First time build of traccar server: restart service?

PierreD4 days ago

I'm new to Traccar. I just installed Traccar server and built it (traccar-server.jar). All good so far.
The doc says this:
"Now you can just replace the file in your Traccar installation and restart the service for changes to take affect. Make sure you have a compatible version of Traccar installed. Use the latest release when using the master branch for development"

I'm not sure what that means. Any additional doc I should have read?

  • What is my Traccar Installation? (I built traccar server from source)
  • What does it mean to restart the service?

Sorry for the newbie question, and thanks in advance for enlightening me.

Track-trace4 days ago

You download it here and then install the prebuild release.
https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/tag/v6.7.1

And if you build traccar-server.jar from source (with modifications) then you just replace the traccar-server.jar in the install directory of the prebuild release (for instance traccar-other-6.7.1.zip) and then restart it so it uses your newly compiled traccar-server.jar

PierreD4 days ago

Thanks for the quick reply!
If I want to run Traccar Server on Mac OS (Apple M3 Pro chip), which prebuild release should I use?

PierreD4 days ago

Just tried traccar-other-6.7.1.zip and it worked great. Thanks again!