Starting the PingDirectory server at boot time - PingDirectory

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Page updated: 20 Jan 2023

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9.2 Product PingDirectory Directory Capability Product documentation Content Type Administration User task IT Administrator Administrator Audience Software Deployment Method System Administrator

By default, the server does not start automatically when the system is booted. Instead, you must start it manually with the bin/start-server command.

To configure the server to start automatically when the system boots, use the create-systemd-script utility to create a script, or create the script manually.

Create the service unit configuration file in a temporary location, where "ds" is the user running the server.
```
$ bin/create-systemd-script \
     --outputFile /tmp/ping-directory.service \
     --userName ds
```
As a root user, copy the ping-directory.service configuration file into the /etc/systemd/system directory.
To read the new configuration file, reload systemd.
```
$ systemctl daemon-reload
```
To start the server, run the start command.
```
$ systemctl start ping-directory.service
```
To configure the server to start automatically when the system boots, run the enable command.
```
$ systemctl enable ping-directory.service
```
Log out as root.

To perform this task on an RC system, create the startup script with bin/create-rc-script and move it to the /etc/init.d directory.

Note:
Create symlinks to this script from the /etc/rc3.d/etc/rc0.d directory (starting with a “K” to ensure that the server is stopped). directory (starting with an “S” to ensure that the server is started) and