up our platform. After downloading extract its contents into a directory you would like to store the Pentaho BI Server - in this example I have chosen /opt/pentaho/. To extract the file and move it the /opt/pentaho/ directory issue the following commands (seen in bold) at the terminal prompt: user@terminal:/home/pentaho/tmp/# 3.7.0.stable.tar.gz user@terminal:/home/pentaho/tmp/# user@terminal:/home/pentaho/tmp/# user@terminal:/home/pentaho/tmp/# /opt/pentaho sudo tar xvzf pentaho-cesudo mkdir /opt/pentaho sudo mv ./biserver-ce /opt/pentaho sudo mv ./administration-console

The following directories should be visible after you have extracted the TAR file and moved its contents: opt/ |-- pentaho | |-- adminstration-console | |-- biserver-ce

Existing Apache-Tomcat Server

If you would like to deploy the Pentaho BI Platform on an existing Apache-Tomcat server first extract the contents of the pentaho-ce-3.7.x.stable.tar.gz file found on the Pentaho Sourceforge projects page. After downloading extract its contents into a directory you would like to store the Pentaho BI Server - in this example I have chosen /opt/pentaho/. To extract the file and move it the /opt/pentaho/ directory issue the following commands (seen in bold) at the terminal prompt: user@terminal:/home/pentaho/tmp/# sudo tar xvzf pentaho-ce3.7.0.stable.tar.gz user@terminal:/home/pentaho/tmp/# sudo mkdir /opt/pentaho user@terminal:/home/pentaho/tmp/# sudo mv ./biserver-ce /opt/pentaho user@terminal:/home/pentaho/tmp/# sudo mv ./administration-console /opt/pentaho The following directories should be visible after you have extracted the TAR file and moved its contents: opt/ |-- pentaho | |-- adminstration-console | |-- biserver-ce | |-- pentaho-solutions | |-- tomcat | |-- common | `-- lib

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Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux | `-- mysql-connector-java-5.0.7.jar (optional) | |-- webapps | `-- pentaho | `-- pentaho-styles | `-- sw-styles The files and directories in bold (seen above) will need to be moved to your existing Apache-Tomcat installation. MySQL Java Connector If you already have Apache-Tomcat working with MySQL then you won't need to copy the mysqlconnector-java-5.0.7.jar file to your tomcat's /common/lib directory. If not to copy the mysqlconnector-java-5.0.7.jar issue the following command (in bold) at the terminal prompt: Ubuntu user@terminal:~#/ sudo cp /opt/pentaho/biserverce/tomcat/common/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.0.7.jar /opt/tomcat/common/lib Fedora user@terminal:~#/ su cp /opt/pentaho/biserverce/tomcat/common/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.0.7.jar /opt/tomcat/common/lib webapps You will need to copy all the directories under the /opt/pentaho/biserver-ce/tomcat/webapps/ directory to the webapps/ directory under your existing Apache-Tomcat installation. To do so make sure you have stopped your Apache-Tomcat server then issue the following command (in bold) at the terminal prompt: Ubuntu user@terminal:~#/ sudo cp /opt/pentaho/biserver-ce/tomcat/webapps /opt/tomcat/ Fedora user@terminal:~#/ su cp /opt/pentaho/biserver-ce/tomcat/webapps /opt/tomcat/ Where /opt/tomcat/webapps/ is the location of your Apache-Tomcat webapps directory. You have just moved all the webapps which are needed by the Pentaho BI Platform (sw-styles is optional). The last step is to move the pentaho-solutions directory into the /pentaho/ directory or any other location which you would like to store all your pentaho solutions and configuration files. To move the pentahosolutions folder to the pentaho directory issue the following command (in bold) at the terminal prompt: Ubuntu user@terminal:~#/ sudo mv /opt/pentaho/biserver-ce/pentaho-solutions /opt/pentaho/ Fedora

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Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux user@terminal:~#/ su mv /opt/pentaho/biserver-ce/pentaho-solutions /opt/pentaho/ One more step will need to be done to make sure Pentaho knows the new location of the pentahosolutions directory which will be covered in the "Configuring Apache-Tomcat" section. The new structure of the pentaho-solutions and existing Apache-Tomcat directory looks like this: opt/ | |-- pentaho | `-- pentaho-solutions | |-- tomcat | `-- webapps You can now safely remove any other files that came with the original Pentaho BI Platform (only under the biserver-ce\ folder).

SQL Script Pack

A SQL Script Pack is a set off SQL scripts which will configure all the necessary databases. To download the SQL Script Pack for MySQL 5.x click here.

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Configuring the Databases

Extract the MySQL 5.x SQL Script Pack
After downloading the SQL Script Pack for MySQL 5.x you will need to extract the files into a temporary location. These are the five SQL scripts which should be visible after the pack has been extracted: 1_create_repository_mysql.sql Creates the Hibernate database 2_create_quartz_mysql.sql Creates the Quartz database 3_create_sample_datasource_mysql.sql Loads the sample data data source into the Hibernate database 4_load_sample_users_mysql.sql Creates all the sample users and roles into the Hibernate database 5_sample_data_mysql.sql Creates the sample data database

You must load the above scripts in the order they are listed. Load these SQL scripts using your favourite MySQL front end tool i.e. MySQL console, Navicat Lite, phpMyAdmin etc (in this section I will show you how to load the SQL scripts using the MySQL console).

Load the SQL scripts

Before you start make sure that you place all your SQL scripts in the directory which you will be logging into the MySQL console, in this example that is /home/pentaho/tmp/. Launch a terminal instance and login into MySQL: user@terminal:/opt/biserver-ce/tmp# mysql -u [your_username] p[your_password] Issue the following commands found in bold one after the other: mysql> source ...output mysql> source ...output mysql> source ...output mysql> source ...output mysql> source ...output 1_create_repository_mysql.sql; 2_create_quartz_mysql.sql; 3_create_sample_datasource_mysql.sql; 4_load_sample_users_mysql.sql; 5_sample_data_mysql.sql;

Now run the following command (in bold) to see if you have successfully created the hibernate, quartz and sampledata databases: mysql> show databases; Just for reference here are the databases and tables which should of been created after loading the contents of the MySQL 5.x SQL Script pack:

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hibernate* authorities datasource granted_authorities users quartz qrtz_blob_triggers qrtz_calendars qrtz_cron_triggers qrtz_fired_triggers qrtz_job_details qrtz_job_listeners qrtz_locks qrtz_paused_trigger_grps qrtz_scheduler_state qrtz_simple_triggers qrtz_trigger_listeners qrtz_triggers sampledata customer_w_ter customers department_managers dim_time employees offices orderdetails orderfact orders payments products quadrant_actuals trial_balance

* Hibernate will create new tables into the hibernate database after Pentaho BI Platform has started for the first time.

NOTE If you have problems when running the 5_sample_data_mysql.sql scripts with timestamps you will need to replace all occurances of 00.000000000 with 00.000000 - this is an issue with MySQL timezones and timestamps.

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Configuring JDBC Security

This section describes how to configure the Pentaho BI Platform JDBC security to use a MySQL server, this means the Pentaho BI Platform will now point to the hibernate database on the MySQL server instead of the packaged HSQL database. NOTE If you already have a user which you prefer to have access to the hibernate database instead of the default user hibuser, you will need to modify all occurances of hibuser/password in this section.

applicationContext-spring-security-jdbc.xml
This file is located under the pentaho-solutions/system/ directory. Once the file has opened locate this snippet of code: <!-- This is only for Hypersonic. Please update this section for any other database you are using --> <bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource"> <property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" /> <property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9001/hibernate" /> <property name="username" value="hibuser" /> <property name="password" value="password" /> </bean> Make changes to the highlighted sections so that the section of code looks similar to this: <!-- This is only for Hypersonic. Please update this section for any other database you are using --> <bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource"> <property name="driverClassName" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" /> <property name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hibernate" /> <property name="username" value="hibuser" /> <property name="password" value="password" /> </bean>

applicationContext-spring-security-hibernate.properties
This file is located under the pentaho-solutions/system/ directory. Once the file has opened locate this snippet of code: jdbc.driver=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9001/hibernate jdbc.username=hibuser jdbc.password=password

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Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect Make changes to the highlighted sections so that the section of code looks similar to this: jdbc.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver jdbc.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hibernate jdbc.username=hibuser jdbc.password=password hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect

hibernate-settings.xml
This file is located under the pentaho-solutions/system/hibernate/ directory. Once the file has opened locate this snippet of code: <config-file>system/hibernate/hsql.hibernate.cfg.xml</config-file> Make changes to the highlighted section so that the section of code looks similar to this: <config-file>system/hibernate/mysql5.hibernate.cfg.xml</config-file>

mysql5.hibernate.cfg.xml (optional)
This file is located under the pentaho-solutions/system/hibernate/ directory. You do not need to make any changes to this file if you would like to use the default user hibuser (which was created with the 4_load_sample_users_mysql.sql file). However, if you would like to specify your own user find and change the following two lines of code: <property name="connection.username">hibuser</property> <property name="connection.password">password</property> Make changes to the highlighted sections to a username and password of your choice.

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Configuring Hibernate and Quartz

Hibernate and Quartz need to specifically use the hibernate and quartz databases which were created on the MySQL server. To do so modifications need to be made to the context.xml file which is located in the /tomcat/webapps/pentaho/META-INF/ directory. NOTE If you already have a user which you prefer to have access the hibernate database instead of the default user hibuser, you will need to modify all occurances of hibuser/password in this section.This also applies to the pentaho_user/password used to connect to the Quartz database.

Once the file has opened the following piece of code should be visible: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context path="/pentaho" docbase="webapps/pentaho/"> <Resource name="jdbc/Hibernate" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource" factory="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory" maxActive="20" maxIdle="5" maxWait="10000" username="hibuser" password="password" driverClassName="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" url="jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost/hibernate" validationQuery="select count(*) from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SYSTEM_SEQUENCES" /> <Resource name="jdbc/Quartz" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource" factory="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory" maxActive="20" maxIdle="5" maxWait="10000" username="pentaho_user" password="password" driverClassName="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" url="jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost/quartz" validationQuery="select count(*) from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SYSTEM_SEQUENCES"/> </Context> Make changes to the highlighted sections so that the section of code looks similar to this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context path="/pentaho" docbase="webapps/pentaho/"> <Resource name="jdbc/Hibernate" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource" factory="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory" maxActive="20" maxIdle="5" maxWait="10000" username="hibuser" password="password" driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hibernate" validationQuery="select 1" /> <Resource name="jdbc/Quartz" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource" factory="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory" maxActive="20" maxIdle="5"

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Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux maxWait="10000" username="pentaho_user" password="password" driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/quartz" validationQuery="select 1"/> </Context>

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Configuring Apache-Tomcat Server

To configure the settings of the Apache-Tomcat server for your Pentaho BI Platform most of the changes are done inside the web.xml file which is located under the /tomcat/webapps/pentaho/WEB_INF/ directory. You are able to configure the following items (and more) for the Pentaho BI Platform:

pentaho-solutions location URL Disable HSQL database startup TrustedIpAddrs (optional - for the administration console and if you are accessing the server remotely)

If you are happy with the following settings for your Pentaho BI Platform server you will not need to make any changes to this file:

pentaho-solutions/ directory located under the /opt/biserver-ce/ directory Visit http://localhost:8080/pentaho URL to launch the Pentaho BI Platform

solution-path
The solution-path parameter lets the Pentaho BI Platform know where to locate the pentaho-solutions directory. By default this is set to /opt/biserverce/pentaho/ directory. If you have decided to use an existing Apache-Tomcat server (or have moved your pentahosolutions directory) you will need to point this to where you have placed your pentaho-solutions directory. In this example my pentaho-solutions directory is under the /opt/pentaho/ directory, now my solution-path code snippet looks like this: <context-param> <param-name>solution-path</param-name> <param-value>/opt/pentaho/pentaho-solutions/</param-value> </context-param>

fully-qualified-server-url
If you are happy with visiting the URL http://localhost:8080/pentaho to access Pentaho's BI Platform you will not need to change this parameter, however if you would like others to access the site (remotely or on a network) you will need to make changes to this parameter. Open up the file and locate this line of code: <param-value>http://localhost:8080/pentaho/</param-value> Make changes to the highlighted section to your PC or server's domain or IP address so it looks similar to this: <param-value>http://www.prashantraju.com:8080/pentaho/</param-value> or <param-value>http://192.168.1.10:8080/pentaho/</param-value>

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Disable HSQL Database Startup

By default with 3.7 HSQL database starts up automatically - to prevent this from happening locate the following snippets of code: <context-param> <param-name>hsqldb-databases</param-name> <paramvalue>sampledata@../../data/hsqldb/sampledata,hibernate@../../data/hsq ldb/hibernate,quartz@../../data/hsqldb/quartz</param-value> </context-param> <listener> <listener-class>org.pentaho.platform.web.http.context.Hsqldb StartupListener</listener-class> </listener> You can either remove the above snippets or comment it out, if you are commenting it out it will look similar to this: <!-<context-param> <param-name>hsqldb-databases</param-name> <paramvalue>sampledata@../../data/hsqldb/sampledata,hibernate@../../data/hsq ldb/hibernate,quartz@../../data/hsqldb/quartz</param-value> </context-param> <listener> <listener-class>org.pentaho.platform.web.http.context.Hsqldb StartupListener</listener-class> </listener>

--> TrustedIpAddrs
If you want to access your Tomcat-Apache server remotely - so in the above step you have not specified localhost or 127.0.0.1 for the base-url parameter - you will need to add your Tomcat-Apache server's IP address to this list. Open up the file and locate this line of code: <param-name>TrustedIpAddrs</param-name> <param-value>127.0.0.1</param-value> Make changes to the highlighted section add your PC or server's domain or IP address so it looks similar to this: <param-name>TrustedIpAddrs</param-name> <param-value>127.0.0.1,[your_ip_address]</param-value> This will allow the Pentaho Administration Console to 'ping' the server to see if it is up or down - you do not need to do this if you are hosting your server locally.

Other Parameters
You can also change the local language and country under the web.xml file, the changes to these parameters are self explanatory.

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Configuring SMTP (mail server)

To configure the Pentaho BI Platform to use a SMTP server (mail server) to use for emailing reports etc. you will need to make modifications to the /pentaho-solutions/system/smtpemail/email_config.xml file. Here are the available parameters that can be configured for SMTP support:

mail.smtp.host This is the address of your SMTP email server for sending email e.g. smtp.gmail.com mail.smtp.port This is the port of your SMTP email server e.g. for GMail this is 587 mail.transport.protocol The transport for accessing the email server. Usually this is smtp e.g. for GMail this is smtps mail.smtp.starttls.enable If you SMTP server uses TTLS authentication set this to true e.g. for GMail this is true mail.smtp.auth Set to true if the email server requires the sender to authenticate mail.smtp.ssl This is true if the email server requires an SSL connection e.g. for GMail this is true mail.debug Output debug information from the JavaMail API mail.pop3 Not being used. mail.from.default The from address that emails from the Pentaho BI Platform e.g. [email protected] mail.userid The userid that is used when authenticating with the SMTP server, mail.smtp.auth must be set to true. mail.password The password that is used when authenticating with the SMTP server, mail.smtp.auth must be set to true.

Here is an example of a smtp-email.xml file configured for GMail: <email-smtp> <properties> <mail.smtp.host>smtp.gmail.com</mail.smtp.host> <mail.smtp.port>587</mail.smtp.port> <mail.transport.protocol>smtps</mail.transport.protocol> <mail.smtp.starttls.enable>true</mail.smtp.starttls.enable> <mail.smtp.auth>true</mail.smtp.auth> <mail.smtp.ssl>true</mail.smtp.ssl> <mail.smtp.quitwait>false</mail.smtp.quitwait> </properties> <mail.pop3></mail.pop3> <mail.from.default>[email protected]</mail.from.default> <mail.userid>[email protected]</mail.userid>

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Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux <mail.password>password</mail.password> </email-smtp>

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Configuring Publishing
By default publishing is not enabled, to enable it you will need to specify a password which will need to be used when publishing. To get started you will need to edit the publisher_config.xml file located under the /pentaho-solutions/system/ directory, once open locate the following snippet of code:

<publisher-config> <publisher-password></publisher-password> </publisher-config> Enter a password between the publisher-password tags (this password will be the same for all users) so the snippet of code looks similar to the example below (in this example the publisher password is publishthis):

<publisher-config> <publisher-password>publishthis</publisher-password> </publisher-config> From now on when any user tries to publish content to Pentaho BI Platform they will need to specify this password.

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Configuring the Administration Console

By default no configuration is needed when setting up Pentaho's Administration Console (PAC) with MySQL 5.x.

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Starting the Business Intelligence Platform

The Pentaho BI Platform is a webapp on the Apache-Tomcat server. To start Apache-Tomcat you will need to run the startup.sh file which is located under the /opt/pentaho/biserverce/tomcat/bin folder: user@terminal:/opt/pentaho/biserver-ce/tomcat/bin# startup.sh Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/pentaho/biserver-ce/tomcat Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/pentaho/biserver-ce/tomcat Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/pentaho/biserver-ce/tomcat/temp Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun Now you should be able to visit http://localhost:8080/pentaho or http://[your_domain_or_ip]:8080/pentaho. If the Pentaho BI Platform has started successfully you should see the following welcome screen:

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Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite 3.7 A guide to getting started with MySQL 5.x and Linux After logging in try and run a sample report from the Steel Wheels solution folder:

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Starting the Administration Console

To start the Administration Console you will need to run the start-pac.sh file which is located under the opt/pentaho/administration-console/ folder: user@terminal:/opt/pentaho/administration-console# start-pac.sh DEBUG: Using JAVA_HOME DEBUG: _PENTAHO_JAVA_HOME=/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/ DEBUG: _PENTAHO_JAVA=/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/ 2010-01-05 16:27:17.824::INFO: Logging to STDERR via org.mortbay.log.StdErrLog 05/01/2010 4:27:18 PM org.pentaho.pac.server.JettyServer startServer INFO: Console is starting 2010-01-05 16:27:18.118::INFO: jetty-6.1.2 2010-01-05 16:27:38.672::INFO: Started SocketConnector @ 0.0.0.0:8099 05/01/2010 4:27:38 PM org.pentaho.pac.server.JettyServer startServer INFO: Console is now started. It can be accessed using http://D119940:8099 or http://161.117.117.40:8099 Now you should be able to visit http://localhost:8099/ or the other two address's specified in your output (highlighted above). You will be prompted for a Username and Password which by default are "admin" and "password". If you have successfully started and logged into the administration console you should see the following welcome screen:

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