Install eXo platform 4.3 on windows

Trabla: Install eXo platform 4.3  on windows

eXo Platform is an open source, standard-based, Enterprise Social Collaboration Platform written in Java and distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. The platform is sold and distributed by eXo Platform, a global company with U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, California, global headquarters in France, and offices in Tunisia and Vietnam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXo_Platform

This tutorial explains how to  quick install eXo platform 4.3 on windows.

Solving:

1. Download and Install latest JRE - Java Runtime Environment ( if not installed on your machine )
from official Oracle site
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

2. Download eXo platform .zip from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/exo/

3. Create folder eXo on disk C:/   e.g. C:\eXo
 and  copy all files from eXo platform  archive

4. Set CATALINA_HOME windows environment variable
Create environment variable
CATALINA_HOME  and value - C:\eXo    (folder with exo files )

5. Set JRE_HOME windows environment variable

6. Change default port 8080
Open file <your_eXo_files>\conf\server.xml
for example on my PC C:\eXo\conf\server.xml
Change default port from 8080  to 8081

7. Run eXo

eXo started when \ | INFO  | Server startup in 534615 ms [org.apache.catali
na.startup.Catalina<main>]

8. Open browser with address

http://localhost:8081