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Version 1.4a(11-9-2002)

Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT Install

1. Click on the Download button on the left
2. Make a note of where your browser saves the file
3. After the download is complete close all applications
4. Go to the directory where the file was saved
5. Double click on the file called FlashNowInstall.exe and follow the prompts


Example Files

1. Click on the Download button on the left
2. Create File Folder
3. Unzip File
4. Start NowServer
5. Open any example file


NEW Version 1.4(1-31-2002)

Linux Install

1. Unpack your distribution file. (recommended install location /usr/local/bin/NowServer)

You will have downloaded a file named flashNow.v1.4.tgz.
Untar this file with a command like: tar xzvf flashNow.v1.4.tgz
This will create a NowServer directory. Change directories (cd) into this new directory.
Change the permission on the NSBasic-1.4 to make it executable with a command like: chmod 755 NSBasic-1.4

2. Configure your NowServer to meet your needs and server specifications:
Upon starting, NowServer reads the NowServer.xml. If the file does not exist a default version will be created when you run NowServer. Edit this file with a basic text editor or XML editor to customize your server settings. For further detail refer to the Documentation section III configuration

3 Starting the now server
Start server with the following command: ./NSBasic-1.4
Text similar to the following should appear:

20020117145957 : <Demo/Basic> Version
20020117145957 reading error messages file default.err
20020117145957 reading messages file default.msg
20020117145957 Starting NowServer 1.4 <Demo/Basic> Edition on port 5525

3. SysV startup script
There is an example startup script included in the tar file "NowServerStartup". If you have extracted the NSBasic-1.4 binary to a location other than the suggested "/usr/local/bin/NowServer" you will need to edit this startup script to point to the location where you store the server binary.

NOTE: the default configuration uses the CWD as the storage location for the config and log files. If you start the server with this script the inital CWD will be "/etc/rc.c/init.d" so you will need to edit the configuration file to include the proper paths.

Also note that in the example NowServerStartup file we pass the server the -c flag with the full path to the configuration file for this same reason.

It is also recomeded that you set the piddir to /var/run/ This is where the shutdown script will normally look for it.

Now copy the NowServerStartup file to your "/etc/rc.c/init.d" directory and add it to your startup runlevels. (Use the "ntsysv" configuration tool to easily add the script to your runlevels.)

Using this script is optional. If you do not have root access or do not want to use the SysV mechanism, you will probably not be able to use this script.


NEW Version e2(1-31-2002)

Enterprise Edition for up to 1,000 users

1. Unpack your distribution file. (recommended install location /usr/local/bin/NowServer)

You will have downloaded a file named flashNow.v1.4.tgz.
Untar this file with a command like: tar xzvf flashNow.v1.4.tgz
This will create a NowServer directory. Change directories (cd) into this new directory.
Change the permission on the NSEnterprize-1.4 file to make it executable with a command like: chmod 755 NSEnterprize-1.4

2. Configure your NowServer to meet your needs and server specifications:
Upon starting, NowServer reads the NowServer.xml. If the file does not exist a default version will be created when you run NowServer. Edit this file with a basic text editor or XML editor to customize your server settings. For further detail refer to the Documentation section III configuration

3 Starting the now server
Start server with the following command: ./NSEnterprize-1.4
Text similar to the following should appear:

20020117145957 : Enterprise Version
20020117145957 reading error messages file default.err
20020117145957 reading messages file default.msg
20020117145957 Starting NowServer 1.4 Enterprise Edition on port 5525

3. SysV startup script
There is an example startup script included in the tar file "NowServerStartup". If you have extracted the NSEnterprize-1.4 binary to a location other than the suggested "/usr/local/bin/NowServer" you will need to edit this startup script to point to the location where you store the server binary.

NOTE: the default configuration uses the CWD as the storage location for the config and log files. If you start the server with this script the inital CWD will be "/etc/rc.c/init.d" so you will need to edit the configuration file to include the proper paths.

Also note that in the example NowServerStartup file we pass the server the -c flag with the full path to the configuration file for this same reason.

It is also recomeded that you set the piddir to /var/run/ This is where the shutdown script will normally look for it.

Now copy the NowServerStartup file to your "/etc/rc.c/init.d" directory and add it to your startup runlevels. (Use the "ntsysv" configuration tool to easily add the script to your runlevels.)

Using this script is optional. If you do not have root access or do not want to use the SysV mechanism, you will probably not be able to use this script.

 

 

Use It!

After the installation program runs, please read the Documentation which tells you how the program works.