For the API Publish Service to start, the apipublish_master.key must be present in the apipublish/config directory. If you have moved the master key to a secured location for security reasons, copy it to the config directory before starting the service.

You can start the API Publish Service in one of the following two ways:

  • Using a service script available in the bin directory
  • Using the start.sh script available in the bin directory
  1. Start API Publish.
    • To start API Publish as a service:
      1. Navigate to the bin directory and run the following command to install API Publish as a service: 
        #sudo ./install-systemctl-service.sh pi-apipublish
      2. Start the service by entering the following command: 
        systemctl start pi-apipublish.service
    • To start API Publish using the start.sh script:
      1. Run the start.sh script located in the /pingidentity/apipublish/bin directory:
        $ ../bin/start.sh
  2. Stop API Publish.
    • To stop API Publish using a service script:
      1. Run the following command to stop the API Publish Service:
        systemctl stop pi-apipublish.service
    • To stop API Publish using the stop.sh script:
      1. Run the stop.sh script available in the bin directory:
        # ../bin/stop.sh