Install Polarion

  1. If the computer that you are installing Polarion on is running a firewall, disable it for the duration of the installation. This enables the installer to check if the required ports are available.

  2. Copy the installer program file and the evaluation license file to the folder Polarion will be installed in. The default c:\Polarion is recommended.

    Caution:

    Install AdoptOpenJDK 11 (LTS) before running the Polarion installer.

  3. Right-click the file and run as an Administrator.

  4. On the welcome window, click Next.

  5. Enter a User Name and Company Name and click Next.

  6. Click Evaluation Installation.

    Caution:

    If you change the default C:\Polarion installation path;

    Pick a location other than the Program Files folder.

  7. Click Next.

  8. Click Browse and navigate to your Java installation.

    Tip:

    The installer inserts the path from the JAVA HOME environment variable.

  9. Click Next.

    (If the displayed OpenJDK path is incorrect, the following error message appears.)

    Click Browse, navigate to the correct path, click OK then Next.

  10. Click Install to begin the installation with the selected settings, or Back to change them.

  11. Click Next when the screen above appears.

  12. Click Next when the configuration summary page above appears.

    A series of process pop-ups appears then disappear.

    (The longest being the First-time data initialization pop-up below.)

    (Optional) - Start Polarion

    Clear the check box, if you do not want Polarion to start automatically.

    (Optional) - View Readme file

    Clear the check box to disable the automatic launch of the README.html.

    With the default options, the installed Apache server starts followed by the Polarion server and the default web browser that will load and display the portal login page.

    If you prefer to skip the option and start Polarion later, see Starting the Polarion Server. If you disabled the computer’s firewall, don’t forget to re-enable it after the installer terminates.

  13. Click Finish.

  14. The Polarion Server starts automatically.

    (Unless Start Polarion Server and open its portal page on the previous window was cleared.)

  15. The Polarion README.html launches in a tab of the default web browser.

    (Unless View Readme file on the previous window was cleared.)

  16. The Polarion logon page launches in another browser window.

  17. Click Start 30-Day Trial to log on.