How To Begin

This section describes how to proceed if you are a first time LightWave Server™ user. LightWave Server users typically fall into one of the categories shown below. The sections below describe how each category of user should proceed.

• Administrators - An administrator is anyone who is responsible for installing and managing the LightWave Server processes. Systems/Operations managers usually fall into this category.
• Developers - A developer is anyone responsible for building applications that use LightWave Server. Developers often need to manage LightWave Server on development and test systems so may also be considered Administrators.
• Others - Anyone who is neither an Administrator or Developer but has general interest in the product.

Administrators

• Read Introduction to LightWave Server.
• Install LightWave Server as described in Installing LightWave Server.
• Start LightWave Server as described in Starting and Stopping LightWave Server. 

Developers

• Read Introduction to LightWave Server.
• If also acting as an Administrator, install LIghtWave Server™ as described in Installing LightWave Server.
• If also acting as an Administrator, start LightWave Server™ as described in Starting and Stopping LightWave Server.
• Read Getting Started in the Developer Guide.

Others

• Read section Introduction to LightWave Server.