Starting the server

In the following sections, we assume that you are running all the EYEDB tools under the same Unix user as the one used when installing EYEDB , in order not to be forced to create a new EYEDB user and give this new user the necessary authorizations to create a database. In case this assumption is not valid, please refer to the administration guide for further information about creating a user and assigning a user database creation permission.

For any EYEDB operation, a server must run on your computer. To check if a server is running, use the following command:

% eyedbctl status

If a server is running, this command will print a message like:

EyeDB Server running since Mon Dec 10 13:42:51 2007

  Version       V2.8.4
  Date          Dec 10 2007 12:51:35
  Architecture  x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
  Program Pid   8778
  Running Under eyedb

  Listening on  localhost:6240
                localhost:/var/lib/eyedb/pipes/eyedbd
  Datafile Directory /share

  No Clients connected.

If no server is running, it will print an error message such as:

No EyeDB Server is running on localhost:6240

To start a server, just do this:

% eyedbctl start

This command will print a message like:

Starting EyeDB Server
 Version      V2.8.4
 Compiled     Dec 10 2007 12:51:35
 Architecture x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
 Program Pid  8785

Then, you may try again eyedbctl status.

If you get any trouble at this step, refer to the installation and to the administration manuals.