We assume that you’ve already downloaded “OpenRulesDecisionManager_9.x.x.zip” for Windows or “OpenRulesDecisionManager_9.x.x.tar.gz” for Mac or Linux.
Make sure that you have JDK and Maven installed – see Pre-Requisites. However, as a user, you don’t have to know anything about Java or Maven as they are used only internally.
Unzip this file on your hard drive. You will get the folder “OpenRulesDecisionManager” that contains everything you need to learn about how OpenRules decision models are organized, how to build, test, and deploy them, and finally how to develop your own operational decision models.

To install OpenRules Decision Manager, use File Manager to locate “OpenRulesDecisionManager/openrules.config” and execute “install.bat” – just double-click on this file.
You need to have Internet connection as the installation will download different related products freely available for downloads. The installation may take up to 1-2 minutes based on your connection speed displaying all downloadable files at the “black” screen. Make sure that during the installation you don’t receive any red messages and at the end you will see the message:
“OpenRules Decision Manager x.y.z: INSTALLATION COMPLETED”
Any issues? Contact support@openrules.com – we will help.
If you use Linux or Mac OS: The main difference with Windows is that to start any execution, you will use scripts like “install”, “clean”, “test” instead of “install.bat”, “clean.bat”, “test.bat”.

