Winston Install on Windows

• Install Java 8 or higher if not already installed

• Install MySQL from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.7.html#downloads

  • Be sure to set root password

• Configure MySQL with new Winston user:

  • mysql -u root -p

    • mysql> CREATE USER 'winstonuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

    • mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO 'winstonuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

    • mysql> CREATE USER 'winstonuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

    • mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO 'winstonuser'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

    • mysql> flush privileges;

• Download and install Winston from https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/software/winston/index.shtml

  • Edit configuration files

    • WWS.config - Edit IP address (and port if not using default)

    • Winston.config - Edit database user (winstonuser) and password (as selected above)

• Run bin/WWS.bat to start Winston

  • Make sure there are no errors in WWS.log

  • Optionally configure to start automatically on boot in Task Scheduler