You can choose to install Bamboo via a Mac OS X Installer (.dmg) or a TGZ Archive (.tgz):

Download and Install Bamboo for Mac OS X (Mac OS X Installer)

1. Download Bamboo for Mac OS X. Bamboo for Mac OS X is available for download from the Bamboo Download Center (click the 'Mac OS X' tab). Choose the Mac OS X Installer (.dmg) download.
2. Launch the Bamboo Mac OS X installer. This will mount the Atlassian Bamboo installation volume.
3. Launch the Bamboo Continuous Integration Server Installer.appto begin the installation wizard. The installer requires you to specify two directories:

   • Bamboo installation directory— This is the directory where Bamboo's application files will be installed. The default is:

     /Applications/Bamboo

   • Bamboo home directory— This is the directory where Bamboo will store its configuration data. If the directory you specify doesn't exist, Bamboo will create the directory when it launches. The default is:

     /Users/<current-user>/Bamboo-home

Download and Install Bamboo for Mac OS X (TGZ Archive)

1. Download Bamboo for Mac OS X. Bamboo for Mac OS X is available for download from the Bamboo Download Center (click the 'Mac OS X' tab). Choose the TGZ Archive (.tgz) download (click the 'Show all' link to show the 'TGZ Archive' download link).
2. Extract the files from the Mac OS X archive version to a Bamboo installation directory of your choice. By default, the root directory of the tgz file is "Bamboo".

3. Set up your Bamboo home directory — this is the directory where Bamboo will store its root configuration data. To do this, open the file named bamboo-init.properties in the <Bamboo installation directory>/webapp/WEB-INF/classesdirectory. 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=/test/bamboo-home

   Alternatively, 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.

4. If you are going to use Bamboo remote agents, set the following in the bamboo-init.properties file in the <Bamboo installation directory>/webapp/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.

There are two ways you can launch Bamboo on Mac OS X:

Launch via bamboo.sh startup script

You can start Bamboo with the default bamboo.sh file in your installation root directory. The bamboo.sh command accepts the following options (e.g. ./bamboo.sh start):

• console — this starts Bamboo in a console. The logs will scroll to standard out.
• start — this starts Bamboo.
• stop — this stops Bamboo.
• status — this provides the current status of Bamboo.

Launch via Java Service Wrapper

Alternatively, you can start Bamboo via a Java Service Wrapper, which provides services such as automatic restarting. To do this, you will need to use the run-bamboo command available in the /wrapper folder of the Bamboo installation. You will need to fire the command with one of the following options (e.g. ./run-bamboo start):

• console — this starts Bamboo in a console. The logs will scroll to standard out.
• start — this starts Bamboo.
• stop — this stops Bamboo.
• status — this provides the current status of Bamboo.

1. Access your running Bamboo instance by going to your web browser and entering the address: http://localhost:8085/.
2. Configure Bamboo via the Setup Wizard which will display. Read Running the Setup Wizard for further instructions.