Installing IBM Data Explorer

Follow these steps to install IBM® Data Explorer.

Procedure

  1. Locate the IS_DATA_EXPLORER_V9.0_INSTALL_GUIDE.pdf.
  2. Follow the instructions in the IS_DATA_EXPLORER_V9.0_INSTALL_GUIDE.pdf to install the product. During installation, you must:
    1. Enable the embedded web server that is included in the InfoSphere® Data Explorer engine.
    2. Enable and install the Apache ZooKeeper service.
  3. After InfoSphere Data Explorer installation is completed, run this command to enable the embedded web server: 
    velocity-config webserver/is-enabled=True
  4. Navigate to the $DE_INSTALL_DIR/Engine/bin or DE_INSTALL_DIR\Engine\bin directory.
  5. From the directory, run one of these commands to start the web server and enable access to the InfoSphere Data Explorer engine:
    • Linux®: velocity-startup
    • Windows: velocity-startup.exe
  6. To access the Velocity administrative interface, enter this url in your browser: http://localhost:9080/vivisimo/cgi-bin/admin.exe. The default username and password for the Velocity administrative interface is: username: data-explorer-admin, password: TH1nk1710.
    Note: To access the administrative interface from an alternative computer, replace localhost with the DNS name or IP address of the alternative computer.
  7. Enter the default user name and password to the admin console.
    Note: You should change your password after your first login. To change the password, click Management > Users to access and modify the setting.
  8. Navigate to the Apache ZooKeeper server installation directory: DE_INSTALL_DIR
  9. Start the Apache ZooKeeper server with one of these commands:
    • Linux: Zookeeper/zookeeper/bin/zkServer.sh start
    • Windows: Zookeeper\zookeeper\bin\zkServer.cmd start
  10. To enable wildcard support, follow the instructions in the Enabling Wildcard Support at the Collection Level topic link.