Installing JasperServer 3.7.0

JasperServer is at the heart of the Jaspersoft BI suite, enabling management and distribution of reports.

Prerequisites
JRE [installer comes with bundled JRE]
Tomcat [installer comes with bundled tomcat]
MySQL [installer comes with bundled MySQL]

Versions used
JRE 1.6.0_18
Tomcat 6.0.20
MySQL 5.0.45

Steps

1. Download the jasperserver installer package from sourceforge, http://sourceforge.net/projects/jasperserver/files/JasperServer/
2. Make sure the mysql service is running
3. If you have a databases on your server named sugarcrm or foodmart, export them to different databases. The sample databases that come with jasperserver are stored  in these databases
4. Run the installer
5. Install to C:\jasperserver-ce-3.7.0
6. Specify to use an existing tomcat and an existing mysql
7. Start tomcat
8. Navigate to localhost:8080/jasperserver
9. Login with the username/password combination of jasperadmin/jasperadmin
10. Installation is complete

Note that the installer package comes bundled with iReport which is a report designer for jasperreports. You need not download iReport separately.

If you require to use a different application server or DBMS, download the WAR package rather than the installer. Download the jasperserver-ce-install-guide.pdf for instructions on how to set it up.