Quick Start In this section, we will test the system by indexing a small set of sample GILS records that are included with the &zebra; distribution, running a &zebra; server against the newly created database, and searching the indexes with a client that connects to that server. Go to the examples/gils subdirectory of the distribution archive. The 48 test records are located in the sub directory records. To index these, type: zebraidx update records In this command, the word update is followed by the name of a directory: zebraidx updates all files in the hierarchy rooted at that directory. If your indexing command was successful, you are now ready to fire up a server. To start a server on port 2100, type: zebrasrv @:2100 The &zebra; index that you have just created has a single database named Default. The database contains records structured according to the GILS profile, and the server will return records in &acro.usmarc;, &acro.grs1;, or &acro.sutrs; format depending on what the client asks for. To test the server, you can use any &acro.z3950; client. For instance, you can use the demo command-line client that comes with &yaz;: yaz-client localhost:2100 When the client has connected, you can type: Z> find surficial Z> show 1 The default retrieval syntax for the client is &acro.usmarc;, and the default element set is F (``full record''). To try other formats and element sets for the same record, try: Z>format sutrs Z>show 1 Z>format grs-1 Z>show 1 Z>format xml Z>show 1 Z>elements B Z>show 1 You may notice that more fields are returned when your client requests &acro.sutrs;, &acro.grs1; or &acro.xml; records. This is normal - not all of the GILS data elements have mappings in the &acro.usmarc; record format. If you've made it this far, you know that your installation is working, but there's a certain amount of voodoo going on - for example, the mysterious incantations in the zebra.cfg file. In order to help us understand these fully, the next chapter will work through a series of increasingly complex example configurations.