Running Go without installation
If you want to run Go on a platform which does not have a native installer or want to run Go without requiring to install it, you could do so by using the zip installers.
Ensure that the system requirements are met. Specifically:
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 6 or above
- RAM: 1Gb minimum, 2Gb recommended
- 2 GHz (or higher)
Run Go server
- Download the zip installer for Go server
- Unzip the installer on a folder of your choice. It creates a subfolder with the name go-server-<version>
- Set JAVA_HOME to the installation path of java on the system
- Open a command prompt and go to the folder
- If you are on a Windows system, run start-server.bat
- If you are on a unix system, run server.sh
If you are on a system which does not support either command, alter the existing scripts suitably and use it
Run Go agent
- Download the zip installer for Go agent
- Unzip the installer on a folder of your choice. It creates a subfolder with the name go-agent-<version>
- Set JAVA_HOME to the installation path of java on the system
- Open a command prompt and go to the folder
- If you are on a Windows system, run start-agent.bat
- If you are on a unix system, run agent.sh
- Go agent, by default, will attempt to connect to the Go server running on the same system. If you want it to connect to a different Go server, set the environment variable GO_SERVER or edit the startup scripts suitably
If you are on a system which does not support either command, alter the existing script suitably and use it