This article covers setting up a duplicate YF environment.
It's something which can be used as a dev/test environment, for testing or backup purposes.
Before you begin, you want to ensure that you have;
-A backup of your Yellowfin reposityr DB from the production environment
-Installer that matches version of Yellowfin currently in use on production
-Any custom styles/files used on production environment.
-A valid licence for this new environment
Now it's time to set it all up.
- Install the FULL version of Yellowfin that matches the production environment.
If your production server is currently on 7.2 July, then you need to a full installation of the 7.2 July release on this new environment.
If you're installing on the same machine as the production instance, ensure you install Yellowfin into a different patch.When it gets to create the database part of the installer, choose HSQL. - Ensure the new instance is working correctly.
Start the new instance, and ensure you can login and hit the 'browse' page. - Stop Yellowfin
- Restore the Yellowfin DB backup you made from prod on this machine (or anywhere else that won't conflict with the prod DB) .
- Open the web.xml and update the connection details to point to the restored DB.
- Start Yellowfin.
You should now be using a fresh install of Yellowfin, but looking at data which matches the current production data, though completely separate.
This is a perfect environment for testing changes/upgrades before rolling them onto prod.