A platform consists of many (agent) containers.
A platform contains one main container and possibly many normal containers.
Containers may be deployed on different computers.
Normal containers must register with the main container.
The main container contains an AMS and a DF agent.
AMS = Agent Management Service. This agent is responsible for naming and lifecycle management for all other agents.
DF = directory facilitator = yellow pages service
Install Jade and adjust your classpath as directed.
Following the instructions in the first administrator's tutorial, I created two batch files in my jade home directory:
java -classpath .;.\lib\jade.jar;.\lib\jadeTools.jar;.\lib\iiop.jar;.\lib\base64.jar jade.Boot %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
javac -classpath .\lib\jade.jar;.\lib\jadeTools.jar;.\lib\iiop.jar;.\lib\base64.jar;. %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
From a command console I start Jade with the command:
runjade -gui
This brings up the RMA console:
Test things out by compiling and running the Ping demo.