You can display IDOL Expert and the IDOL Server Reference by sending an action from your Web browser.
For IDOL Server to display help, the help data file (help.dat
) must be available in the same directory as the service instance.
Start IDOL Server.
Send the following action from your Web browser:
http://IDOLhost:port/action=Help
where:
For example:
http://12.3.4.56:9000/action=Help
On the help landing page, click one of the following options to open the relevant help set.
IDOL Expert | IDOL Expert provides conceptual overviews and expert knowledge of IDOL Server and its features and functionality. |
IDOL Reference | The IDOL Server Reference contains details of all the actions and configuration parameters that you can set in IDOL Server. |
If you are new to IDOL, you can use IDOL Expert to find out more about the different functions that IDOL can perform. You can use the IDOL Server Reference to look up specific configuration parameters and actions.
Tip: You can also view the IDOL Server Reference without starting IDOL Server. In the IDOL Server installation directory, open the help
directory and click index.html
.
The navigation panel for the IDOL Server Reference lists the following options to display reference information.
Tab | Description |
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Actions | Describes the actions that you can send to IDOL Server. Actions allow you to query IDOL Server, and to instruct it to perform a variety of operations. |
Configuration Parameters | Describes the parameters that determine how the IDOL Server operates. You can set configuration parameters in the IDOL Server configuration file. |
Index Actions | Describes the index actions that you can send to IDOL Server. Index actions allow you to index content into IDOL Server, and to administer the IDOL Server data index. |
Service Actions | Describes service actions. Service actions allow you to return data about the IDOL Server service, and to control IDOL Server. |
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