Documentation

Installation instructions

These instructions cover the all-in-one live package. For instructions on setting up the WAR-file on a server, please consult the development page.

  • Download the all-in-one package from the download page. It will run on any platform and only requires that you have a recent JRE or JDK installed (at least version 1.6 update14), as well as a W3C compatible browser like Firefox available.
  • Unzip the archive to any location.
  • On Windows, click the dhis2-live executable. On Linux, invoke the startup.sh script file.
  • Point your browser to http://localhost:8080 and log in. Initially the user name/password is admin/district.

Documentation

The user documentation covers the background and purpose of DHIS 2 together with instructions and explanations of how to perform data entry, system maintenance, meta-data set-up, import and export of data, aggregation, reporting and other topics related to the usage of the software. The developer documentation covers the technical architecture, the design of each module and use of the development frameworks behind DHIS 2. Feel like contributing to the documentation? Have a look at this document to get instructions on how to participate.

Package Format Version
DHIS 2 User documentation PDF 2.0.4
DHIS 2 User documentation HTML 2.0.4
DHIS 2 User documentation PDF Continous build
DHIS 2 Developer documentation PDF 2.0.4
DHIS 2 Developer documentation HTML 2.0.4

API/Javadocs

See the Javadocs for the DHIS 2 source code.

Change log

Roadmap