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new 8054ff49d4 Documented HOP_JAVA_HOME (#5977)
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commit 8054ff49d495c4b72b678ecb411d3e3249fc88b1
Author: Drazen Sander <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Nov 10 16:59:28 2025 +0100
Documented HOP_JAVA_HOME (#5977)
---
.../ROOT/pages/installation-configuration.adoc | 6 ++++++
.../ROOT/pages/snippets/variables/hop-java-home.adoc | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
diff --git
a/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/installation-configuration.adoc
b/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/installation-configuration.adoc
index fe255a32e3..f56b0d6fa0 100644
--- a/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/installation-configuration.adoc
+++ b/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/installation-configuration.adoc
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9, mixed mode)
Make sure to point the `JAVA_HOME` environment variable for your operating
system to your desired JRE installation. Refer to your operating system's
documentation for more information on environment variables.
+TIP: Instead of changing your system’s JAVA_HOME, you can set the
HOP_JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to a specific Java JRE or JDK for
Apache Hop. This allows Hop to use a different Java version than your system
default, without affecting other applications.
+
== Basic Installation [[basic]]
The basic installation for Apache Hop couldn't be easier:
@@ -165,6 +167,10 @@ include::snippets/variables/hop-plugin-base-folders.adoc[]
include::snippets/variables/hop-shared-jdbc-folder.adoc[]
+include::snippets/variables/hop-java-home.adoc[]
+
+include::snippets/variables/hop-options.adoc[]
+
=== JDBC Drivers, Jars, Libraries, and other plugin dependencies
Hop comes with built-in support for tens of databases and a large number of
other technologies.
diff --git
a/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/snippets/variables/hop-java-home.adoc
b/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/snippets/variables/hop-java-home.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fac2ca723e
--- /dev/null
+++
b/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/snippets/variables/hop-java-home.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+////
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+////
+HOP_JAVA_HOME::
+Set this environment variable to the path of the Java JRE/JDK you want Apache
Hop to use.
+This lets Hop run with a specific Java version, regardless of the system
default.
