Before you start

Before you install Jadu Central, you must make sure that your system complies with the application's system requirements.

Instructions are provide for preparing a Linux or Windows 2019 Server for Jadu Central:

• Preparing a Linux server for Jadu Central
• Preparing a Windows 2019 server for Jadu Central

Validating that all required software is installed and configured

The installer for Jadu Central is distributed as a PHP archive file, installer.phar. It is a command line application which can check your environment is ready to be installed, install Jadu Central and uninstall Jadu Central.

This command will verify if the server meets all the requirements related to operating system, PHP and its extension, database etc.

php installer.phar check-setup

// for a load balanced environment's application-only server
php installer.phar check-setup --application-only

note

When checking a load balanced environment's application-only server, you must manually update the necessary database configuration in params.yml for connecting to the external database server to ensure checks pass. Refer to the database section for your plaform in Params.