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jwinter1-Visitor
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November 25, 2017
Question

can't run initial installation on tomcat

  • November 25, 2017
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Installation documentation doesn't seem to match the package.  Unzipped WAR file and loaded in Tomcat Webapps.  Index.html redirects to HOME, which does not exist.  Same with ThingworxMain.html.  How does the Thingworx server actually run? How did Thingworx Storage and Backups get created? Anybody have a recipe for success?

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TanmeyTWX17-Peridot
17-Peridot
November 27, 2017

Hi Jeff,

Please refer below steps. I did it for TWX version 7.4

  • Create a backup if you have any previous thingworx version installed.(optional step)
  • Install Tomcat Apache.
  • Copy Thingworx.war to <path of Tomcat>\Webapps folder
  • Create a new folder “ThingworxPlatform”  at the same location as Apache folder.
  • Copy license.bin to ThingworxPlatform folder
  • Set the path  <path of Tomcat>\webapps\Thingworx\WEB-INF\extensions into PATH of environment variable
  • Start/Restart tomcat server and check if Thingworx composer is running.(Host:port/Thingworx/Composer)

Regards,

Tarun Nayyar

jwinter1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
November 27, 2017

Thanks Tarun, I'll try it later.  A few points here:

1) Adding the prescribed lines to the Java options utterly hosed Tomcat.  I won't add them this time.

2) I downloaded the trial. Do I have a license.bin?

--Jeff

jwinter1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
November 27, 2017

Tarun, my questions were bad. Let's improve:

1) I don't see a license.bin.  Please advise where it might be or how I get it, if I only have the trial.

2) Where does ThingworxPlatfrom go? Within webapps? As a peer to Apache? The .WAR file added "ThingworxStorage" and "ThingworxBackupStorage" right off my C drive.

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