Using Client/Server? How-to

Hi,

I am using BaseX to store certains documents. Till now as the DB was small, I alone was able to handle it ie.; check, modify etc etc. operations.

Now the documents are in tons and I have kept 2 guys to work on the same, with proper training, I need to have a client-server setup.

I have gone through the Database Server wiki. Being new to this kind of environment, I have few questions, might be quite basic, but strange to me :)

As far as I know and have understood what I will have to do is -

1. I will have to keep the DB on a server with proper networking so that the clients can access the DB. 2. I will have to change the DB path on clients (in Preferences) and it would be the Server's path. 3. Instead of running the stand-alone, I will have to start Server and on clients, the BaseX Client.

So far, I haven't tried this, as any mistake on my part or of employees' might damage the DB.

I need a proper guidance to start with it.

Regs Pratik

Hi Pratik,

Yes.

No. Your client will connect to the server and from then on access to the data will be handled by your clients.

Yes. So you will have to start your server at a machine with IP address X. Using linux (similar on windows) you can do so by running ./basexserver

It will run on the BaseX standard port 1984. Your clients can not connect to the server by issueing ./basexclient -n X -p 1984

You might want to do a Backup (see https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Backups for more information).

Cheers, Dirk