RoboHelp Server 8

Hello,

I am starting this thread to give an introduction to RoboHelp Server 8. Any comments and questions are most welcome.

RoboHelp Server 8 is completely rewritten in Java and is much more stable and robust than previous versions.
Installation is much more simplified now.

One major difference from earlier versions is now RoboHelp Server 8 does not need IIS Server. Instead it uses tomcat server.

You can download RoboHelp Server 8 trial version from http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Prerequisite for installing RoboHelp Server 8
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5 or higher
• Tomcat 6.0.14 (or 6.0.16)

Steps to install RoboHelp Server 8
1) Install JRE and Tomcat.
2) Verify tomcat is up and running by visiting url : http://localhost:8080
3) Launch setup.exe of RoboHelp Server 8
4) RoboHelp Server 8 should get installed. Launch Config Manager from the desktop.
5) Select the database you want to use for RoboHelp server 8 installation.
6) Click save and then close Config Manager.
7) Now open RoboHelp Server web admin url in browser: http://localhost:8080/robohelp/admin
8) Web Admin login page should get opened up.
9) Use default user name “admin” and password”admin” to log in.
10) RoboHelp Server 8 web admin should get launched.

I shall talk about new features of RoboHelp Server 8 in follow-up thread.
If you run into any issues while installing RoboHelp Server 8, please post your queries here.

Tulika.
RoboHelp Server Team.
Adobe Systems.