Installing VMware Tanzu GemFire

This section describes how to install VMware Tanzu GemFire.

When you install a new version of Tanzu GemFire software on an existing Tanzu GemFire system, keep the previous version available until the system upgrade has been completed and verified.

• Install VMware Tanzu GemFire from a Compressed TAR File

  Use the compressed TAR file distribution to install and configure VMware Tanzu GemFire on every physical and virtual machine where you will run VMware Tanzu GemFire.

• Obtaining VMware Tanzu GemFire from a Maven Repository

  You can use Maven to add VMware Tanzu GemFire to your Java project build.

• Setting Up the CLASSPATH

  This topic describes how Tanzu GemFire processes set their CLASSPATH.

• Uninstalling Tanzu GemFire

  This section describes how to remove Tanzu GemFire.

Obtaining and Installing Security Updates

New versions of VMware Tanzu GemFire often include important security fixes, so Pivotal recommends you keep up to date with the latest releases.

For details about any security fixes in a particular release, see the Pivotal security page.