Starting the server

You can start the server as a background or foreground process.

Click the following tabs to see the instructions for how you want to start the server.

As a background process
As a foreground process

Starting the server as a background process

Use a terminal window to start the server as a background process.

Steps

To start the server as a background process on UNIX or Linux systems, run the bin/start-server command without any options.

An analogous command is in the bat folder on Microsoft Windows systems.

Starting the server as a foreground process

Use a terminal window to run the server as a foreground process.

Steps

To start the server as a foreground process, open a terminal window and enter bin/start-server with the --nodetach option.

Example:
```
$ bin/start-server --nodetach
```