Getting Started

Thank you for using IDS Server. For the latest information on IDS Server, visit the IDS Software Web site at http://www.idssoftware.com/. The following are some simple steps to get you started with the IDS Server.

Step 1: Database Client Software Configuration
The client software of the target database must be installed into the computer running the IDS Server. For Oracle 8i and 9i, install Oracle client including OCI. For Oracle 7.3, you need to install at least Oracle SQL*Net Client 2.3.x, Oracle TCP/IP Adapter 2.3.x and Oracle Call Interface (OCI) 7.3.x. For Informix, you need Informix Client SDK 2.01 or higher. For Sybase, install Open-Client (CT-Lib).

In addition, since IDS Server uses the shared library of the target database system, the library path of the database must be added to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.
 
Step 2: Start the IDS Server
On Unix, you can run the IDS Server as a daemon program or in the current console or terminal window. To run as daemon, execute the shell script runserver in the IDS Server directory. To run in the current console window, execute the same script with a "-con" argument. For example,
    $ /opt/IDSServer/runserver        # Run as daemon
    $ /opt/IDSServer/runserver -con   # Run in current console
Step 3: Install the IDSExamples Database
To install IDSExamples to Oracle, add the following entry into Oracle configuration file $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
    IDSExamples =
      (DESCRIPTION =
        (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host = www.bogus.com)(Port = 1521))
        (CONNECT_DATA = (SID = ORCL))
      )
Then use Oracle SQL*Plus to execute IDSServer/File/IDSExamples-ora.sql to install the sample database into account scott/tiger.
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus scott/tiger@IDSExamples @File/IDSExamples-ora.sql
Refer to Section 1.8.1 of the IDS Server User's Guide on how to use Customer Data Source to setup Oracle data sources.
Step 4: Run the IDS JDBC Test Program
The "IDS JDBC Test" can be run by the shell script runtest in the IDS Server directory. It requires that the JDK 1.1 or later is installed in this computer, and its "bin" directory is added to the PATH environment variable.
 
Step 5: Visit the IDS Server Home Page
IDS Server can be used as a Web server. of the IDS Server installed in this computer. The default TCP/IP port number of IDS Server is 12. Therefore, if you want to access this home page from a remote computer on the internet/intranet use the following URL:

    http://server1.bogus.com:12/

The IDS Server Home Page contains additional hyper-links for running sample programs and applets.

Please refer to the IDS Server User's Guide for detail information of IDS Server and IDS JDBC Driver. Also, the "IDS Software FAQ" page in the IDS Software Web site is another great source of reference.