Cybotics Search Engine Installation

Requirements

1. Administration interface requires JavaScript/JScript capable browsers, which means either Netscape browser 3.0 or higher, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher.
2. A web server or servlet engine capable of running Java servlets. Two choices are the Java Web Server and the Servlet Development Kit (which enables servlet support on Netscape web servers and Microsoft Internet Information Server). More information about Java servlets can be found at http://jserv.javasoft.com.

Installing on Windows 95 and Windows NT

1. Download the Cybotics Search Engine 1.0b3 zip file from Cybotics Technologies Limited Web Site at http://www.cybotics.com.
2. Unzip the zip file using utilities like WinZip (see http://www.winzip.com) This creates a directory called "cse1.0b3", which contains the product license "LICENSE", this "readme.html" file and another zip file "install.zip"
3. Read the license ("LICENSE") carefully before using the product.
4. Unzip "install.zip" in the directory where your servlet classes are stored. For example, if you have Java Web Server 1.0.1 installed under C:\Javaserver1.0.1, you should unzip the file to C:\Javaserver1.0.1\classes (you may need to create this directory if it does not exist). You can then delete the zip file.

5. This extracts two servlets "CyboticsAdmin.class", "CyboticsSearch.class" and extra files under the "Cybotics" directory tree.
6. That's it, start your web server. Using your web browser, connect to the login page of the Cybotics Search Engine Administration interface at the URL http://hostname:port/servlet/CyboticsAdmin, where "hostname" is your web host name, and "port" is the port number (e.g. http://localhost:8080/servlet/CyboticsAdmin)
7. Login for the first time with password "admin". Click on "Help"->"Help Content" and follow the "Quick start" instructions to create a collection and start searching!

Installing on Unix

1. Download the Cybotics Search Engine 1.0b3 tar file from Cybotics Technologies Limited Web Site at http://www.cybotics.com.
2. Untar the tar file:

   % tar xvf cse1.0b3.tar

   This creates a directory called "cse1.0b3", which contains the product license "LICENSE", this "readme.html" file and another tar file "install.tar"

3. Read the license ("LICENSE") carefully before using the product.
4. Move the tar file "install.tar" to the directory where your servlet classes are stored. For example, if you have Java Web Server 1.0.1 installed under /usr/local/Javaserver1.0.1, you should move the tar file to /usr/local/Javaserver1.0.1/classes (you may need to create this directory if it does not exist).
5. Untar the tar file in the servlet directory and then delete it:

   % tar xvpf install.tar
   % rm install.tar

6. This extracts two servlets "CyboticsAdmin.class", "CyboticsSearch.class" and extra files under the "Cybotics" directory tree. Make sure the user your web server is running as has read permission on all files under the "Cybotics" directory. Also make sure write permissions are granted for the following directories and any files under them (the untarred default is all writable):
   • Cybotics/System/collections
   • Cybotics/System/config
   • Cybotics/System/logs
   • Cybotics/System/templates
   • Cybotics/System/tmp
7. That's it, start your web server. Using your web browser, connect to the login page of the Cybotics Search Engine Administration interface at the URL http://hostname:port/servlet/CyboticsAdmin, where "hostname" is your web host name, and "port" is the port number (e.g. http://localhost:8080/servlet/CyboticsAdmin)
8. Login for the first time with password "admin". Click on "Help"->"Help Content" and follow the "Quick start" instructions to create a collection and start searching!

• Search engine servlets and files ("install.zip" or "install.tar") must be extracted in a directory listed in the system property "java.class.path". At start, the search engine servlets "CyboticsAdmin.class" and "CyboticsSearch.class" will scan directories listed in this system property to search for search engine files. For some servlet engines (e.g. srun.exe in the Servlet Development Kit), this is done by adding the directory to the environment variable "CLASSPATH". For others, specific instructions must be followed for the particular servlet engine (e.g. IBM's Servlet Express requires setting the classpath in the file cfg/servlet.cnf).
• Make sure the administration servlet can be accessed at URL http://hostname:port/servlet/CyboticsAdmin and the search servlet at URL http://hostname:port/servlet/CyboticsSearch. This is the default for the Servlet Development Kit, while in IBM's Servlet Express, this requires the following steps:
  1. In file "home/servlets.prp", add the lines:

     servlets.CyboticsAdmin.code=CyboticsAdmin
     servlets.CyboticsSearch.code=CyboticsSearch

  2. In file "home/rules.prp", add the lines:

     /servlet/CyboticsAdmin=CyboticsAdmin
     /servlet/CyboticsSearch=CyboticsSearch

• The servlets also recognizes the following init parameters. If these parameters are supplied, they must be supplied to both the administration servlet and the search servlet:
  1. servletDir - the directory where you extracted search engine files ("install.zip" or "install.tar"). This overrides the setting in the classpath
  2. adminURL - the URL where the administration servlet "CyboticsAdmin.class" is to be accessed. This overrides the default URL http://hostname:port/servlet/CyboticsAdmin.
  3. searchURL - the URL where the search servlet "CyboticsAdmin.class" is to be accessed. This overrides the default URL http://hostname:port/servlet/CyboticsSearch.