Chindi Documentation

Installing The Server

Installing the Chindi server is easy. Just unzip to a directory of your choice,
and then run it by executing the script appropriate to your system.

Chindi needs a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) of at least version 1.1. Most Windows
systems already has a 1.1 JRE installed, but on Linux/UNIX systems this is often not the case.
The JRE can be found at Sun Microsystems website.
There have been great performance increases in the 1.3 JRE, so if you do not have it we
recommend that you upgrade.

Getting Started

If you get your server running, you should see the server window, and a message saying
saying that the server is online and listening at a specific port.
The server application does nothing except display the server log on screen and
handle user connections in the background, and the only thing you can do from the
server window is to shut down the server. To configure the server you must use the client.
This is described in Server Administration.

Troubleshooting

If you run the script and get an errormessage saying "Unknown file or command", your java
executable is probably not in your path. Either put the JRE bin directory (in Windows
this would probably be "c:\program files\JavaSoft\...\bin") in your path or modify the
script to point to the executable.

If you get an errormessage saying "...Class Not Found..." your CLASSPATH environment variable
probably does not point to the JRE API package. Make sure to include (path-to-JRE)/lib/(???).jar is
in your classpath.

If your server displays an errormessage during startup saying "Unknown Host Exception" and you are
running Linux/UNIX, your /etc/hosts file is probably not properly configured. Make sure the name
of your computer points to it's correct IP.