1. Create resources/newsrack.properties.override and add the following properties there:
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# SQL db info
sql.dbName             = 
sql.userHome           = 
sql.archiveHome        = 
sql.user               = 
sql.password           = 

# Email info -- not needed if you are not going to send emails for password resets
email.admin.emailid    =
email.system.fromid    =
email.smtp.server      =
email.smtp.port        =
email.smtp.auth        =
email.smtp.auth.user   =
email.smtp.auth.passwd =
email.smtp.ssl         =

# Set testing, readonly, debugging to true if you dont want anything to be downloaded
testing                  = false
readonly                 = false
debugging                = false
download.init_delay.secs = 60
download.period.mins     = 120
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2. Read SETUP.NOTES for information about configuring tomcat and modjk

3. Create build.properties and setup build properties that you want to override -- the two properties you might override are: 
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webapp.name =   
container.dir = 
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4. ant build builds code 

5. ant war builds war

6. ant deploy deploys the application