Thursday, September 20, 2012

Installing RavenDB Server



To install RavenDB on machine go to link http://ravendb.net/download , On this page you will find different options like Nuget, Builds,  Bundles and Source Code as seen below

 




Go to the link highlighted in above image and get the stable build, It will download the  ZIP file, Extract the zip and you will find folder structure as follows.




There are different options to RavenDB server installation


  • Running as a service
  • Deploying as an IIS application
  • Embedded

To install RavenDB server as a service go to command prompt and go to Server folder as highlighted above and run following command.


Raven.Server.exe /install

This will install RavenDB as a service , See image below. This option is most suitable for development environment and debugging.



To deploy RavenDB server in IIS (different IIS) you can follow the link http://ravendb.net/docs/server/deployment/as-iis-application
This option is most suitable for production.


To deploy RavenDB as a embedded resources follow the link http://ravendb.net/docs/server/deployment/embedded


Once RavenDb Server is installed and running as a service click on Start.cmd it will start the RavenDB studio in browser as follows


 
 


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