WSO2 Gadget Server

Installing on Microsoft Windows

Note: The WSO2 Gadget Server release has been successfully tested only on Windows XP & Windows 2003 server. You can use the install.bat file in the Gadget Server distribution to install Gadget Server as a Windows NT service. This installation script is available at CARBON_HOME/bin. Here are the steps:

Download the WSO2 Gadget Server binary distribution.
Extract the zip archive.
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to your Java installation.
From the command prompt run bin/install.bat

Once you add WSO2 Gadget Server as an NT service to Windows services, you can start this service from Services in Administrative tools of the Control Panel. Check your WSO2 Gadget Server instance using the URL https://localhost:8443/carbon/

Installing on Linux

Download the WSO2 Gadget Server binary distribution.
Extract the zip archive. e.g., unzip wso2gs-1.0.zip -d /opt
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to your Java installation using the export command or by editing /etc/profile. e.g., export JAVA_HOME="/opt/j2sdk"
Execute the WSO2 Gadget Server starting script. e.g., cd /opt/wso2gs-1.0/bin; sh wso2server.sh
Check your WSO2 Gadget Server instance using the URL https://localhost:8443/carbon/

WSO2 Mashup Server

Installing using Binary Distribution

Download the WSO2 Mashup Server binary distribution or get it from your friend.
Extract the zip archive.
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to your Java installation(C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_02.)
Click on the File called Install.bat (inside the bin folder install.bat)
Select option 1(for Installation as Windows NT Service)
After the installation Execute the WSO2 Mashup Server Batch file (wso2server)
Check your WSO2 Mashup Server instance using the URL https://localhost:9443/carbon/

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The first screencast targeted at newbies to introduce the mashup concept and WSO2 Mashup Server and the next two videos present you the topics like “Scraping Web Pages” and “Service Composition” which are useful in building advance mashups.