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Installation

This page explains how to install and start Trap Console:

• Prerequisites
• Installation Overview
• How to Start Trap Console

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Installation Overview

Trap Console can be installed on any Java enabled platform. Our web site provides several Trap Console distributions:

• the self-extracting installation executable for Microsoft Windows platforms
• the self-extracting installation executable for Linux systems
• the RPM package for Linux systems
• the raw ZIP file containing Trap Console distribution

On Microsoft Windows platforms, start the TrapConsole20Setup.exe file and follow the installation wizard.

On Linux platforms, launch the trapconsole_unix_2_0.sh script and follow the installation wizard.

On Linux platforms featuring RPM package manager, launch the RPM tool with the trapconsole-2.0-1.i586.rpm file using parameter -i to install the package:

   rpm -i trapconsole-2.0-1.i586.rpm

In addition to the platform-specific installation packages, a universal raw ZIP file with Trap Console distribution (no setup) exists, which can be used on any platform.

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How to Start Trap Console

Trap Console installers for MS Windows and Linux attempt to start the application and include a launch script (batch file) in its home directory. Use them to launch Trap Console.

On other platforms, or in case you want to temporarily modify the command line arguments, it is possible to launch Trap Console, following the next guidelines:

• Include tc.jar file to the CLASSPATH environment variable.
• Launch tc.jar
• Use the -d <home directory> command line parameter to specify the correct working directory for Trap Console.
  
  Example how to run Trap Console with Java Soft's JRE:
  

     java -jar tc.jar

Consult the FAQ page or readme.txt file for more details.

Once started, use your Web browser to connect to Trap Console. If you have installed Trap Console on the local computer, open the following URL:

   http://localhost:6610

If Trap Console is running on the remote computer, replace the "localhost" with the host name or IP address of the remote computer.

The first page presented is the Login page. Use any login name and the empty password. You should change the password after logging in.

Once logged in, see the Help page to get more information about Trap Console operations.