OpenSim: Running

There are three ways to run OpenSim

StandAlone

Windows

cd bin
OpenSim.exe

Connect using the Second Life client:

SecondLife.exe -loginuri http://127.0.0.1:9000

or

SecondLife.exe -loginuri http://localhost:9000 

or

SecondLife.exe -loginuri http://ipAddrOfYourSystem:9000

Linux

cd bin
mono OpenSim.exe

Connect using the Second Life client:

./secondlife -loginuri http://127.0.0.1:9000

or

./secondlife -loginuri http://localhost:9000

or

./secondlife -loginuri http://ipAddrOfYourSystem:9000

Mac OS X

Browse to where your Second Life.app file is located (by default /Applications/Second Life.app) Right-click/control click it and select Show Package Contents. Navigate to Contents and then Resources, and change the arguments.txt file to:

-loginuri http://127.0.0.1:9000

or

-loginuri http://localhost:9000

or

-loginuri http://ipAddrOfYourSystem:9000

Local Grid

Start the UGAS services - UGAS means User, Grid, Asset & Sim, in that order.

Windows

cd bin
OpenSim.Grid.UserServer.exe
OpenSim.Grid.GridServer.exe
OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer.exe
OpenSim.exe

Connect using the Second Life client:

SecondLife.exe -loginuri http://ipAddr:8002

Linux

cd bin
mono OpenSim.Grid.UserServer.exe
mono OpenSim.Grid.GridServer.exe
mono OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer.exe
mono OpenSim.exe

Connect using the Second Life client:

./secondlife -loginuri http://ipAddr:8002

Mac OS X

cd bin
mono OpenSim.Grid.UserServer.exe
mono OpenSim.Grid.GridServer.exe
mono OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer.exe
mono OpenSim.exe

Connect using the Second Life client:

Browse to where your Second Life.app file is located (by default /Applications/Second Life.app) Right-click/control click it and select Show Package Contents. Navigate to Contents and then Resources, and change the arguments.txt file to:

-loginuri http://ipAddr:8002

Public Grid (www.deepgrid.com, www.osgrid.org, or others)

Windows

cd bin
OpenSim.exe -gridmode

SecondLife.exe -loginuri http://user.deepgrid.com:8002  (for deepgrid)
SecondLife.exe -loginuri http://osgrid.org:8002         (for osgrid)

Linux

cd bin
mono OpenSim.exe -gridmode

./secondlife -loginuri http://user.deepgrid.com:8002  (for deepgrid)
./secondlife -loginuri http://osgrid.org:8002         (for osgrid)

In all cases, start up the client with a -loginuri argument to connect to the sim.

Mac OS X

cd bin
mono OpenSim.exe -gridmode

Browse to where your Second Life.app file is located (by default /Applications) Right-click/control click it and select Show Package Contents. Navigate to Contents and then Resources, and change the arguments.txt file to:

-loginuri http://user.deepgrid.com:8002  (for deepgrid)
-loginuri http://osgrid.org:8002         (for osgrid)

Then start Second Life.app (by default in /Applications)