Installing on Mac OS

Installing Fiorano Platform

To install the Fiorano Platform on Mac OS platform, perform the actions below:

1. Download the latest Fiorano Installer from http://www.fiorano.com/downloads/fiorano-platform/

   • Select 'Mac' while downloading.

   • Once the file is downloaded, check its integrity by following the steps in the Verifying Installer Integrity section.

2. Double-click the file or execute the command below to install the Fiorano Platform. 

   tar xvfz fioranoX.X.X_bXXXX_macosx-cocoa.tar.gz 
   

Prerequisites for eStudio

Before launching eStudio

Perform the following actions before launching eStudio to setup the Java Home path correctly:

1. Go to %FIORANO_HOME%/eStudio/eStudio.app/Contents and open the Info.plist file.

2. Add the following string:

   <string>-vm</string> <string>%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java</string>
   

   If eStudio does not start by adding the above script, please replace the line with the below script:

   <string>-vm</string><string>%JAVA_HOME%/jre/lib/server/libjvm.dylib</string>
   

After launching eStudio

Perform the following actions right after launching eStudio to setup the Java Home path:

1. Open eStudio and go to Windows > Preferences > Java > Installed JREs.

2. Click Add, provide the JAVA_HOME path and click Apply.

   

3. Go to the Compiler option under the same subsection "Java".

4. Choose the respective JDK version from the Compiler Compliance level drop-down.

   

Setting Java runtime library for mac

Edit the global.properties file before creating a custom microservice.

1. Go to %FIORANO_HOME%/antscripts and open the global.properties file.

2. Provide the JAVA_HOME path for the mac.jre.lib.dir property under the line "# path to the java run time library for mac" replacing the existing one - "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Classes".
   

   Example

   mac.jre.lib.dir=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home

Adding additional System Properties

Perform the following actions to add additional system properties:

1. Go to %FIORANO_HOME%/eStudio/eStudio.app/Contents and open the Info.plist file.

2. Add the following string:

   <string>-vmargs</string>
   <string>-D<Property>=value</string>
   

   Example

   Erlang

   <string>-vmargs</string>
   <string>-DBYPASSNONPRIMITIVES=true</string> 
   

3. Save the Info.plist file.