FAQ Category: Muse Installation

Are there files installed, modified, or used by the Muse softaware that live outside of the ${MUSE_HOME} directory structure?Where do these files reside on my system?

There are files used by Muse that reside outside of the ${MUSE_HOME} folder. Below is a list of such files along with their location, depending on the Operating System. 1a) The vpd.properties file (before Muse 2104). This is the InstallShield’s installation database. It keeps track of all Muse products installed and it is located under…

I often receive “Out of memory” error for the Muse servers. How can I solve this problem?

We suggest that you use the following parameters for the ICE Server as the HTTP Server and Muse Proxy Server do not request many resources and may stay as installed. If you still encounter Out of Memory problems with these servers, we suggest you add or increase the values of the memory parameters. The –Xmx…

Wich Muse ports need to be accessible locally but not to the internet?

The ports that need to be locally accessible are: 1. 2100 – Muse Z39.50 Bridge Configuration file: – ${MUSE_HOME}/z3950/MuseZBridge.xml Note: This port works as a client for the Information Connection Engine (ICE) server, but it is also a server for all the Z39.50 clients connecting to it. 2. 2504 – Muse ICE Server Configuration file:…

Wich Muse ports need to be accessible from the internet?

The ports that need to be accessible from the Internet are: 1. 8000 – Apache Tomcat or Muse HTTP Server Configuration file – ${MUSE_HOME}/tomcat/conf/server.xml or ${MUSE_HOME}/http/conf/contexts.xml Files that contain references to this port: ${MUSE_HOME}/factory/MuseInfoBase.xml ${ICE_HOME}/ICECore.xml ${ICE_HOME}/jaas.config ${MUSE_HOME}/proxy/jaas.config ${MUSE_HOME}/web/MusePeer.xml 2. 8443 – Apache Tomcat or Muse HTTP Server Configuration file – ${MUSE_HOME}/tomcat/conf/server.xml or ${MUSE_HOME}/http/conf/contexts.xml Files that…

What types of encoding does Muse use?

We unify all the information from all the sources into Unicode using UTF-8, and we pass it from ICE and all of our Bridges as UTF-8 and XML-encoded entities. However, we are not limited to extracting data just from UTF-8 bytes, and we should not extract bytes as UTF-8 when it is not appropriate. All…