Server Installation

To install the server first read the "System Requirements" section before continuing to the subsection for your operating system.

System Requirements

Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix-like OS's

  1. Download the latest server release.
  2. Extract and untar the downloaded file.
  3. Put the extracted folder where ever you like, for example /usr/local.
  4. If your firewall is running, open up port 8080 and 14501 for browser and player access.
  5. Start the server by running(modify the path to where you installed the server):
    java -jar /usr/local/movlan-server-0.1.0/movlan-server-0.1.0.jar &
  6. Point your browser to http://{your server address}:8080
  7. Done!

Windows

  1. Download the latest server release.
  2. Extract and untar the downloaded file.
  3. Put the extracted folder where ever you like, for example C:\Program Files.
  4. If your firewall is running, open up port 8080 and 14501 for browser and player access.
  5. Start the server by running(modify the path to where you installed the server):
    java -jar "C:\Program Files\movlan-server-0.1.0\movlan-server-0.1.0.jar"
  6. Point your browser to http://{your server address}:8080
  7. Done!