For those hosts that have 'chkconfig' the script will ask if you want to install VisualPulse as a system service, so that it is started at machine boot.
Finally the script will start VisualPulse from the chosen install directory, and after a short delay of post installation configuration, the running process will indicate that you can connect via a browser to the ipaddress port that it has found able to use. This can be changed later should it be necessary for operational reasons.
STEP 2. Start the VisualPulse Server Engine
The starting and stopping of the VisualPulse engine is with the 'start_visualpulse.sh' script created in step 1.
The syntax for starting is
sh <install directory>/start_visualpulse.sh
or if you are in that directory
start_visualpulse.sh
and for stopping
sh <install directory>/stop_visualpulse.sh
or if you are in that directory
stop_visualpulse.sh
When the server starts you will see some confirmation messages including the IP address and port number allocated. You can now use a browser to request the main control panel by using the URL http://<ip address:port>.
Running VisualPulse
Windows: Go to Start
/ Programs / VisualPulse and click on VisualPulse. If you are running under Win2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, it is possible to configure VisualPulse to run as a Service.
UNIX: To run VisualPulse for Unix follow
these steps. It is possible to configure VisualPulse
to run as a daemon service that is started
at system boot. Refer to Appendix
A for details:
- Change to the install directory"cd
vip"
- Make sure that the current directory ('.')
is in the PATH environment
variable by typing "env
| grep PATH". There may be perhaps
two or more environment variables that have
PATH in them. If it's not already there then
set it with (assuming a Kourne shell) "PATH=$PATH:.;
export PATH". Note: You could
also amend the profile of the account that
will be running VisualPulse to include ('.')
- If using a Java 1.1 Runtime Environment
(JRE), type "jre
vip" to run VisualPulse. Otherwise,
type "java
vip"
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