Host Your Own draw.io - Visio Style Diagram Maker - On Windows
19#Drawio #VisioAlternative #Windows
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...
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What is Draw.io?
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draw.io is a configurable diagramming/whiteboarding visualization application. - https://github.com/jgraph/drawio
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Downloads and Pre-requisites
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01. Download OpenJDK https://jdk.java.net/
02. Download Apache Tomcat https://tomcat.apache.org/download-10...
03. Download the latest draw.io .war file https://github.com/jgraph/drawio/rele...
04. Extract the OpenJDK .zip archive
05. Copy the extracted OpenJDK files to C:\Program Files\OpenJDK
06. Click the Start button and search Control Panel
07. Navigate to System ≫ Advanced System Settings
08. Click the Environment Variables button
09. Under System Variables, click New
10. In the Variable Name field enter JAVA_HOME
11. In the Variable Value field enter the full path to C:\Program Files\OpenJDK
12. Click OK to close all the open dialog windows
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Installing Tomcat
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01. Double click the Apache Tomcat installer executable
02. Click Next and then I Agree
03. On the Choose Components screen, uncheck everything except Core, Service Startup and Native ≫ Click Next
04. Set the port to 8000 and Service Name ≫ Click Next
05. At the Java Virtual Machine screen, input C:\Program Files\OpenJDK ≫ Click Next
06. Verify the install location ≫ Click Install
07. After the installation completes click Finish
08. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000
09. An Apache Tomcat splash screen should display with the version of Tomcat that is currently running
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Installing draw.io
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01. Copy the draw.war file downloaded earlier to the Apache Tomcat/webapps directory
02. Within a few moments Apache Tomcat should see the .war file and extract it to a /draw sub-directory
a. If this doesn't occur automatically, try right clicking the Start button ≫ Run ≫ services.msc and restarting the Apache Tomcat service
04. Once the .war file has extracted itself to a directory, open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000/draw
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Optional Steps
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01. To remove the need to navigate to /draw, navigate to the Apache Tomcat/webapps directory in Explorer
02. Delete the ROOT directory if it exists
03. Rename the draw directory ROOT
04. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNS-or-IP:8000/ to reach Draw.io
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