# Linux Installation

* Get the DBSync Linux zip file from the following URL

&#x20;         <http://mydbsync.com/integration/cloud-replication-for-salesforce>

* Once the zip file is downloaded to the desired location on your Linux server, navigate to the folder and  use the command **unzip -d /install-dir dbsync-repl-30-tomcat.zip**

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* The event manager of the Replication tool can be pointed to a specific directory with the following steps. The below command takes you to the directory path of the event manager of the DBSync Cloud Replication tool.

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* The directory path of the event manager is shown below.

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* Directory *DBSync* must be replaced by the required directory name to point the event manager to that directory.

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* Change the permission for the scripts by getting into the ***bin*** folder and provide executive permission for all the shell scripts using the command ***Chmod 755 \*.sh**.*

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* At this point, the DBSync Cloud Replication tool is installed on your Linux server. You can start the DBSync Cloud Replication tool by navigating to the ***bin*** folder and running the command from the terminal window ***./catalina.sh start***.

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* To check the logs you can run the command ***tail --f logs/catalina.out*** as illustrated in the below screenshot

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* To access the DBSync Cloud Replication console, please paste the <http://localhost:8080/dbsync> URL in your browser address bar and you will be presented with the DBSync Cloud Replication Home page.

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* To stop DBSync Cloud Replication, navigate to the ***bin*** folder and execute the script ***./catalina.sh stop*** from the terminal window and to check the status of process execute the command ***ps --ef | grep java*** as shown below.

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