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Introduction

You have installed the JobScheduler and started it. What comes next?
First of all, a little background information ....

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This tutorial is  intended to provide a quick and compact introduction to configuring and running Standalone Jobs on the JobScheduler.
A detailed step-by-step guide to configuring and running Order Jobs can be found in our Tutorials.

Required Knowledge

Before you start to work through the examples in this document, we strongly recommend that you take the time to become familiar with some of the other JobScheduler documentation, in particular, the Installation and Configuration guide (scheduler_installation).
Note that a quick overview of the JobScheduler documentation (page 41) has been included at the end of this document.

How are Jobs, Job Chains and Orders Configured?

  • JobScheduler objects (jobs, job chains, orders, schedules, process classes and locks) are all configured using plain XML files. These files are saved in the so-called Live Folder (the default location of this folder or directory is ./config/live, relative to the scheduler_data directory). There is a file in this directory for every JobScheduler object and the configuration for the object is saved in this file.
  • Changes to these object configuration files become effective without a restart of the JobScheduler being necessary, although on Unix® systems it may take up to a minute for a change to become effective.
  • Objects can be created and modified using JOE - JobScheduler Object Editor. New objects are created by either opening an already existing configuration file in JOE, modifying it and then saving the file under a new name, or by creating and configuring a completely new file.
  • A text editor could also be used to create and modify objects, but working in this way requires detailed knowledge of the XML structure of each JobScheduler object (see the JobScheduler Reference documentation for more information).

Getting Started

  1. Create a subdirectory named quickstart within the live folder (./config/live) directory. Jobs and job chains will be stored in this directory.
  2. Start JOE (JobScheduler Object Editor) using one of the following scripts:
    • %SCHEDULER_HOME%\bin\jobeditor.cmd ( Windows™ )
    • $SCHEDULER_HOME/bin/jobeditor.sh ( Unix™ )
  3. Use the key combination ctrl+D to open the live folder in JOE .
    You can also open this dialog by selecting File->Open Hot Folder from the menu or by clicking the red folder icon.
    The live folder should have been selected by default: if not, navigate to ./config/live. Select the quickstart subfolder.
    If required you can also use this dialog to create the quickstart subdirectory.
  4. Open the JOC (JobScheduler Operations Center) .
    You can use JOC to follow changes to Jobs and other objects as they happen.
    You open JOC in a browser by entering the address http://[scheduler_host]:[scheduler_port], where [scheduler_host] and [scheduler_port] are the host name and the TCP port number of the JobScheduler (e.g. http://localhost:4444). Note that the JobScheduler must be running before JOC is called.
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