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 Getting Started
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 Emmanuel Venisse
 Olivier Lamy
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 2010-02-18
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Getting Started

    Getting started with Continuum's default configuration is very easy.

    After unpacking the binary distribution, run the following command from the <<<bin>>> directory:

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continuum console
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    Continuum will be started from the command line and run until quit with Ctrl-C. For more instructions on installing
    Continuum as a service or under an existing application server, refer to the {{{./installation/index.html}
    Installation Guides}}.

    When you start Continuum for the first time (without an existing database), the first thing you will
    do is create the administrator account and perform the {{{./administrator_guides/configuration.html}General
    Configuration}}.

[images/admin-account-creation.png] Admin account creation

    After the administrator account has been created, you can log as the <<<admin>>> user with the password you selected.
    The next thing you will see is the <<General Configuration>> page.

[images/configuration.png] General Configuration

    The defaults are usually sufficient, so you can save the configuration. You may later make changes to this page if
    you are enabling Distributed Builds, for example.

Next Steps

    Once the server is running, you will likely want to do the following:

    * Create more users via the <<Users>> menu item, so that you no longer need to use the administrator account for
      daily tasks.

    * {{{./user_guides/managing_project/addProject.html}Add Projects}} to build

    * Configure Continuum to work with distributed builds if you intend to have multiple build slave machines

    * Configure installed software packages and environment variables for project templates