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Fiorano API Management is quick to install and easy to use. To start with the installation apart from JAVA1.7.0_55 and ANT1.9.2 we will need a few prerequisite Third Party installations which include

• Cassandra DB Server - It is used as the base Database to store all information about the API Proxy, its projects and deployment specifications
• PostgreSQL DB Server - This is your analytics database, all analytics data being tracked at the proxy is stored and fetched from here for processing.

We have created a step by step guide below to assist you with the installation of these and the Fiorano API Management product; this guide also tells you how to access the Fiorano API Dashboard.

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1. Install the product with the .bin or .exe installer of the product; run the installer which gives you an intuitive wizard to install the Fiorano setup as per your needs.

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   Further in this document, "$FIORANO_HOME" refers to the Fiorano Setup installation directory.

2. Install a Cassandra Database Server and PostgreSQL server.
   
   

   1. Cassandra Database is an open source database that provides unmatched linear scalability and high availability with proven fault tolerance and is used to store details that needs to be looked up on the fly.

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      Please refer http://planetcassandra.org/cassandra/?action=truefor directions to install Cassandra. For now the assumption is that both Management Server and Gateway are in same machine with Cassandra installed in it.

   2. Fiorano uses PostgreSQL for its analytics data store. To configure PostgreSQL for analytics, perform the following actions:
      1. Install PostgreSQL on the machine where you want your Analytics Database to be.
      2. Create your desired username, set the desired password and create the database that you want Fiorano to use for the purpose.
      3. Download the PostgreSQL JDBC driver for your JVM and keep it ready for the later steps.
      4. Once Fiorano is installed, some changes need to be done in the Fiorano setup for the Analytics to connect to the PostgreSQL. To do this, open the apidb.cfg file present at $FIORANO_HOME/esb/server/profiles/server1/AMS/conf and make the following changes in the document:
         
         1. Under section 2, change the <ip-address>, <port> and <database> variables to the actual desired settings of the above installed PostgreSQL setup.
         2. Under section 3 and section 4 of this document, provide the username and password credentials needed to connect to the installed database.
         3. Under section 6 and 7, provide the reconnect settings of your choice.
         4. Go to $FIORANO_HOME/esb/server/bin/server.conf and under the <java.classpath> segment, add the path to the above downloaded JDBC driver, so that the driver gets added to the classpath of the JVM.

Now you are ready for the set up. You may continue with the steps mentioned in the next section.

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After logging in with the User name and Password credentials, the Dashboard Home page looks as in the following figure.

Figure 1: Fiorano API Management Dashboard Home page