2.6 Daisy Repository Server

2.6.1 Initialising and configuring the Daisy Repository

Open a command prompt or shell and set an environment variable DAISY_HOME, pointing to the directory where Daisy is installed.

Windows:
set DAISY_HOME=c:\daisy-1.5

Linux:
export DAISY_HOME=/home/daisy_user/daisy-1.5

Then go to the directory <DAISY_HOME>/install, and execute:

daisy-repository-init

Follow the instructions on screen. The installation will (1) initialise the database tables for the repository server and (2) create a Daisy data directory containing customized configuration files.

Make sure that name of the path that you provide for the Daisy data directory does not contain spaces, otherwise the startup of the repository server will fail.