This document describes how to install your selected product (Terracotta DB or Terracotta Ehcache) using a native installation procedure. This procedure is an alternative to using the Software AG Installer, which is described in the previous section.

Terracotta DB and Terracotta Ehcache each have their own native installer kit. The main difference between these two native installer kits is that the Terracotta Ehcache kit provides the Ehcache API and associated functionality, whereas the Terracotta DB kit provides both the Ehcache API and the TCStore API and their associated functionalities.

In the following description of the installation procedure, any mention of TCStore applies only to the Terracotta DB product.

The product distribution kit is provided as an archive file containing Jar files, command line scripts and other associated files.

The installation procedure just consists of downloading the archive file from Software AG's Software Download Center (SDC) and expanding the archive file to a suitable disk location in your working environment.

When you order the product, you receive credentials from Software AG that allow you to access the SDC. Within the SDC, navigate to "Home > Products & Documentation > Download Products > Software Download Center", and select the entry for your ordered product to download the archive file.

After you have expanded the archive to a disk location in your working environment, the root folder of the expanded archive contains a Readme.txt file that summarizes the contents of the kit. We suggest that you read through the Readme.txt file to familiarize yourself with the contents of the kit.

In some cases, as noted below, you need to add components from the expanded archive to your classpath.

The expanded archive contains the following Jar files:

In order to use Terracotta components in your application, you need to add these Jar files to your application classpath.