Available Installer Formats

You can install IDOL Site Admin by using one of two different methods:

  • the IDOL Site Admin interactive installer
  • a zip package containing the IDOL Site Admin components

Interactive Installer

The IDOL Site Admin interactive installer contains only IDOL Site Admin. This method might be appropriate if you want to install your IDOL components on multiple machines, or if you want to use the more lightweight installation packages.

The IDOL Site Admin installer creates all required directories, and sets up IDOL Site Admin to run as a service. During installation, you specify the IDOL Site Admin home directory and the paths for installation.

Zip Package

The ISA zip package contains an executable Java .jar file. Unlike traditional Java web applications, IDOL Site Admin does not require a stand-alone application server (for example, Tomcat), because one is embedded within the .jar file.