Installing Bamboo on Windows
In this guide we'll run you through installing Bamboo with an external database on Windows.
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Before you begin
Before you install Bamboo, there are a few questions you need to answer.
Are you using a supported operating system?
Is your JAVA_HOME variable set correctly?
Install Bamboo
1. Download Bamboo
Download Bamboo from the Atlassian download site.
It is highly recommended to avoid placing the Bamboo home directory in any Windows security controlled directory, for example, C:\Program Files, C:\Users, C:\Windows
Extract the files from the zip Archive to a
<Bamboo installation directory>of your choice. By default, the root directory in your zip file is named "Bamboo".Warning: Some unzip programs cause errors
Some archive-extract programs cause errors when unzipping the Bamboo archive file. We highly recommend that you use the free 7Zip archive-extract program (if in doubt, download the '32-bit .exe' version).
Set up your Bamboo home directory — this is the directory where Bamboo will store its root configuration data. To do this, edit the file named
bamboo-init.propertiesin the<Bamboo installation directory>/atlassian-bamboo/WEB-INF/classes/directory. In this file, insert the property "bamboo.home", with an absolute path to your Bamboo home directory. Your file should look something like this:bamboo.home=C:/test/bamboo-homeAlternatively, you can specify an environment variable 'BAMBOO_HOME' which specifies the absolute path to your Bamboo home directory. Bamboo will check if an environment variable is defined.
If you are going to use Bamboo remote agents, set the following in the
bamboo-init.propertiesfile in the<Bamboo installation directory>/atlassian-bamboo/WEB-INF/classesdirectory:bamboo.jms.broker.uri=tcp://localhost:54663- Replace 'localhost' with the real host name or IP address of your Bamboo server.
- If port number 54663 is already in use, specify a different port number
2. Start Bamboo
a) In the command line, change the directory to <Bamboo installation directory> and run the command to start Bamboo:
$ cd <Bamboo installation directory>
$ bin\start-bamboo.bat
b) After successfully starting Bamboo, you will find it online at http://localhost:8085/
3. Configure Bamboo
You are starting Bamboo for the first time, so you will need to follow the Setup Wizard to configure Bamboo. See Running the Setup Wizard.
Start using Bamboo
That's it! Your Bamboo site is accessible from a URL like this: http://<computer_name_or_IP_address>:<port>
If you want your Bamboo instance always running, check how to run Bamboo as a service.
