Installation using Yum repository
Requirements : Apache Tomcat 6, MySQL 5.0 or above
Click here for tomcat installation guide.
yum repository: http://www.kaldin.com/rpm/noarch/
1.Edit or create new file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ with name "kaldin.repo"
2.Add following lines to kaldin.repo.
[Kaldin]
name=Kaldin | online examination software repository
baseurl=http://downloads.kaldin.com/rpm
enabled=1
gpcheck=0
3.Now run below command to install kaldin
#yum install kaldin-stable
4) Restart tomcat service & now you access kaldin using http://localhost:8080/kaldin
5) Now it will redirect you to installation page. Fill the correct information in the form & submit. It will create a new database in mysql & redirect you to Kaldin admin dashboard.
Installation using rpm command
1) Download latest RPM from https://sourceforge.net/projects/kaldin/files/Kaldin-1.4/ & install it with RPM command.
# rpm -ivh path-to-kaldinrpm
Installation For Other Linux Distro Using zip
Requirements : MySQL 5.0 or above
1) Download latest zip file from sourceforge. It contains tomcat & jre with kaldin application so it will be reduce difficulty for installation.
2) Extract it in home directory & enter to kaldin directory with below command
unzip Kaldin-1.4.zip
cd Kaldin-1.4
3) Now change permission of start & stop script.
chmod +x *.sh
4) Now check configuration parameters in kaldin/conf/server.xml. Change HTTP port number if default 8080 is already in use. Search for below lines to change port number.
# vim kaldin/conf/server.xml
Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
connectionTimeout="20000"
redirectPort="8443"
5) If everything if fine start kaldin with startup script.
./Start\ kaldin.sh
6) Now you can access kaldin using http://localhost:8080/kaldin
7) Now it will redirect you to installation page. Fill the correct information in the form & submit. It will create a new database in mysql & redirect you to Kaldin admin dashboard.
8) If you want to reinstall kaldin database. Stop kaldin then search for kaldin.properties in home directory & delete it, then start kaldin again. It will redirect you to installation page.
note : Please change the port number while acessing kaldin if you have changed it in server.xml.
