# Installing the Reference App for Enterprise **URL:** \ **Category:** Implementing\ **Created:** [February 20, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153 "2017-02-20T07:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mafrica](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/mafrica/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@mafrica](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mafrica)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153/1 "2017-02-20T07:52:49Z")
I am sorry if this is an naïve question (again) but I am trying to do a clean enterprise install of the current Reference App and am following the suggestions at [http://openmrs.org/download/](http://openmrs.org/download/) to install the MRS core - Platform 2.0.4.1 WAR (for Enterprise) and then add the reference app. I seem to have successfully installed the platform although the upload/deploy WAR file failed and I needed to manually unzip the file and run the setup and I have download the war for the reference app. I have scoured the wiki for information on the next step ie to install the Reference App and it seems the process to do this is taken for granted or very quickly dives into the realm of the developer rather than the implementer. Could someone tell me what I should be doing next? ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 8:01am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153/2 "2017-02-20T08:01:28Z")
Do you have the platform running successfully with a page like this: [http://int01.openmrs.org:8080/openmrs/](http://int01.openmrs.org:8080/openmrs/) ---
**Author:** ![mafrica](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/mafrica/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@mafrica](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mafrica)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153/3 "2017-02-20T11:43:04Z")
Yes exactly other than the current download is 2.0.4.1 So what do I do next? ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153/4 "2017-02-20T11:56:15Z")
Copy the reference application modules and paste them in the modules folder. The modules folder is supposed to be where the runtime properties file it. You can check for this path in your tomcat logs or use this [https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Overriding+OpenMRS+Default+Runtime+Properties](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Overriding+OpenMRS+Default+Runtime+Properties) ---
**Author:** ![nipun](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/nipun/32/4101_2.png) [@nipun](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/nipun)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153/5 "2017-02-20T12:48:09Z")
You got through yet? ---
**Author:** ![mafrica](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/mafrica/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@mafrica](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mafrica)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153/6 "2017-02-20T13:04:11Z")
So I tracked down where openmrs-runtime.properties is located in application data/OpenMRS and found in the same folder an empty modules folder and copied all the ref app omods there (correct?) and restarted Tomcat. However when I try and access OpenMRS through a browser I just get the same screen as in your example and not the reference app. The startup was pretty slow with lots of info messages in the tomcat log ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153/7 "2017-02-20T13:11:14Z")
Just incase it is a browser caching issue, can you try press CTRL + SHIFT + R ---
**Author:** ![mafrica](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/mafrica/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@mafrica](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mafrica)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153/8 "2017-02-20T13:59:57Z")
I am running using XAMPP on Windows Server 2016 Essentials and was trying to keep extra software to a minimum and therefore using the version of IE that came in the box. When I switched to Mozilla all was well. Thanks for your help. I am assuming that the customisations that I made on my earlier test environment can be carried forward if I import the MySQL tables from the prior test - correct? ---
**Author:** ![nipun](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/nipun/32/4101_2.png) [@nipun](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/nipun)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-the-reference-app-for-enterprise/10153/9 "2017-02-20T14:05:19Z")
yes. Database backup keeps track of customization like HTML forms etc.