Preparing for Installation

Before installing ActiveSpaces processes as Windows services, create folders to save the realm data and the logs. Create TIBCO FTL configuration file and tibdg configuration scripts that can be later used to create the grid.

1. Create the following directories:

   mkdir C:\activespacesdata
   mkdir C:\activespacesdata\_default
   mkdir C:\activespacesdata\logs
   mkdir C:\activespacesdata\realm_data
   

   The logs from the TIBCO FTL servers and ActiveSpaces processes are stored in the logs directory. The realm data from the TIBCO FTL servers are stored in the realm_data directory. The ActiveSpaces grid data for a grid named _default are stored in the _default directory.
2. Create a TIBCO FTL configuration file with the following content and save it to C:\activespacesdata\ftl.yaml.
   Note: TIBCO recommends that you run a separate TIBCO FTL server on each machine.

   globals:
     core.servers:
       ftl1: localhost:8085
       ftl2: localhost:8185
       ftl3: localhost:8285
   servers:
     ftl1:
     - realm:
         data: C:\activespacesdata\realm_data
         logfile: C:\activespacesdata\logs\ftl1-rs-log.txt
     ftl2:
     - realm:
         data: C:\activespacesdata\realm_data
         logfile: C:\activespacesdata\logs\ftl2-rs-log.txt
     ftl3:
     - realm:
         data: C:\activespacesdata\realm_data
         logfile: C:\activespacesdata\logs\ftl3-rs-log.txt
   services:
     realm: {}
   

3. Create a tibdg configuration script with the following content and save it to C:\activespacesdata\_default.tibdg.

   grid create copyset_size=2
   copyset create cs_01
   copyset create cs_02
   node create --copyset cs_01 --dir C:/activespacesdata/_default/cs_01.n_1_data cs_01.n_1
   node create --copyset cs_01 --dir C:/activespacesdata/_default/cs_01.n_2_data cs_01.n_2
   node create --copyset cs_02 --dir C:/activespacesdata/_default/cs_02.n_1_data cs_02.n_1
   node create --copyset cs_02 --dir C:/activespacesdata/_default/cs_02.n_2_data cs_02.n_2
   keeper create --dir C:/activespacesdata/_default/k_1_data k_1
   keeper create --dir C:/activespacesdata/_default/k_2_data k_2
   keeper create --dir C:/activespacesdata/_default/k_3_data k_3
   proxy create p_01
   proxy create p_02
   table create t1 key long
   column create t1 value string
   

   This configuration file is used later to create the grid.