License

Read about the OpenVPMS license

License.pdf

Download a .pdf version of the license

Download

Download OpenVPMS version 1.2

How to install

View the installation documentation

Download

The openVPMS software is an open source project with a subscription-based license. The software can be downloaded and installed for free but if any component of the licensed OpenVPMS source or object code is installed locally or delivered via an alternative means such as through an Application Service Provider the onus is on the Veterinary Practice end-user to pay the subscription fees due to OpenVPMS.


 

View the openVPMS license and download a pdf version


 

The implementor's handbook contains installation documentation with instructions on how to install the software.


 

Download the latest release (version 1.2)

view release notes

See the contained readme.txt for installation instructions.
 
NOTE: due to licensing restrictions, the release does not include a MySQL Connector/J JDBC driver. This must be downloaded from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html. It is typically named mysql-connector-java-5.1.x.zip or mysql-connector-java-5.1.x.tar.gz where x represents the minor version number.
 
The JDBC driver in the archive is named mysql-connector-java-5.1.x-bin.jar. This needs to be copied to:
  • the Apache Tomcat shared library directory: /shared/lib
  • the OpenVPMS install directory: /lib

Migration Notes

Existing installations need to:

  1. Migrate the database schema. The database schema has changed since the 1.1 release. To migrate to the new schema, run the migrate-1.1-to-1.2.sql script in the update/db directory.
  2. Re-load archetypes

how to convert from version 1.1 to 1.2