Quick-Start Configuration

This section guides you through a quick-start configuration of SPD Server. The quick configuration enables you to validate and test your installation before performing more detailed configuration tasks.
After the SPD Server software is installed, navigate to the InstallDir/site subdirectory, and do the following to complete the quick configuration of your server:
  1. Verify that the WORKPATH statement in your spdsserv.parm parameter file is valid. If the WORKPATH statement is incorrect, edit your spdsserv.parm parameter file.
  2. Verify that the pathname for libname=tmp in the libnames.parm parameter file is valid. If the pathname is not correct, edit the libnames.parm parameter file.
  3. Initialize the SPD Server password database by invoking the pwdb script and doing the following:
    1. At the Enter command> prompt, enter groupdef.
    2. At the Enter group name to define> prompt, enter admingrp.
    3. At the Enter command> prompt, enter add to add yourself as an administrator.
    4. Choose a name up to eight alphanumeric characters, and choose a temporary password of six to eight alphanumeric characters that uses at least one numeral.
    5. Assign the user an authorization level of 7 for maximum permissions, and then assign the user to the AdminGrp group. (For more information about authorization levels, see Special Privilege.)
    6. Press Enter to use default settings for the remaining prompts.
    7. Change the user’s password to a permanent password by entering chgpass at the command> prompt, and follow the instructions.
    8. Enter quit at the Enter command> prompt to exit the script.
  4. Start SPD Server by executing the rc.spds script.
  5. Use the UNIX PS command to verify that SPD Server is running. 
    ps -fe | grep port-number
    If SPD Server is running, you should see the following processes:
    • spdsserv
    • spdsbase
    • spdssnet
    • spdsnsrv
    You should also see several spdslog processes.
    If SPD Server is not running, review the SPD Server log at InstallDir/log/spdsserv*spdslog for any errors.
    After you correct any start-up errors, end all running SPD Server processes. Then restart the software by using the rc.spds script.
  6. Test the configuration. When all is well, review the default configuration and modify it to meet your preferences. See Customizing the Default Configuration.
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Last updated: February 3, 2017