Atlassian Dragons on OS X: Setting the stage

crowd_setup.sh

# su atlassian
# cd ~
# This is where we'll install all the Atlassian apps.
mkdir Apps
cd Apps

# the MySQL connector we'll need frequently
curl -O http://mysql.he.net/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-5.1.15.tar.gz
tar -xzf mysql-connector-java-5.1.15.tar.gz

# Get Crowd
curl -L -O http://www.atlassian.com/software/crowd/downloads/binary/atlassian-crowd-2.2.4.tar.gz
tar -xzf atlassian-crowd-2.2.4.tar.gz

# Symlink so we can just call it "crowd"
# NOTE: this is what Atlassian docs refer to as {CROWD_INSTALL}
ln -s atlassian-crowd-2.2.4 crowd

# Copy our MySQL driver to the application server
cp mysql-connector-java-5.1.15/mysql-connector-java-5.1.15-bin.jar crowd/apache-tomcat/lib

# Create a Crowd data directory, known as "crowd.home"
mkdir /Users/atlassian/Documents/crowd