Install SQuirreL DB browser on Windows

1. Download latest version of SQuirreL http://www.squirrelsql.org/#installation

2. Be sure you have installed Java on your PC
3. Start installation from downloaded file (ie. squirrel-sql-3.4.0-install.jar)

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4. Download SolidDB driver from

[ ftp://172.17.1.252/download/SQirreL/plugins/solid/SolidDriver2.0.jar ]
and copy it to your SQuirreL plug-ins folder, for example:
[ c:\Program Files\squirrel-sql-3.4.0\plugins\solid\ ]

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5. Next, open SQuirreL

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6. Click on Drivers tab on the left side of the GUI, scroll down and search for SoliDB, select it
and click edit, or if it is not defined click the + icon to add the SolidDriver2.0
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7. If everything is OK, SoliDB should be check-marked as shown:

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8. Finally, we need an Alias to connect to the desired database, click on the Alias tab on the left
side of the GUI, and than click the + icon.
1. Name: descriptive name of the Alias - connection
2. Driver: you must select SoliDB
3. URL: jdbc:solid://<ip or host name of the blade>:<port>
4. User Name: defined as SOLID_DB_USERNAME in solidnet.cfg
5. Password: defined as SOLID_DB_PASSWORD in solidnet.cfg
[root@ ~]#
[root@ ~]# locate solidnet.cfg
/opt/Solid6.5/cfg/csimncomm/solidnet.cfg
/opt/Solid6.5/cfg/csiradius/solidnet.cfg
/opt/Solid6.5/csimncomm/solidnet.cfg
/opt/Solid6.5/csiradius/solidnet.cfg
[root@ ~]# cat /opt/Solid6.5/csiradius/solidnet.cfg
export SOLID_LOC_CONNECTION_STRING="tcp 1329"
export SOLID_CONNECTION_STRING="tf -l1 tcp blade.mak 1329, tcp blade.mak 1329"
export SOLID_DB_USERNAME=itsolid
export SOLID_DB_PASSWORD=zYNn5RCz
export SOLID_HAC_LOC_CONNECTION_STRING="tcp 3129"
export SOLID_HAC_USERNAME=ithac
export SOLID_HAC_PASSWORD=Ob0rXIGg
[root@ ~]#

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