Key/Value Server Installation

Orient Key/Value Server runs on top of every Operative Systems that supports the Java technology such as:

Any Linux distribution
Apple MacOSX
Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, XP, Vista, Seven
Sun Solaris
HP-UX
IBM Aix

Orient Key/Value Server is distributed as ZIP file. You can obtain the latest version in the Download Page. To install it just extract the ZIP archive in a folder on your PC.

Distribution

The Orient Key/Value Server distribution is composed of the following folders:

Folder	Description
benchmarks	All you need to run some benchmarks
bin	Scripts to execute Orient commands such as the server and the console
config	Where resides the configuration files
databases	Default place where to store databases
lib	Java libraries
www	Web site used with static pages and the web console

Running

If you're using a Unix like Operative System execute always the script called <command>.sh, otherwise <command>.bat if you're using a Microsoft Windows operative system.

Run the server

Now you've installed Orient Key/Value Server in your system try to launch the single-node version by executing the script bin/orient-kv.sh (or orient-kv.bat in MS Windows systems). The output should be something like that:

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    ,,:,:,,,,,,,,::.   `        `         ``     .:
     ,,:.,,,,,,,,,: `::, ,,   ::,::`   : :,::`  ::::
      ,:,,,,,,,,,,::,:   ,,  :.    :   ::    :   .:
       :,,,,,,,,,,:,::   ,,  :      :  :     :   .:
 `     :,,,,,,,,,,:,::,  ,, .::::::::  :     :   .:
 `,...,,:,,,,,,,,,: .:,. ,, ,,         :     :   .:
   .,,,,::,,,,,,,:  `: , ,,  :     `   :     :   .:
     ...,::,,,,::.. `:  .,,  :,    :   :     :   .:
          ,::::,,,. `:   ,,   :::::    :     :   .:
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2010-04-19 08:13:17:499 CONF [OServerNetworkListener] Orient Database Server v0.9.8 is listening connections on 127.0.0.1:8020

This output confirm that the Orient Key/Value Server is started correctly and is listening for connection at localhost address, port 8020. To change this setting goto Configuration.

Now point your web browser to this address: *http://localhost:8020* and the welcome page should appears:

Now insert some key and value in the POST form, click on SUBMIT and check that no errors are returned.

Now try to put the same key in the GET form and check if the result is the same entered. The welcome page works on the petshop database loaded by default. To remove it just remove the entry in the configuration file.