Installing and configuring: Command Line Interface

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are required to use the command-line tools:

• Windows or Linux operating system
• Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 5.0
  • Note: IBM employees should use the IBM internal site for downloading the JDK

Installation

1. Download the file zero.tools-<version>.zip from CLI Download.
2. Unzip zero.tools-<version>.zip into any directory. This results in a subdirectory called zerohome that contains shell scripts for the Zero command-line interface.
3. Add the zerohome directory to the PATH environment variable.
4. Add the bin directory under the JDK installation directory to the PATH environment variable.

Getting started

1. Open the command prompt and change directories to zerohome.
2. Type one of the following:

   zero create demo

   To create a new Groovy-based Project Zero application

   zero create demo -template zero:zero.php.application.template

   To create a PHP-based Project Zero application.

3. Change the directory to zerohome/apps/demo.
4. Type zero run to run the application. Log messages indicating that the HTTP stack has started are displayed.
5. Browse to http://localhost:8080/, where you're greeted by a welcome page that indicates your application is running.