Running 2 BaseX instances on same machine

Hello everyone,

I have a question installing two instances on the same machine.

Does anybody have a recommendation for an installment, especially in regards on where to set/configure the ports (/home/basex/.basex file, start parameters, jetty.xml, etc.) for the secondary instance ?

I am using debian 13. BaseX is started as normal user.

Goal is to setup a system that works similar to Solr replication. Data is planned to be synched with rsync - or does there exist some kind of replication I did oversee?

Many thanks for any tips on this topic.

Best regards Alexander Liedtke

Hi Alexander,

If you use a global installation, you can define your “home directory” by creating an empty .basexhome or .basex in a folder. If you start BaseX from this directory, the global configuration settings will be ignored [1], and you can use completely different settings for custom instances of BaseX.

Hope this helps, Christian

[1] https://docs.basex.org/main/Configuration

Hi Christian,

thanks a lot.

Creating a .basexhome within the folder did the trick.

After first (expected failed) start up, a .basex file was automatically created, which allowed the further configuration.

I am using basexhttp - for that I had to add HTTPPORT = XYZ to the .basex file. Additionally I had to change the

jetty Port in jetty.xml under /webapp/WEB-INF.

Everything is working fine now! Thanks a lot!

Best regards

Alexander