Getting Started with AMPS
Crank Up the AMPS
This chapter is for users who are new to AMPS and want to quickly get a simple instance of AMPS running. This chapter will describe how to install AMPS on a Linux system, describe the layout of the AMPS distribution, and use the included spark command line AMPS client to send and receive a simple message. If you are on a Windows system without easy access to a Linux installation, a section at the end of the chapter includes information on configuring a Linux virtual machine.
This section covers the following topics:
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Installing AMPS | Basic information on installing the AMPS server. |
| Starting AMPS | Information on running the server, including a description of the command line options for the server. |
| JSON Messages - A Quick Primer | A brief description of the JSON format, which is used for the examples in this introduction. |
| spark: the AMPS command-line client | An introduction to the basic command-line client included in the AMPS distribution. |
| Evaluating AMPS on Windows or MacOS | AMPS runs on x64 Linux. This section describes how to install a development or evaluation system on Windows or MacOS |
| Galvanometer and RESTful Statistics | This section describes the monitoring interfaces provided for the AMPS server. |