How to set up server

ManicTimeServer is in a zip file, download it and copy contents to some folder.

ManicTimeServer.exe has the following options:

ManicTimeServer install - Install ManicTimeServer as a service
ManicTimeServer start - Start service
ManicTimeServer stop - Stop service
ManicTimeServer uninstall - Uninstall service

If you run ManicTimeServer without any parameters, a console window will pop up and server will start. You can stop it by either pressing ESC or closing the window.

To install it as a service type:
ManicTimeServer install
ManicTimeServer start

You should now see it in Administrative tools -> Services.

By default ManicTime Server is set to run on 8080 port (you can change it in ManicTimeServer.exe.config). If you are using a firewall, you will need to allow outside connections to port 8080. If you are using Windows firewall, you can open Command prompt with Administrator privileges and then run the following command:

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=ManicTimeServer protocol=TCP dir=in localport=8080 action=allow

By default ManicTimeServer will use SQL CE as a database. Database will be generated in /Data subfolder. If more then three ManicTime instances will connect to it we recommend that you use SQL Server as a database.