DZone
Thanks for visiting DZone today,
Edit Profile
  • Manage Email Subscriptions
  • How to Post to DZone
  • Article Submission Guidelines
Sign Out View Profile
  • Post an Article
  • Manage My Drafts
Over 2 million developers have joined DZone.
Log In / Join
Refcards Trend Reports Events Over 2 million developers have joined DZone. Join Today! Thanks for visiting DZone today,
Edit Profile Manage Email Subscriptions Moderation Admin Console How to Post to DZone Article Submission Guidelines
View Profile
Sign Out
Refcards
Trend Reports
Events
Zones
Culture and Methodologies Agile Career Development Methodologies Team Management
Data Engineering AI/ML Big Data Data Databases IoT
Software Design and Architecture Cloud Architecture Containers Integration Microservices Performance Security
Coding Frameworks Java JavaScript Languages Tools
Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance Deployment DevOps and CI/CD Maintenance Monitoring and Observability Testing, Tools, and Frameworks
Partner Zones AWS Cloud
by AWS Developer Relations
Culture and Methodologies
Agile Career Development Methodologies Team Management
Data Engineering
AI/ML Big Data Data Databases IoT
Software Design and Architecture
Cloud Architecture Containers Integration Microservices Performance Security
Coding
Frameworks Java JavaScript Languages Tools
Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance
Deployment DevOps and CI/CD Maintenance Monitoring and Observability Testing, Tools, and Frameworks
Partner Zones
AWS Cloud
by AWS Developer Relations
  1. DZone
  2. Software Design and Architecture
  3. Cloud Architecture
  4. Hippo CMS in the Cloud, a step-by-step tutorial

Hippo CMS in the Cloud, a step-by-step tutorial

Judah Johns user avatar by
Judah Johns
·
Feb. 02, 12 · Interview
Like (1)
Save
Tweet
Share
8.07K Views

Join the DZone community and get the full member experience.

Join For Free

hippo cms is a java open source web content management system that enables a true, open and context-aware content strategy. it is targeted at medium to large organisations managing content for multi-channel distribution like, web sites and intranets.

as with any java applications and frameworks, this one is very easy to deploy to jelastic !

let's get started!

1. create an environment

    1. go to jelastic.com and sign up if you haven't done so yet, or log in with your jelastic credentials by clicking the sign in link on the page.
    2. while in jelastic dashboard, click the create environment button at the top left:

    1. in the environment topology window,  choose your application server (for example, tomcat 6 ) and the database you want to use (for example mysql ). then type your environment name, for example, hippo .

it will take only a minute for your environment with tomcat 6 and mysql to be created.

2. upload a java package

    1. go to the onehippo.com and download the latest hippo cms release for your os.
    1. extract the files from the package, you have just downloaded and upload the cms.war file (hippocms-gogreen-.../tomcat6x/webapps) to the deployment manager.
  1. once the package is in jelastic , deploy it to the environment you have just created.

3. configure database

    1. click the open in browser button for mysql.
  1. when you created the environment, jelastic sent you an email with credentials to the database. use these credentials to create a user account and the database with the application.

4. configure hippocms

    1. pick config for tomcat and upload all the necessary libraries (hippocms-gogreen-.../tomcat6x/lib) to the lib folder.

note: multiple files uploading is limited by 20 files at once.

    1. go to server folder, and in the context.xml file add the resource declaration.
don't forget to save the changes and restart tomcat!

5. start hippocms

now you are ready to start using hippo cms!

Content management system Hippo CMS Cloud

Opinions expressed by DZone contributors are their own.

Popular on DZone

  • [DZone Survey] Share Your Expertise and Take our 2023 Web, Mobile, and Low-Code Apps Survey
  • 10 Easy Steps To Start Using Git and GitHub
  • How To Build an Effective CI/CD Pipeline
  • Top 10 Best Practices for Web Application Testing

Comments

Partner Resources

X

ABOUT US

  • About DZone
  • Send feedback
  • Careers
  • Sitemap

ADVERTISE

  • Advertise with DZone

CONTRIBUTE ON DZONE

  • Article Submission Guidelines
  • Become a Contributor
  • Visit the Writers' Zone

LEGAL

  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

CONTACT US

  • 600 Park Offices Drive
  • Suite 300
  • Durham, NC 27709
  • support@dzone.com
  • +1 (919) 678-0300

Let's be friends: