Getting Started

Omni Loader is a standalone app. For Windows, we have build the installer. For Linux, it is deployed as an archive you need to extract.

Windows

Run the installer and you will end up with a standard Windows application. In Windows Start menu, type OmniLoader, then click the application to run it. Omni Loader will run in a console (it's a native Windows application) and open a browser, where you will operate the application.

Running Omni Loader from Windows Start menu is the same as finding it in the terminal and running it without parameters. Omni Loader will start and the browser window will open at the address http://127.0.0.1:{port}. Port is a random available local port on the machine and it will be chosen automatically. 127.0.0.1 is address on which it listens and it means it will listen for the browser only on a local machine. By default you cannot operate Omni Loader from another computer but that can easily be changed by running Omni Loader manually in the terminal and specifying the IP range where you allow the connections.

Some examples for terminal use:

• OmniLoader.exe

  • runs OmniLoader on random free portand can be controlled by browser on local machine only

• OmniLoader.exe --urls "http://127.0.0.1:5000"

  • runs OmniLoader on exact port 5000 and can be controlled by browser on local machine only

• OmniLoader.exe --urls "http://0.0.0.0:5000"

  • runs OmniLoader on exact port 5000 and can be controlled by browser on any machine which can connect to machine where Omni Loader is running

Please note, to close Omni Loader, it's not enough to close the browser. You need to close the terminal where the application actually runs.

Linux

Unpack the ZIP/TAR.GZ archive and start the quickstart.sh (Linux). The script will run Omni Loader and open the browser at port 5000 where Omni Loader is running a local web server for UI user interaction.

If you run Omni Loader on server variant of Linux without the GUI available, you will need to expose it to another machine where you can run the browser to control it. See the --urls parameter usage above.

Proxy connections

If you have a proxy server, you can provide its details like so:

OmniLoader.exe --urls "http://127.0.0.1:5000" --proxy "https://{your-proxy-server}.com:{your-proxy-port}" --proxy-user "{your-proxy-username}" --proxy-pass "{your proxy password}"

Omni Loader currently does not support HTTPS proxy connections. Please connect to your proxy via HTTP instead. That shouldn't be unsafe as your proxy will still connect to our website via HTTPS.Of course, NEVER use public online proxies as that WOULD transfer data in plain text between your network and the proxy.

If you want to allow connection from other machines to Omni Loader, use a non-local network range such as 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1 as a listening address - but be aware you are increasing your attack area that way.

For more info on how to create data loading projects please see the the Project Wizard General page or watch our video tutorials.