note|Some of the content on this page refers to VIVO 1.2 and earlier releases. Please see  VIVO v1.3 VirtualBox Appliance for additional information.

Introduction

The following procedure will allow you to quickly deploy a running instance of VIVO for testing and evaluation purposes only. To make deployment easy, we built a preconfigured virtual appliance. It has been built and configured with all the required software and should run VIVO with little configuration. VirtualBox, a free virtualization tool distributed by Oracle is required. The operating system of the appliance is Linux (Debian Lenny). You will need to make a few minor configuration changes using the command line after your installation is complete.
For more information and tutorials on VirtualBox, visit http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBoxTV.

System Requirements

VirtualBox can be installed on most operating systems. The following are some general system requirements:

• Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
• Mac OS 10.4 or newer
• Linux
• 2GB RAM
• 10GB Free Disk Space

Install VirtualBox

Download the latest VirtualBox EXE from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Install the software by double-clicking the executable file for Windows.

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When the VirtualBox installation is complete, the application will open.
You may minimize the application until after the next step.

Download and Install Virtual Appliance

The current release/version of VIVO is updated on a Virtual Appliance
located at VIVO Downloads. It contains all the existing
functionality and pre-loaded VIVO ontology.

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NOTE: You may now delete the downloaded files from your computer

Configure Networking

note|This refers to Virtualbox < 4.0. For the new way to forward ports in Virtualbox > 4.0 please follow this guide: http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/2010/12/virtualbox-4-nat-port-forwarding-gui/

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It is not necessary to login to the console at this time.

Testing

Tomcat Server

Tomcat should now be running in the virtual appliance.

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Please note, you may experience a problem accessing the interface using
"localhost". If so, try using http://127.0.0.1:8080/vivo instead.
You can now use the virtual appliance to evaluate and perform tasks in
VIVO.

Virtual Appliance Security Cleanup

If you plan on using the appliance in a production environment, it is very
important that you change the default passwords in the appliance for
security purposes. The passwords you should change are:

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