Starting the Proxy Server

This section describes how to start the Proxy Server on different platforms. Once the server is installed, it listens for and accepts requests.

To Start the Proxy Server From the Administration Interface

1. Access the Server Manager and click the Preferences tab.

2. Click the Start/Stop Server link.

   The Start/Stop Server page is displayed.

3. Click the On button.

   The status of the server appears in the Start/Stop Server page.

To Start the Proxy Server on UNIX or Linux

You can start the Proxy Server on UNIX or Linux in either of the following ways:

• From the command line, go to server-root/proxy-serverid and type ./start to start the Proxy Server.

• Use start. If you want to use this script with init, you must include the start command prxy:2:respawn:server-root/proxy-serverid/start -start -i in /etc/inittab.

To Start the Proxy Server on Windows

You can start the Proxy Server on Windows in any of the following ways

• On the Start menu, select Programs ⇒ Oracle Corporation ⇒ Oracle iPlanet Proxy Server4 ⇒ Start Proxy Server

• Use Control Panel ⇒ Administrative Tools ⇒ Services ⇒ Oracle iPlanet Proxy Server 4 (proxy-serverid) ⇒ Start

• From a command prompt, go to server-root\proxy-serverid and type startsvr.bat to start the Proxy Server.

Starting SSL-Enabled Servers

To start an SSL-enabled server, a password is required. Although you can start an SSL-enabled server automatically if you keep the password in plain text in a file, doing so is a large security risk. Anyone who can access the file has access to the SSL-enabled server’s password. Consider the security risks before keeping the SSL-enabled server’s password in plain text

The server’s start script, key pair file, and the key password should be owned by root or, if a non-root user installed the server, that user account, with only the owner having read and write access to them.