Installation

The MBP can either be installed manually on the desired target platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS) or deployed with docker compose. This page describes the manual installation process. For the docker setup, please refer to the Docker guide.

Manual installation

Prerequisites

In order to be able to install and run the MBP, the following software components need to be available on the target platform:

• Git
• Java 8 or higher
• Apache Maven
• Running instance of MongoDB

Installation

To install and run the MBP, please follow the subsequently described steps.

1. Clone the master branch of the MBP repository, e.g. by executing git clone https://github.com/IPVS-AS/MBP on the command line.
2. Build the project using maven, e.g. by executing mvn clean install within the root directory of the project.
3. As a result of the previous step, a target directory was created, which contains a JAR file of the MBP. Switch into this directory, e.g. by executing cd target.
4. Finally, run the JAR file, e.g. by executing java -jar MBP.jar.

Accessing the frontend

If the installation was successful, the frontend of the MBP should now be accessible in your browser under the address http://localhost:8080/mbp. As part of the installation process, a default administrator account was created. It can be used with the following credentials:

User name: admin
Password: 12345

⚠️ ​Important: Do not forget to change the password of the administator account in the user management page.