Current build status: 
For more information about NextReports Server see the product page link.
How to build
Requirements:
- Git
- JDK 7 (test with
java -version) - Apache Ant (test with
ant -version)
Steps:
- create a local clone of this repository (with
git clone https://github.com/nextreports/nextreports-server.git) - go to project's folder (with
cd nextreports-server) - build the artifacts (with
ant clean release)
After above steps a folder artifacts is created and all goodies are in that folder.
How to run
It's very simple to run the nextreports-server.
First, you must build the project using above steps.
After building process go to dist folder and replace some variables:
@httpPort@in ./etc/jetty.xml (for example you can replace this variable with 8081)@reportsHome@in ./contexts/reports.xml (for example you can replace this variable with reports)
Execute the script:
- run.bat (for windows)
- run.sh (for linux/unix)
Start an internet browser immediately after the server starts (it displays in command prompt something like "Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8081") and type http://localhost:@httpPort@/nextreports-server (for example http://localhost:8081/nextreports-server).
In login page enter the default username and password: admin as username and 1 as password.
Using Maven
NextReports Server comes with some web services that allows other applications to interact with the server using a simple API on following levels:
- storage level: list reports, charts, folders, data sources; create folders; publish reports, charts and data sources; download reports and charts (these methods are also used by NextReports Designer)
- process level: run reports on the server from your proprietary applications with your specific parameters values
In your pom.xml you must define the dependencies to nextreports-server-clients artifacts with:
<dependency>
<groupId>ro.nextreports</groupId>
<artifactId>nextreports-server-client</artifactId>
<version>${nextreports-server-client.version}</version>
</dependency>
where ${nextreports-server-client.version} is the last nextreports-server-client version.
You may want to check for the latest released version using Maven Search