Failed to install Koders Index Service

Just installed the Koders Pro Beta, and at the end of the installation I got a notice stating that an error had occured during install: failed to start the Koders Indexing Service.

In my services control panel I see a Koders Web Server, but not a Koders Index Service, so it probably failed to install the thing?

Is there something I can do to manually install the Index service to see if I can get it working?

Hey Scott, Instructions for installing he service by hand:

1. Install the Koders Indexer Service

a. Open a Command Prompt

b. At the prompt, type:

cd C:\Program Files\Koders\Professional\Tools

c. From this directory, enter the command below(type quotes as shown):

XYNTService.exe -i -l "domain\username" -p "password"

d. Open up XP Services Application (Start->Control Panel-> Administrative Tools->Services)

e. You should now see “Koders Indexer” Service installed, but it won’t be started. If so, go to step 2, otherwise, if you do not see the service installed, try installing the service running as the System user, by typing :

XYNTService.exe -i

2. If you completed step 1 successfully such that the service was installed as any user, Start the Service

a. At the prompt, type:

net start "Koders Indexer"

b. You should now the message “The Koders Indexer service was started successfully” else check the error status

3. If Steps 1 and 2 were successful, try to index your code and send us any problems you may incur.

Thanks! That got the service installed;

Following that, I ran the Setup tool and see the following message in the Last Message column: Failed: LocalCachePath must be set prior to indexing.

In the setup tool I chose Indexing Service/Configure, and the only option I see is Auto-Publish.

How do I set the LocalCachePath ?

Thanks Ben

Assumptions: You are using the File System adapter.

If that is true, then it sounds like you choose the “Index” option, versus the “Crawl and Index” option.

Try to right click on the project, select “Tasks”, and then select “Crawl and Index”... it will set the LocalCachepath for you.

Crawling in the file system adapter is a little different then server based SCM adapters (aka Subversion or CVS), as it only verifies existence of local code, but it’s location must be verified prior to our indexer running.

Very good call! Okay, looks like I’m indexing – 20 projects and 680k+ loc so far. Thanks Ben. Can’t wait to come in tomorrow and do some searching!