You start the server by starting the domain. A domain provides authentication and administration for the server instance that belongs to it. Starting the domain starts the server instance in the domain. A default domain called domain1 is created when you install Application Server.
A default domain does not get created in certain distributions (such as the Application Server bundled with Solaris 10 distributions). If a default domain has not been created, use the create-domain command to create an administrative domain. See create-domain(1).
To start the server, follow the steps below. Solaris and Linux steps are in the first column and Windows steps are in the second column: