Prerequisites

• JavaVirtual Machine (JVM) 1.6 or greater,
• Web application server Java compatible servlet 2.4.
• Web browser : InternetExplorer 7+, Firefox 3+, Safari 3+, Chrome
• Installation of a database is no longer necessary, iceScrum is now delivered with a HSQLDB (a relational database engine written in Java)

Recommendations

• Your web container must be able to allocate sufficient memory for iceScrum : at least 512 Mb.
• Add at least the following settings to the JVM (environment variable JAVA_OPTS) : -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=512M.

Installation

1. Download the most recent WAR from the website.
2. Copy the WAR to the root directory <web-apps> of your container or use your application server’s administration tool to deploy the WAR.
3. In the file config.properties, change : grails.serverURL = http://[url_to_icescrum]/[context_name] (by défault it is http://localhost:8080/icescrum)
4. For a Tomcat server, change the file server.xml so the catalina connector owns this configuration : <Connector port=”8080″ protocol=”org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol” connectionTimeout=”2000″ maxThreads=”500″ URIEncoding=”UTF-8″/>
5. (OPTIONAL) If your container is “recent” (Tomcat6, Glassfish, …), then it might already include the libraries supplied in the WAR. In this case, delete the following files from the WAR (either using an archive tool or deleting them from the destination directory) : el-ri.jar, el-api.jar, jsf-api.jar, jsf-impl.jar, myfaces-api.jar, myfaces-impl.jar
6. Start your server.
7. In your web browser, go to URL : http://[host_adress]/[web-app] (par exemple, http://localhost:8080/icescrum).
8. Finally, you need to register : click on “Register”, fill in the form and validate. You can now create a project.