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 The forge consists of several components, all of which need to be running to have full functionality.
 
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-### MongoDB database server
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-Generally set up with its own directory, we'll use ~/var/mongodata to keep our installation localized.  We also need to disable the default distribution server.
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-    (anvil)~$ sudo service mongodb stop
-    (anvil)~$ sudo update-rc.d mongodb remove
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-    (anvil)~$ mkdir -p ~/var/mongodata ~/logs
-    (anvil)~$ nohup mongod --dbpath ~/var/mongodata > ~/logs/mongodb.log &
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 ### SOLR search and indexing server
 
 We have a custom config ready for use.