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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.

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Kaldin New Version 2.2 is released.

Click here to download the latest version

Database Upgrade Script For 2.2
http://help.kaldin.com/faq/content/14/177/en/upgrade-database-version-form-kaldin-21-to-kaldin-22.html


Whats new in 2.2?
http://help.kaldin.com/faq/content/28/178/en/what_s-new-with-kaldin-22.html

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!...Automated Kaldin Installer script...!

Refer this shell script to automatically install the Kaldin_3.0 on Linux.

https://github.com/girishkg/kaldin

 

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