As A Docker Container (recommended)

This is the simplest and recommended way to install OpenForum

  • Create docker folder and create Dockerfile
  • Edit Dockerfile
  • docker run ...

As A Zip File

This process is required where Docker is not available such as on 32 bit operating systems or other unsupported hardware.

Download the latest version. This will include the Jetty web server

wget http://open-forum.onestonesoup.org/Releases/Latest/OpenForum.zip

Create a directory for open-forum then unzip the file to the new directory

unzip OpenForum.zip Structure: changes jetty source

Start the OpenForum server

cd jetty java -jar start.jar

Open OpenForum in a browser. http://localhost:1234