Getting BOS running on MS Server 2008

Q&A
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I am currently trying to install the “BOS-5.10.1 - Tomcat-6.0.35” software onto a MS Windows 2008 R2 server (64bit).

So far I’ve

Downloaded and installed Java jre-7u45-windows-x64 onto the server, and checked the Java panel is in Control Panel.

Downloaded and unzipped the above BOS file, into a new folder C:\BOS.

Rebooted the server.

This is following the advice from here → http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/5x/bos-58/system-administration/installation/install-bos-bundles/install-bos-tomcat-bundle

This is a Proof of Concept installation, so no need to use anything else than the h2 database.

Tried to run C:\BOS\bin\startup.bat, on a remote client session, and the black text box appears and then disappears quickly, but the browser is not seeing a runner BOS server using the url “http://:8080/bonita”

Any pointers of what could be going wrong would be helpful.

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Answered as per last post. Added this comment to close the issue.

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Apart from now realising that I’ve used the wrong Java install, (I’ve finally got hold of the right one), I’m not sure that the JDK is working on the server as expected. I’ll keep a log of actions and post to here later when fixed.

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Moved the Java JDK from C:\Program Files* to C:\Java* to remove the space in the path, and edited the JAVA_HOME value in control panel

Launched OK now...