Installing Ambience on Macintosh OS

Chapter 1 has already covered all you need to get the Ambience system running. This chapter is for those users who wish to explore the tighter platform integration possibilities of running as a Macintosh service and want the file layout to follow established folder structures.

1. Verify the SHA1 sum of the .pkg file that you received when you purchased Ambience, or when you downloaded a trial version, to ensure its integrity.
2. Double click the .pkg file to start the installation. The installer is displayed as follows:

   Figure 3.1. Ambience Installer

   
3. Click Continue.
4. Change the install location if needed. Click Install to install Ambience.
5. Enter the administrator user name and password in the following screen.

   Figure 3.2. Enter Administrator Credentials - Ambience Installer

   
6. Click Install Software.
7. The installer displays a summary of the installation parameters, as shown in the following example.

   Figure 3.3. Installation Summary

   
8. Click Install.
9. Two applications - one to start and stop the Ambience service, and the other to start the Ambience Designer - are installed in the Applications folder.

After completing the deployment to the Macintosh platform, you will find that the default file locations have changed as follows:

The /opt/elixir folder contains the Ambience installation, including the configuration files.

The log files are stored in the /opt/elixir/log/ directory.