Install your Appspy server

Try the Appspy quick start first

We recommend to try the Appspy quick start before installing the server.

What is the Appspy server ?

The Appspy server is a java servlet container that contains :

  • 4 webapps :
    • org.appspy.server.webapp : This application exposes the data collection service (used by the Appspy client side)
    • org.appspy.admin.webapp : This is the Appspy admin application (allows you to create / modify the reports and the dashboards)
    • org.appspy.viewer.webapp : This applications allow Appspy users to consult the reports and the dashboards to analyse the collected datas
    • org.appspy.viewer.birt.webapp : This is the Eclipse BIRT webapp used by the Appspy to display the reports
  • 1 datasource :
    • All those webapps are working with the same datasource. Out of the box, the Appspy server uses an Apache Derby Embedded database.

Step 1 : Download the server

Click here to download the server : org.appspy.distrib.server-1.1-tomcat.zip

Step 2 : Start it

  1. Unzip the file
  2. Go into the "bin" directory
  3. (Unix only) chmod +x *.sh
  4. Launch startup.bat (Windows) / startup.sh (Unix)

Step 3 : Try it

Check that the server has started successfully :

Next : What to do now ?

  1. Give us feedback : help us to improve Appspy http://forum.appspy.org
  2. (Optionnal but recommended) You should change the database. http://confluence.appspy.org/confluence/display/APPSPYDOC/Change+database+configuration
  3. Install Appspy into your application