Ganib | Project Management Software Files

                     Ganib v5.1 Software License
 *
 * Ganib | Online web based project planning, collaboration and management software.
 * Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Ganib Enterprises. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Use this license to use or redistribute the Ganib software v1.0+ and later versions.
 *

 * For free support for Ganib users, questions should be posted to the community of
 * Ganib users at help.ganib.com.

CONTENTS

1) FEATURES
2) REQUIREMENTS
3) INSTALLATION

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Ganib V5.1 Release notes
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Click here to know about whats new with Ganib 5.1 Version

http://help.ganib.com/faq/content/31/272/en/what_s-new-with-ganib-50.html


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FEATURES
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-- Import Export MSP
        100% Compatible with Microsoft Project format (XML)
-- Timesheet
        Easy to use Timesheet with Monthly, Weekly & Assignments view
-- Plan and Manage
        Feature rich Workplan with single page management
-- Internal chat
        Easy communication with inbuilt Instant Messanger
-- Time Tracking
        Automated time tracking with Gtrack tool.
-- Collaboration
        Collabroate with team using Blogs, Wiki & Discussions
-- Lists
        Forms & Filters
-- Themes
        Themes which can be set as per the users liking
-- Reports
        Reports with visual graphs.
-- LDAP
        Lightweight Directory Authentication Protocol support.


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REQUIREMENTS
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-- Apache tomcat6/7
-- JAVA 6/7
-- MySQL-5.1 & above

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        INSTALLATION
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1) Make sure that MySQL & Apache Tomcat is installed on system.

2) Download mysql-connector-java.jar & mail.jar and copy it to tomcat_home/lib/ directory
   mysql-connector-java : http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-5.1.32.zip
   mail : http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2/javax/mail/mail/1.4/mail-1.4.jar

2) Move war file to tomcat webappas directory.
   -- mv ganib.war TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/

3) Now edit TOMCAT_HOME/conf/context.xml file to change database connection properties.
      < Resource name="jdbc/GanibDB"
             auth="Container"
             type="javax.sql.DataSource"
             username="root" password=""
             driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
             url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ganib?autoReconnect=true&amp;useUnicode=true&amp;characterEncoding=utf-8"
             maxActive="125"
             maxIdle="25" />

4) Replace username, password & database name from url.

5) To change SMTP settings you need to edit TOMCAT_HOME/conf/context.xml & edit below lines.

< Resource
     name="mail/GanibSession"
     type="javax.mail.Session"
     auth="Container"
     mail.smtp.host="localhost"
     mail.smtp.auth="false"
     mail.smtp.user="username"
     password="password"
     mail.smtp.port="25"
     mail.transport.protocol="smtp"
     mail.debug="true"
/>


6) Bydefault ganib run on port 8080. If port 8080 is already in use, you can change port by editing tomcat_home/conf/server.xml.
< Connector port="7070" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
               connectionTimeout="20000"
                URIEncoding="UTF-8"
               redirectPort="8443"
/>
7) Change connector port from above lines to run ganib on another port.

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MySQL Database
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Now you need to import database script files.

     mysql -u root -p
     mysql > CREATE DATABASE db_name CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
     mysql > exit;
     mysql -h host -u root -p ganib < PATH_TO_ganib_dir/database/ganib.sql

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8) Now you need to start ganib with below commands.
    -- tomcat_home/bin/startup.sh --or-- service tomcat6/7 start

9) If everything is configured as per above instructions. you can access it using web browser. Enter below url in web browser.

http://localhost:8080/ganib/

Replace "localhost" with your system IP address. Also you need to replace port no if you've changed it.

That's it !!!!!