---
title: Start and stop PingGateway
description: Use the following step to start the instance of PingGateway, specifying the configuration directory where PingGateway looks for configuration files.
component: pinggateway
version: 2025.3
page_id: pinggateway:getting-started:start-stop
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pinggateway/2026/getting-started/start-stop.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pinggateway/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pinggateway/2026/getting-started/start-stop.html
section_ids:
  starting-default: Start PingGateway with default settings
  stopping: Stop PingGateway
---

# Start and stop PingGateway

## Start PingGateway with default settings

Use the following step to start the instance of PingGateway, specifying the configuration directory where PingGateway looks for configuration files.

1. Start PingGateway:

   * Linux

   * Windows

   ```console
   $ /path/to/identity-gateway-2025.3.0/bin/start.sh
   ```

   ```none
   C:\path\to\identity-gateway-2025.3.0\bin\start.bat
   ```

   By default, PingGateway configuration files are located under `$HOME/.openig` (on Windows `%appdata%\OpenIG`). For information about how to use a different location, refer to [Configuration location](../configure/configure.html#configuration-location).

2. Check that PingGateway is running in one of the following ways:

   * Ping PingGateway at `http://ig.example.com:8085/ping` and make sure an `HTTP 200` is returned.

   * Display the product version and build information at `http://ig.example.com:8085/api/info`.

## Stop PingGateway

Use the `stop.sh` script to stop an instance of PingGateway, specifying the instance directory as an argument. If the instance directory isn't specified, PingGateway uses the default instance directory:

* Linux

* Windows

```console
$ /path/to/identity-gateway-2025.3.0/bin/stop.sh $HOME/.openig
```

```none
C:\path\to\identity-gateway-2025.3.0\bin\stop.bat %appdata%\OpenIG
```