Installing Manticore in Windows

To install Manticore in Windows you need to download zip archive and unpack it into a folder.

  1. Download Manticore bundle and Manticore Columnar Library
  2. Create a folder, e.g. C:\Manticore
  3. Move the archives into it and extract files from them:
    • unzip manticore-5.0.0-220518-b4cb7da02-release-main.zip
    • unzip manticore-columnar-lib-1.15.2-220518-b0bcafb-x64.zip

The archive comes with a sample configuration file in manticore.conf.in. The configuration contains placeholders @LOGDIR@, @RUNDIR@ and @CONFDIR@ that need to be replaced with your:

  • logs dir path
  • pid files directory path
  • and data directory location

respectively. The archive also includes empty folders var/log and var/data, so if you like - you can use them.

System variable FULL_SHARE_DIR should be also set to the full path of the share folder. That allows Manticore to work with installed ICU, stop words and columnar and secondary libraries from the share folder.

To install the searchd (Manticore search server) as a Windows service run:

C:\Manticore\bin\searchd --install --config C:\Manticore\manticore.conf.in --servicename Manticore

Make sure to use the full path of the configuration file, otherwise searchd.exe will not be able to know its location when it's started as service.

After installation the service can be started from the Services snap-in of the Microsoft Management Console.

Once started you can access Manticore using the mysql command line interface:

mysql -P9306 -h127.0.0.1

Note that in most examples in this manual we use -h0, but in Windows you need to use localhost or 127.0.0.1 for the local host.