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Deploying RMsis Application

Deploying RMsis Application

Sept 08, 2014

Deploying RMsis Application

RMsis installation is essentially in two parts

  • Install RMsis

    • RMsis plugin can be installed through JIRA Universal Plugin Manager.

  • Configure RMsis

    • After installation of RMsis, RMsis tab will appear in Jira menu bar.

    • Login as administrator in JIRA and then click on RMsis menu to configure RMsis.

The entire sequence of installation process is elaborated below:

Step 1 : Install using JIRA Universal Plugin Manager

  • Login as JIRA administrator and select Add-ons > Manage add-ons

  • Get the URL for the desired version of RMsis from http://products.optimizory.com/rmsis/download

  • Click on Upload add-on and enter the URL when prompted.

Step 2 : Configure RMsis Home Page

  • After clicking on RMsis, you will be redirected to the installation welcome page, as shown below

  • Once you choose an option to Begin Installation, you will be redirected to RMsis Home Settings page.

  • In this step, RMsis will create RMsis Home directory to store backups, configurations (jdbc, mail etc.), logs etc.

  • Take a note of the information provided and click on next to move to the next step.

Step 3 : Configure RMsis Database

  • In this step, you can configure RMsis database and choose either internal or external database.

  • If you are using RMsis in a production environment, then select "External" and proceed to the next step.

  • If you are evaluating RMsis, you can opt to choose "Internal" and specify database details and proceed to the next step.

Step 3.1 : External Database Configuration

  • At present, RMsis supports MySQL, Postgres and MSSQL 2005/2008 databases.

  • Create a database in either MySQL / Postgres / MSSQL and specify database connection details, as shown below

Step 3.2 : Test Database Configuration

  • After filling the database details, you can check the database connection by clicking on TEST CONNECTION button.

Step 4 : Configure Mail

  • You can either disable OR configure your mail settings in this step.

Step 4.1 : Enter Mail Configuration

  • The details are shown in the following screens

Step 4.2 : Test Mail Configuration

Once the Mail Configuration is entered, user has an option to test

  • Connection to Mail Server

  • Send a Test Mail to ensure that the mail has been correctly configured

Step 5 :Server Settings

  • By default RMsis Server will run with http on port 3060 without any proxy settings.

  • User has an option to specify the Minimum and Maximum memory used by the JVM. 256 MB and 512 MB are the minimum acceptable limits here.

  • To run RMsis Server on https, select the option https from "Specify RMsis Server scheme". 

  • After selecting https, RMsis will ask for "Key Alias", "Keystore File" and "Keystore Password", where

  • Reverse Proxy can also be configured for RMsis Server by checking the Enable Reverse Proxy Settings.

  • RMsis will ask for "Proxy Scheme", "Proxy Host Name" and "Proxy Port", where

    • Proxy Scheme: The scheme on which the proxy server is running, can be either http or https.

    • Proxy Host Name: The host name or ip address of the proxy server. 

    • Proxy Port: The port number, on which the proxy server is running.

After configuring reverse proxy, RMsis will use the proxy base url as: <Proxy Scheme>://<Proxy Host Name>:<Proxy Port>/rm

 

Step 6 : Deploy RMsis

  • In this step, RMsis plugin will install RMsis application with an embedded Tomcat Server.

  • Please wait for some time (It will take one to two minutes). After RMsis server startup, the screen will show :

RMsisDeploymentStep2.png

  • Congratulations !!! Now RMsis server is running successfully,

  • Click on FINISH button to complete setup process.

  • Subsequently, you will be automatically redirected to license page.

Re-Initializing RMsis Configuration

In case, you wish to re-initialize RMsis installation (due to some reason), please follow the following steps:

  1. Login into JIRA with administrator account.

  2. Click on RMsis (on JIRA Menu Bar) > RMsis Configuration

    • The following page will appear and you will have an option to change any of the key parameters related

  3. In order to completely Reset the RMsis configuration  

    • Click on Re-Configure RMsis from the RMsis Configuration in JIRA Menu.

    • Subsequently, you will be automatically redirected to RMsis setup page.

    • Please follow the on screen instructions to configure RMsis.