(update)  So the plan is to install the stand-alone version of JIRA on a based CentOS 5.2 system.  This stand-alone version already has a tomcat version in it and a rudimentary database.  However, after we verify the installation, we will switch the connection to a MySQL database and allow connections from outside.

So I downloaded the linux version, unzipped it and placed the files in /usr/bin/ directory.  I renamed the directory base directory to jira.

I added the jira user per the instructions.

When trying to run jira for the first time, I saw in the log file that it did not run due to the JAVA_HOME variable not being set.  I used the ls -al command mentioned in the comments of installing JAVA on the jira site and then used then set the JAVA_HOME variable.  java -version was used to make sure that java was installed.

To run JIRA you must set the JAVA_HOME variable, export it, then start JIRA.  That is from the command prompt.

JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk

export JAVA_HOME

bin/startup.sh

go to http://localhost:8080 to test

if locked, you must remove the .lck file

1. CD to the JIRA Home directory
2. Run ls -al
3. Run rm .jira-home.lock

So the plan is to install JIRA on a CentOS 5.2 Apache webserver running the TomCat 5.X or 6.X application server.  Apache Tomcat is an open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies.

A couple articles I will be using to help me with this task are.

http://geekzine.org/2009/02/19/configure-tomcat-6-java-6-on-centos-52-with-apache-on-port-8080/

I will also be using the official JIRA installation manuals.  They have what appears to be a very extensive and well documented installation guide.

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Installation+and+Upgrade+Guide

So I will also be using the following topics

Installing JIRA WAR-EAR

Installing JIRA on Tomcat 5.5

Connecting JIRA to MySQL

Running JIRA in a Virtualised Environment

The first step is to create your base Linux/CentOS system or Windows system that will be used for future VMs.  This system will essentially be a fresh install with all the service packs and updates applied to it.  When necessary you will run it and apply new updates.

Now comes the duplicating task.  That is, creating a new VM from this base system so you can experiment or create a new server.  Here are the steps.

1) Create a new Virtual Machine from the VM Server access panel

2) Choose the appropriate operating system when asked.  For CentOS 5.2 use Linux Redhat 5.x.

3) When asked for what hard drive to install choose none.  You will later attach a copy of the base systems disk to this new VM system.

4) Choose the other setting as normal and appropriate for your situation.  Remember, you are essentially creating a virtual computer without a harddrive.  In my case, I needed to select a my “BridgeCard” network card for the networking setting instead of the default NAT.

5) Once created, you can now go to the summary page of the VM to add the new copied harddisk.

6)  First,copy and paste the vdmk file for the base system to the new VM folder. Then rename the vmdk file to the name of that makes more sense for the VM that you just created.  Usually the same name as the VM machine.

7) Now, you add the copied harddisk to the VM machine by choosing the Add New  Hardware on the left hand side of the VM summary page.  When adding the hardisk, choose the “Use existing Harddisk” option and select the copied and renamed vmdk file from the datastore.

That’s it.  You now have a new working copy of the base VM.   Your next steps would be to start configuring it to your liking such as adding the desired programs and services for it desired task, changing its IP, internal computer name, and MAC Address (if needed, for servers etc.), setting firewall setting to allow traffic to it and setting up connections to it such as external database servers.

Enjoy.  The fun has just begun.

One website that helps ease this task is http://www.namepro.ca, it allows you to enter multiple potential web domains at once and see if they are available.

I use a spreadsheat to help automate creating combinations of domain names that may be available. This technique produces some strange names but often it comes up with somegood names you would not have thought of.

http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/Backing-up-and-restoring-your-MySQL-Database/1/

Here’s the quick version of the instructions, for those that are already comfortable with performing such installations. More detailed instructions follow.

1. Download and unzip the WordPress package, if you haven’t already.
2. Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.
3. Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
4. Open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor and fill in your database details as explained in Editing wp-config.php to generate and use your secret key password.
5. Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:
   • If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (but excluding the directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.
   • If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://example.com/blog/), rename the directory wordpress to the name you’d like the subdirectory to have and move or upload it to your web server. For example if you want the WordPress installation in a subdirectory called “blog”, you should rename the directory called “wordpress” to “blog” and upload it to the root directory of your web server.Hint: If your FTP transfer is too slow read how to avoid FTPing at : Step 1: Download and Extract.
6. Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser.
   • If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit: http://example.com/wp-admin/install.php
   • If you installed WordPress in its own subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php

That’s it! WordPress should now be installed.

The idea is to create a NAS on a virtual server as a virtual machine, mount the NAS on the webserver and then setup apache to be able to access it.

Setting up FreeNAS VM

For the NAS virtual machine, we were able to download the FreeNAS VM Image from http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_versions&Itemid=51

1. Download the VM Image from http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_versions&Itemid=51
2. unzip in your virtual machines directory on your Virtual Server host.
3. Then add a new virtual machine from inventory to have the vm show up in your inventory.
4. At this point, you can increase the size of the hard drive. 
5. You may also wish change some settings to the network card depending on how you wish to manage your NAS IP.  In my case, I manually set the virtual network card MAC address and set my hardware firewall to assign a static IP address to that MAC address.
6. You may also wish to set the auto-start/auto stop settings of the VM Server to include the new NAS so it will auto power up and down. 
7. After starting up the NAS, you can connect to it and reset the webGUI password, assign interfaces and set LAN IP if necessary.
8. Connect to the webGUI using a web browser.  You will be prompted for the username and password. 
9. Once connected you will want to create a folder to store your data and enable the services to allow sharing of files.
10. create a new folder by going to the advanced menu and selecting file manager.
11. create a new folder  like /usr/local/nas/
12. Go to the Service menu and select NFS and enable it and save it.
13. Then go to the Share tab and add a folder to share, browse and select the new folder you created
14. For authorized network, you can either set it to be your entire network by adding something like 192.168.0.0 and a mask of 24 or you can specify the specific web service IP and set the mask to 32.   

Mounting your NAS on your web server

Next we would like to mount the NAS on the web server so that it has access to it.

1. log into you webserver.
2. go to the /mnt directory by using  the cd /mnt command
3. add a new directory by using the mkdir command, mkdir nasfiles
4. next mount the new directory to the nas directory using, the command, sudo mount -t 192.168.0.35:/usr/local/nas /mnt/nasfiles
5. edit the fstab file in the /etc folder to have the nas mounted on power up with the following line 192.168.0.35:/usr/local/nas /mnt/nasfiles ext3 defaults 0 0

Give Apache access to the newly mounted NAS

1. edit the httpd.conf file and add in an alias to the mnt directory and add a directory declaration
2. Alias /nasfiles “/mnt/nasfiles”
3. <Directory “/mnt/nasfiles”>Options None AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>
4. then restart the httpd service

Test it.

Add a file to the mounted nas directory, see if you can access the file from your website.

http://www.favicon.cc/?action=edit_image&file_id=35382

Information on the CHAPI DEMO that can be used to associate a file extension with a program.

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp#jdkJavaFX

http://java.sun.com/javame/downloads/sdk30.jsp

http://developers.sun.com/mobility/wtk/demos/wtk-chapi.html

http://bb.emacf1.com/bbfilescout.html

http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board/message?message.uid=207134

Creating a blackberry laucher

http://crackberry.com/how-create-blackberry-launcher

http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/blackberry-platform/articles/34913.aspx

http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2008/07/08/howto-setup-an-apache-webserver-to-deliver-blackberry-ota-applications/

For the IPhone, do this.

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/28/iphone-coding-url-launcher/