For Windows
Prev Chapter 2. Installing Elixir Ambience Next

For Windows

Install Elixir Ambience on Windows

To install Ambience on a 32-bit or 64-bit Windows operating system, complete the following steps:

  1. Define a system variable ELIXIR_HOME, which points to the installation directory. You can use any folder except those under \Program Files or \User. C:\ElixirAmbience is a common choice.

  2. Click Start > Command Prompt. The Command Prompt window opens. Type the following command lines to create the <user-home>\.elixirtech and C:\.elixirtech directories. Fill in your <user-home> directory to continue: 

    cd <user-home>
md .elixirtech
cd C:\
md .elixirtech

  3. Set up the zookeeper.properties file in the <user-home>\.elixirtech directory. The following contents show an example. Fill in your host machine name and domain names. Leave the default ZooKeeper port as 2181 unless there is a clash with another service. The timeout indicates the heartbeat in milliseconds of the ZooKeeper cluster. If you need to configure a cluster, add more hosts here:

    hosts=<machine-name>:2181
timeout=5000
domain.eno=<key>

  4. Put a copy of the zookeeper.properties file in the C:\.elixirtech directory.

  5. Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder holding install32.bat (for 32-bit) or install.bat (for 64-bit) file. Run one of these two batch files as appropriate. Running from a command prompt is preferred because any errors will remain visible if the installer halts unexpectedly. If there are messages asking if you will allow the Elixir programs to access your computer, click Allow to proceed.

Note

If you receive the “Address not supported by protocol family: connect” error message, click Start > All Programs > Accessories. Right-click Notepad and select Run as administrator. In the Notepad window, open the %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file, and explicitly name your computer. Fill your host machine name and IP address into the following contents and run the installation again. 
127.0.0.1	localhost
<IP-address>	<machine-name>

Ambience is successfully installed.

Uninstall Elixir Ambience from Windows

To uninstall Ambience from a Windows operating system, complete the following steps:

  1. Double-click the uninstall32.bat (for 32-bit) or uninstall.bat (for 64-bit) file. The Command Prompt window opens and after the script completes will be automatically closed.

  2. If there are messages asking if you will allow the Elixir programs to access your computer, click Allow to proceed.

Ambience is successfully uninstalled.

Prev Up Next
For Linux Home For OSX