Author: joewitt
Date: Thu Dec 11 14:18:54 2014
New Revision: 1644648
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1644648
Log:
Updated details for launching application
Modified:
incubator/nifi/site/trunk/content/development/quickstart.md
Modified: incubator/nifi/site/trunk/content/development/quickstart.md
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/nifi/site/trunk/content/development/quickstart.md?rev=1644648&r1=1644647&r2=1644648&view=diff
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--- incubator/nifi/site/trunk/content/development/quickstart.md (original)
+++ incubator/nifi/site/trunk/content/development/quickstart.md Thu Dec 11
14:18:54 2014
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ to 8080 is a good start, but on systems
`mvn assembly:assembly` will create a tar.gz file in the target directory in
`assemblies/nifi`. This tar.gz should
contain the full application. Decompressing the tar.gz should make a directory
for you containing several other
directories. `conf` contains application configuration, `logs` will contain
log files, `bin` contains a fairly
-bare-bones script for launching the application, `nifi.sh`. Running
`bin/nifi.sh` should start the application in
-the foreground after trying to detect a Java installation.
+bare-bones script for launching the application, `nifi.sh`. On linux (and
possibly macos) running `bin/nifi.sh start`
+should start the application in the foreground after trying to detect a Java
installation. There are scripts to help with
+startup on windows as well. The entire concept of how the application will
integrate to a given OS and run as an
+enduring service is something we're working hard on and would appreciate ideas
for. The user experience needs to
+be excellent.
With the default settings you can point a web browser at
`http://localhost:8080/nifi/`
