Setting Environment Variables for Platform
- Kevin Wu
- Yeok Hong Ng
- Manuel Pereira
- Jenni Wallin
Add the following environment variables into a login script for the user mzadmin, ensuring the variables are always used. The example values will be used later on in the installation parameters file install.xml.
Variable | Description |
|---|---|
MZ_HOME | Example value: This environment variable specifies where the software is to be installed. Note!The directory must exist and be empty prior to the installation. Note!You should use an absolute path instead of a symlink for the MZ_HOME directory to avoid any issue during installation or upgrade. |
JAVA_HOME | Example value: This environment variable specifies where the JDK is installed. For example: /opt/jdk-<interim.update.patch> |
PATH | The search path must contain the following directories: This environment variable specifies the search path. |
Example - Setting Environment Variables
$ export MZ_HOME=/opt/mz
$ export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk/jdk-17.0.2
$ export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$MZ_HOME/bin:$PATH