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OrientDB 1.7.9 cannot start console

I've downloaded orientdb-community-1.7.9 for windows. I start the server running server.bat, it's ok. I can manipulate the database with java and web studio.

But when I run console.bat in bin directory, the cmd window starts but nothing happen: no message, and no prompt.

Solution

  • First check if Java is available from the command line (must be Java 6+, Java 8 highly recommended)

    C:\apps\orientdb-community-1.7.9\bin>java -version
java version "1.8.0_20"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_20-b26)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.20-b23, mixed mode)

    For least surprises (not mandatory), also assure that JAVA_HOME and ORIENTDB_HOME are set. To check:

    C:\apps\orientdb-community-1.7.9\bin>echo %JAVA_HOME%
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_43

C:\apps\orientdb-community-1.7.9\bin>echo %ORIENTDB_HOME%
C:\apps\orientdb-community-1.7.9

    (and yes, JAVA_HOME points to another Java version, ignore this for now. Not relevant for this example)