Starting and Stopping Portal Server Secure Remote Access

The Secure Remote Access components of Portal Server offers browser-based secure remote access to portal content and services from any remote device with a Java technology-enabled browser. The Gateway component presents the content securely from internal web servers and application servers through a single interface to a remote user. Portal Server Secure Remote Access depends on Portal Server and Access Manager or the Access Manager SDK.

To Start Portal Server Secure Remote Access Gateway

Steps

1. After installing the Gateway component and creating the required profile, run the following command to start the Gateway:

   /gateway-install-root/SUNWps/bin/gateway -n default start

   default is the default gateway profile created during installation. You can create your own profiles later, and restart the Gateway with the new profile.

2. Run the following command to check if the Gateway is running on the specified port:

   netstat -a | grep port-number

   The default Gateway port is 443.

To Stop Portal Server Secure Remote Access Gateway

Steps

1. Use the following command to stop the Gateway:

   /gateway-install-root/SUNWps/bin/gateway stop

   This command stops all the Gateway instances that are running on that particular host.

2. Run the following command to check that the Gateway processes are no longer running:

   /usr/bin/ps -ef | entsys