Activiti preparing Windows VM

Virtual Box

• create Windows 8.1 image
• download and install JDK
  • http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
• download and install Tomcat (version 8)
  • http://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi - Core zip package
  • unzip it to Program Files folder
  • set CATALINA_HOME variable and set it to Tomcat main folder

Activiti

• Download activiti http://activiti.org/download.html
• unpack it to C drive

Activiti Explorer

• copy the downloaded activiti-explorer.war to the webapps directory of Tomcat
• Start Tomcat by running the startup.bat in the bin folder of Tomcat
• When Tomcat is started open your browser and go to http://localhost:8080/activiti-explorer. Login with kermit/kermit.