How to start the Handle Server on Windows - DSpace 1.5.x

This short Howto explains how to start the Handle Server for CNRI's Handle system(1) on a Windows installation. It assumes that you have already obtained a handle prefix and installed the CNRI handle server as detailed in the DSpace Sysytem Documentation(2).

Using the windows command prompt, cd to the bin directory of your DSpace installation

	C:\> cd [dspace]\bin

Note, you need to change [dspace] to the full path of your DSpace installation directory.

Execute the following command using dsrun, the name of the Java class and the path to your DSpace handle-server directory

	C:\[dspace]\bin> dsrun net.handle.server.Main \[dspace]\handle-server

If successful, you will see something like the following

	Using DSpace installation in: C:\dspace\1.5.2
	UDP handle Request Listener:
		address: /144.124.20.63
		port: 2641
	HTTP handle Request Listener:
		address: /144.124.20.63
	TCP handle Request Listener:
		port: 8000
		address: /144.124.20.63
		port: 2641
	Starting HTTP request handlers: Starting TCP request handlers: ..Starting UDP request handlers: ...............DONE
	..............
	..............

References

1 http://www.handle.net/
2 http://www.dspacedev2.org/1_5_2Documentation/ch03.html#N10AA6

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A Corfield. January 2010
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