Installing Jive with Non-Root User

You can now separate the root administration and application administration roles in your organization by using the non-root installation procedure.

install in a location other than /usr/local/jive,

You can also install the application in a custom directory location other than the default /usr/local/jive, and run commands using a different user account than the default "jive" user.

As root, use the following commands to create a user with bash as its default shell, and its home directory in the location you plan to install.

Note: The values used in the following steps are examples for user, group and home directory.
1. mkdir /opt/apps
2. groupadd megacom
3. useradd -g megacom -c "MegaCorp (tm) Jive Community Service Account" -d /opt/apps/megacom -m -s /bin/bash megacom
Become the user you just created by using the following command.
```
su - megacom
```
Create your own RPM database by using the following command.
1. mkdir rpmdb
2. rpm --initdb --dbpath /opt/apps/megacom/rpmdb
Create a directory to contain rpms:
```
mkdir rpms
```

Download the rpm using by using the following command.

wget --no-check-certificate <url_from_jenkins> -O rpms/latest.rpm

Check dependencies for the rpm using the main rpm database. We have to do this as a separate step because we skip the dependency check during the actual install using --nodeps. If there is any output from this command, correct the missing dependencies.
```
rpm -Vp --nofiles rpms/latest.rpm
```

Install the rpm using the following command:

JIVE_USER=megacom JIVE_GROUP=megacom JIVE_HOME=/opt/apps/megacom rpm --dbpath /opt/apps/megacom/rpmdb -Uvh --nodeps --prefix /opt/apps/megacom rpms/latest.rpm

Log out and log back in as your user, or else just source ~/.bash_profile.
Run jive setup. You'll see suggestions for the relevant startup properties that need to change.
1. jive set main.jive_group megacom
2. jive set main.jive_user megacom
3. jive set main.jive_home /opt/apps/megacom

Follow the steps in Installation Stepswith the following adjustments:

For docconverter,

        wget <pdf2swf_rpm_url> -O rpms/pdf2swf.rpm
        JIVE_USER=megacom JIVE_GROUP=megacom JIVE_HOME=/opt/apps/megacom rpm --dbpath /opt/apps/megacom/rpmdb -Uvh --replacefiles --nodeps --prefix /opt/apps/megacom rpms/pdf2swf.rpm

The init script is not installed because it requires root.
The logrotate cron task is not installed because it requires root.