Pentaho Bi Server

Installation of Bi-Server on Linux Platform:

Hi Guys,

         Let us see the simple steps to configure the pentaho biserver-5.0 in linux.

1) Create a folder under home
   mkdir Pentaho_5.0


2) Issue the below command to down load pentaho zip file from sourceforgesite  
 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/pentaho/files/Business Intelligence Server/5.0.1-stable/biserver-ce-5.0.1-stable.zip/

3)  Unzip the file
i) Once the down load is completed you will be getting "biserver-ce-5.0.1-stable.zip"  zip file under  pentaho

ii) unzip the file using below command
    unzip biserver-ce-5.0.1-stable.zip

4) biserver-ce  folder
i) Once unzip completed you will be getting a folder biserver-ce 
ii) Do the follwoing
cd /home/Pentaho_5.0/biserver-ce 
ls
OUTPUT
data               import-export.sh  pentaho-solutions  set-pentaho-env.bat  start-pentaho.bat        start-pentaho-debug.sh  stop-pentaho.bat  third-party-tools
import-export.bat  licenses          promptuser.js      set-pentaho-env.sh   start-pentaho-debug.bat  start-pentaho.sh        stop-pentaho.sh   tomcat


NOTE : You need to give the permissions to the .sh files to run
Issue below command : chmod -R 777
For full information of chmod refer here : 

5) Start the bi server using below command

cd /home/pentaho/biserver-ce
./start-pentaho.sh

 
NOTE: stop the server by issuing this command
./stop-pentaho.sh

6) Go the web-browser and give the below URL
http://YourHost:8080/pentaho

Example : 71.221.143.168:8080/pentaho

NOTE: pentaho by default uses 8080 port number. 

Credentials you need to supply once you get the home page are :
User name : Admin
Password : password