Installing Stash on Linux and Mac

2. Check your version of Java

In a terminal, run this:

java -version

The version of Java should be 1.6.0 or higher.

echo $JAVA_HOME

echo JAVA_HOME="path/to/JAVA_HOME" >> /etc/environment

JAVA_HOME="path/to/JAVA_HOME"
export JAVA_HOME

source ~/.profile
$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -version

3. Check your versions of Git and Perl

In a terminal, run this:

git --version
perl --version

The version of Git should be 1.7.6 or higher. The version of Perl should be 5.8.8 or higher.

4. Now it's time to get Stash

Download Stash from the Atlassian download site. Looking for the Stash WAR file?

Extract the downloaded file to an install location. The path to the extracted directory is referred to as the <Stash installation directory> in these instructions.

5. Tell Stash where to store your data

The Stash home directory is where your Stash data is stored.

Create your Stash home directory (without spaces in the name), and then tell Stash where you created it by editing the <Stash installation directory>/bin/setenv.sh file – uncomment the STASH_HOME line and add the absolute path to your home directory. Here's an example of what that could look like when you're done:

 You should not locate your Stash home directory inside the  <Stash installation directory> — they should be entirely separate locations. If you do put the home directory in the  <Stash installation directory>  it will be overwritten, and lost, when Stash gets upgraded. And by the way, you'll need separate Stash home directories if you want to run multiple instances of Stash.

6. Start Stash!

In a terminal, change directory to <Stash installation directory> and run this:

bin/start-stash.sh

In your browser, go to http://localhost:7990 and run through the Setup Wizard. In the Setup Wizard:

• Select Internal at the 'Database' step, if you are evaluating Stash. Stash will happily use its internal database, and you can easily migrate to external database later. See Connecting Stash to an external database.
• You can set up JIRA integration, but you can do this later if you wish. See  Configuring JIRA integration in the Setup Wizard .

7. Set up your mail server

Configure your email server so users can receive a link from Stash that lets them generate their own passwords. See Setting up your mail server.

8. Add users and repositories

Now is the time to set up your users in Stash, and to tell Stash about any existing repositories you have. Please the following pages for the details:

• Getting started with Git and Stash
• Importing code from an existing project

Additional steps for production environments

For production or enterprise environments we recommend that you configure the additional aspects below. These are not necessary when installing for evaluation purposes. Please see Using Stash in the enterprise for more information about best practice.

Run Stash as a dedicated user

• For production environments Stash should be run from a dedicated user account with restricted privileges. See Running Stash with a dedicated user.

 Use an external database

• For production environments Stash should use an external database, rather than the embedded database. See Connecting Stash to an external database.

Secure the Stash home directory

• For production environments the Stash home directory (created in step 7 above) should be secured against unauthorised access. See Stash home directory.

Secure Stash with HTTPS

• For production environments access to Stash should be secured using HTTP over SSL, especially if your data is sensitive and Stash is exposed to the internet. See Securing Stash with Tomcat using SSL.

Connect to your existing user directory

• See External user directories.

Change the context path for Stash

• Where y ou are running Stash behind a proxy, or you have another Atlassian application (or any Java web application) available at the same hostname and context path as Stash, then you should set a unique context path for Stash. See Moving Stash to a different context path.

Install Stash as a service

• See Running Stash as a Linux service

Stopping Stash (optional)

In a terminal, change directory to <Stash installation directory> and run this:

bin/stop-stash.sh

Uninstalling Stash

To uninstall Stash, stop Stash as described above and then delete the <Stash installation directory> and Stash home directory.