Installing And Running Servers

Before we get into the code, we're going to discuss some housekeeping. I'm going to assume you're using Windows.

First, I'll mention CouchDB. You can download the latest version from http://couchdb.apache.org. Select the version you want to use, then select a mirror. Download and run the program, and you should be set to go.

You can find MongoDB at www.mongodb.org/downloads . Select the appropriate build, then decompress the Zip file. Getting Mongo to work is a little more effort. First, you have to mkdir C:\data\db at the command prompt, which you'll need to run as Administrator. The next step is to go into the bin folder of the decompressed folder, and mongod --install --logpath log. You can use a different logpath if you want. Go into Control Panel and make sure the MongoDB service is installed and running.     

RavenDB is at http://ravendb.net/download#builds. Select whether you want the latest builds. Select a build, then click "RavenDB". Unpack the Zip file. To run the server, go into the decompressed folder, go into the "Server" folder, and double-click the application where the black bird is. A console window will open. To shut the server down, enter a "q" command. Also, RavenDB comes with a server web console; the URL is your computer's name (like "Ross-PC" in my case) at port 8080. The DOS window should tell you what the URL is; write that down, as you will need it later.

Once you have the servers running, you're ready to run some code. We'll be diving into the code in the next installment.