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# Installing Joget Workflow

> Learn how to install Joget Workflow on your server. Just follow our step-by-step Joget install instructions.

This article describes how to install Joget Workflow, a business process management application, on an unmanaged VPS.

<Note>
  Joget Workflow requires at least 1 GB of RAM. If your VPS has only 512 MB of RAM, you should upgrade the amount of RAM before you install Joget Workflow.
</Note>

## Installing Joget Workflow

Joget Workflow is a workflow and business process management application that runs on top of Java and Apache Tomcat. The following procedure demonstrates how to install Joget Workflow on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, though it should run on other versions as well.

<Note>
  Although hosting.com servers are compatible with a wide variety of software applications, we cannot provide troubleshooting assistance for application-specific issues.
</Note>

To install Joget Workflow:

1. Download the Joget Workflow installation file at [http://www.joget.org/download](http://www.joget.org/download) to your computer.
   > 📘 Note
   >
   > Make sure you download the **v3 Community Edition - Bundle for Linux** .

2. Upload the .tar.gz installation file to the VPS.

3. Log in to your account using SSH. For information about how to access your account using SSH, please see [this article](/docs/using-ssh-secure-shell).

4. Type the following commands to update the system:

   ```bash theme={null}
   apt-get update
   apt-get upgrade
   ```

5. To install Java, type the following command:

   ```bash theme={null}
   apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk
   ```

6. To install MySQL, type the following command:

   ```bash theme={null}
   apt-get install mysql-server
   ```

   > 📘 Note
   >
   > When you are prompted to do so, set the MySQL root password.

7. To create a MySQL database for Joget Workflow, start the *mysql* program. Use the root password that you specified in step 6:

   ```bash theme={null}
   mysql -u root -p
   ```

8. At the **mysql>** prompt, type the following command:

   ```bash theme={null}
   CREATE DATABASE jwdb;
   ```

9. To exit the *mysql* program, type `\q` and then press Enter.

10. To extract the Joget Workflow application files, type the following commands. Replace *PATH* with the path to the installation file that you uploaded in step 2:

    ```bash theme={null}
    cd /opt
    tar xvzf /PATH/joget-linux-3.1.1.tar.gz
    ```

    > 📘 Note
    >
    > The exact filename may differ slightly, depending on the version you downloaded.

11. Rename the extracted Joget directory in the */opt* directory to *joget*. To do this, type the following command:

    ```bash theme={null}
    mv joget-linux-3.1.1/ joget
    ```

12. Change to the *joget* directory:

    ```bash theme={null}
    cd /opt/joget
    ```

13. Run the setup script:

    ```bash theme={null}
    ./setup.sh
    ```

    > 📘 Note
    >
    > To accept the default values, press Enter. (The only value you should have to change is the MySQL password.) When the setup script finishes, you should receive a **BUILD SUCCESSFUL** message.

14. Start the Tomcat server:

    ```bash theme={null}
    ./tomcat6.sh run
    ```

15. Use your web browser to go to *[http://www.example.com:8080/jw](http://www.example.com:8080/jw)*, where *example.com* represents your domain name.

16. The Joget Workflow home page appears. From this page, you can access the web console (the default username and password are both *admin* ), try a sample application, and more.

## More information

For more information about Joget Workflow, please visit [http://www.joget.org](http://www.joget.org).