Table 2.2 lists the components that are provided as part of the VoltDB distribution.
Table 2.2. Components Installed by VoltDB
| Component | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VoltDB Software & Runtime | The VoltDB software comes as Java archives (.JAR files) and a callable library that can be found in the
/voltdb subfolder. Other software libraries that VoltDB depends on are included in a separate
/lib subfolder. | ||||||
| Volt Management Center | Volt Management Center is a browser-based management tool for monitoring, examining, and querying a running VoltDB database. The Management Center is bundled with the VoltDB server software and runs as a separate process, either on one of the database servers or a separate server. See the Volt Administrator's Guide or Volt Kubernetes Administrator's Guide for instructions on configuring and starting the VMC service. You start the management console interface by connecting to the HTTP port of the VMC server. For example, http://voltvmc:8080/. Note that the VMC service must be
running to use the Management Center or the HTTP programming interface. | ||||||
| Shell Commands | The /bin subfolder contains executable scripts to perform common VoltDB tasks, such as
starting the VoltDB server process and issuing database queries from the command line using sqlcmd, Add the
/bin subfolder to your PATH environment variable to use the following shell
commands:
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| Documentation | Online documentation, including the full manuals and javadoc describing the Java programming interface, is
available in the /doc subfolder. |
Documentation