Installation overview

The following steps are an overview of how to manually install and run Mango.

1. Download and install Java JDK, see Installing Java for more details.
2. If you use Linux or Mac you can use the install script to download and install Mango.
3. Download the Mango full zip file.
4. Extract the zip file into a directory of your choice (e.g. /opt/mango or C:\mango).
5. Set the mango_paths_home environment variable to the path where you installed Mango (recommended but not required).
6. Edit mango.properties to suit your configuration, see installation configuration for more details.
7. Start Mango by running $mango_paths_home/bin/start-mango.sh (Linux and Mac) or %mango_paths_home%\bin\mango.cmd (Windows) from your terminal / command prompt window respectively.

NOTE: Previously Mango used to restart itself via a script. Mango no longer does this, if you want Mango to restart automatically you should start it via systemd or a Windows service.

For more detailed instructions please see the following links for each supported operating system:

• Installing on Windows
• Installing on Linux
• Installing on Mac

Logging in for the first time

Mango ships with a default admin user. After logging in for the first time, the admin user’s password should be changed.

• Navigate to the web interface using a supported browser. http://localhost:8080/ or http://your_mango_ip:8080
• Log in with the username admin and password admin.
• You must read the Mango license which is presented and agree to its terms.
• Change the admin user’s password.