Before Installing Server Software

Before you start the installation process, verify that your system meets the requirements listed in "Hardware and Software Requirements" and decide where you want to install the software as explained in "Installation Choices".

Hardware and Software Requirements

Before you start the installation process, verify that the system(s) on which you plan to install AnswerBook2 server software meet the hardware and software requirements listed in Table 9-2 and Table 9-3.

Table 9-2 Hardware and Software Requirements

Component	Requirement
Document server system hardware	SPARCstation 2 or higher (SPARCstation 5 recommended)   Intel-based personal computer
Operating system	Solaris 2.6 (for SPARC or x86, as appropriate)
Admin GUI and AnswerBook2 client viewer	Any HTML 3.2-compliant browser, such as HotJava, Netscape Navigator, or Lynx

Table 9-3 Disk Space Requirements Table

Directory Path	Description	Space
/usr/lib/ab2/	Contains executable files, server processing files, library files, and graphics and document source files for the product interface.	19.5 Megabytes
/var/log/ab2/	Contains catalog files and log files, if logging functions are enabled.	0.01 Megabytes (grows according to amount of access to server)
/etc/init.d/ab2mgr	Server startup file	0.01 Megabytes

In addition, you need to set aside some amount of disk space for the actual book files. The exact amount of space depends on the specific collections.

Installation Choices

Before you install the AnswerBook2 server software, you should consider your installation choices:

• Install Everything on One System

  The AnswerBook2 server software and documentation collections are on the Solaris 2.6 Documentation CD. If you install both parts of the server product on a single system, when you finish the installation process and start the server, it will be ready to serve documents to all clients. See "Installing Server Software" for more information.

• Install Server and Documentation on Separate Systems

  You can install the document server software on one system and point to document collections that are physically located on a different system. You might want to do this if you have minimal space available on your server's system or if you have existing collections location on another system. If you do this, you will need to manually add each collection to the server's database and the Scan for Locally Installed Collections function will not find these collections. See "Installing Server Software" for more information.

• Run from the CD

  If you are operating in a non-networked environment (stand-alone) or you only occassionally view the online documentation, you can run the AnswerBook2 server directly from the Solaris 2.6 Documentation CD. To run the server directly from the CD:

  1. Make sure you are logged in as root. % su -

  2. Change directory to, or bring up file manager and go to, the following location: /cdrom/Solaris_2.6_Doc/

     This directory contains three directories and one executable script (ab2_cd).

  3. Run the following command:./ab2_cd

  4. Access the document server using the following URL:http://localhost:8888

     where localhost is the name of the machine to which the CD is attached.

  5. To stop running the server from the CD, run the following command: /cdrom/Solaris_2.6_Doc/ab2_cd stop

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  Caution -

  Be aware that running the document server directly from the CD is slow. Thus, it is not recommended that you use this approach if you expect other users to access this document server.

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