Starting and stopping an application server on AIX and Linux operating systems

Starting an application server starts both the application server and any applications that run inside the application server.

About this task

When starting an application server the application server might start successfully but applications running inside an application server may fail to start. Check the log files for errors.

Procedure

Ensure that your database management system is started.
Do one of the following:
- Issue the following commands in a terminal window:
```
su - WC_non_root_user
cd WC_profiledir/bin
```
- For a WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment manager profile:
```
su - root
cd WAS_ND_profiledir/bin
```
where:

WC_non_root_user

The non-root user ID under which the application server will run.

WC_profiledir

The directory for WebSphere Application Server profile used for WebSphere Commerce.

WAS_ND_profiledir

The directory for WebSphere Application Server profile used for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment manager profile.
Do one of the following:
- To start an application server, enter:
```
./startServer.sh application_server_name
```
- To stop an application server, enter:
```
./stopServer.sh application_server_name
```
- To start the deployment manager:
```
./startManager.sh
```
- To stop the deployment manager:
```
./stopManager.sh
```
where:
application_server_name is the name of the application server you want to start or stop. The default WebSphere Application Server application server name is server1.
Check the log files for any problems or errors. The log files are located in directory:WC_profileDir/logs/server1
Starting and stopping quick reference. Select the appropriate link from the left pane based on your version of WebSphere Application Server.
Start the IBM Knowledge Center.
The IBM Knowledge Center (local help) must be started in order to provide help when using the WebSphere Commerce tools such as WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.