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How To Video

This video shows how to download & install & startup DataSpeeder 2.

Video: Download and Install [starts at time 9:27]

DataSpeeder Requirements

  • Operating System: Windows, Linux, or Mac
  • Java 1.8 or higher must be installed

You need to have Java installed on the computer.

Type java -version to see the version you have installed.

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Verified versions of Java include:

  • Java 1.8 LTS (aka Java 8 LTS)
  • Java 11 LTS
  • Java 17 LTS
  • Java 21 LTS

Download DataSpeeder

Go to www.dataspeeder.com, click on the "Download" page, fill out the form, and download the zip file.

Install (Extract the zip file)

Extract the downloaded zip file to a convenient location.

Example: C:\dataspeeder-2.0

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Startup DataSpeeder

Open a command prompt.

Navigate to the folder where you exacted the zip file, for example: C:\dataspeeder-2.0

Run the included startup script:

  • on Windows: startup.bat
  • on Linux or Mac: ./startup.sh

To start DataSpeeder on Windows, type startup.bat.

To start DataSpeeder on Linux or Mac, type ./startup.sh.

You can see the DataSpeeder title scroll by...

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And when you see this message "DataSeepeder is ready for use on port: 8080", we're ready to go.

Open a web browser and go to https://localhost:8080.

How to run on a different port

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The default DataSpeeder port is 8080 (ex. http://localhost:8080).

To run with a different port, use the command line parameter

--server.port=<port-number>

Example: startup.bat --server.port=8888