Running Bedework

Start Bedework

Open two console windows and cd to the quickstart directory in each.
For each console, set JAVA_HOME environment variable. For example:
- Linux: export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_16
- Windows: set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16
- Mac OS X: export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
Enter the following, one command line per console:
1. Console 1: ./bw -quickstart dirstart ← Starts ApacheDS ldap directory server for Bedework on port 10389
2. Console 2: ./startjboss or ./startjboss -debug ← Starts Bedework core services in JBoss on port 8080 (and several others). Add -debug to increase the amount of information logged.

Memory settings:

JVM settings can be passed as parameters to the startjboss script. Enter "startjboss -usage" or see "Reviewing JVM parameters" for more information.

If you have the memory, try increasing the heap size for better performance, e.g. ./startjboss -heap 2G.
If JBoss has difficulty coming up, try decreasing the heap size, e.g. ./startjboss -heap 512M.

Windows Users:

Throughout this manual, you can replace all commands of the form “./command” with “command” or “command.bat”. For example, to start Bedework's directory server, enter: “bw -quickstart dirstart”.

Helper files

goBedework-3.8.bat is a command line script that will launch all the above in Windows (edit the file to point at the location of your quickstart files).

Explore Bedework

Access the web applications at http://localhost:8080/bedework
Note: this link will only work on the system on which the quickstart is running.

This page also provides information about connecting to Bedeworks CalDAV server.

Stop Bedework

When finished, you can stop Bedework by entering CTRL-C in the console windows.