Installing  WSO2 API Manager (AM)
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Running WSO2 API Manager in standalone mode
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1. The directory containing this INSTALL.txt file will be the root and it will be
   treated as Carbon home directory and let it be CARBON_HOME.

2. All the shell scripts and .bat files are available in CARBON_HOME/bin folder.

3. To start WSO2 AM one can use either wso2server.sh or daemon.sh in all Unix
   systems & wso2server.bat file on Windows operating systems.

4. Either of the following commands can be used to start AM
      i)  ./wso2server.sh {console|start|stop|restart|status|dump|version}   
     ii)  wso2server.bat {start|stop|version}

        Usage: wso2server.sh [command] [options] [system-properties]

            command:               
                --start		    Start AM as a Unix daemon in the background
                --console	    Start AM as a Unix daemon in the foreground
                --stop		    Stop the AM Unix daemon           
                --restart	    Restart the AM Unix daemon
                --version	    What version of the AM server are you running
               
            options:
                --debug <port> 	Start the server in remote debugging mode.
                                port: The remote debugging port.               
                --cleanRegistry	Clean registry space
                --reset		    Clean the cache & component repository and the
                                registry space

            system-properties:
                -DhttpPort	Overrides the HTTP port defined in the
                                repository/conf/tomcat/catalina-server.xml file
                -DhttpsPort	Overrides the HTTPS port defined in the
                                repository/conf/tomcat/catalina-server.xml file
                -DSynapseServerName=[server-name]
                                Server name of the synapse server
                -DosgiConsole=[port]
                                Start Carbon with Equinox OSGi console.
                                If the optional 'port' parameter is provided, a
                                telnet port will be opened
                -DosgiDebugOptions=[options-file]
                                Start Carbon with OSGi debugging enabled.
                                If the optional 'options-file is provided, the
                                OSGi debug options will be loaded from it.
                -Dsetup		Clean the Registry database & other
                                configuration, recreate DB, re-populate the
                                configuration, and start Carbon
                -Dcarbon.registry.root
                                The root of the Registry used by
                                this Carbon instance
                -Dweb.location	The directory into which UI artifacts
                                included in an Axis2 AAR file are extracted to

System Requirements
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1. Minimum memory - 2GB
2. Processor      - Pentium 800MHz or equivalent at minimum
3. Java 1.8 or higher
4. The Management Console requires you to enable Javascript of the Web browser,
   with MS IE 7. In addition to JavaScript, ActiveX should also be enabled
   with IE. This can be achieved by setting your security level to
   medium or lower.
5. To compile and run the sample clients, an Ant version is required. Ant 1.7.0
   version is recommended
6. To build WSO2 AM from the Source distribution, it is necessary that you have
   JDK 1.8 version and Maven 3.0.4 or later


