Starting the Endeca HTTP and Tools services

If you have multiple servers, the Endeca HTTP service must be running on all the machines in your Endeca environment, except the Application server. When the Endeca HTTP service is running this means that the Endeca Application Controller (EAC) is running. The Endeca Tools Service must be running on the Tools server.

Before starting the Endeca HTTP and Tools services, verify that you have:

Installed the MDEX Engine, Platform Services and Endeca Workbench.
Set the environment variables for the MDEX Engine and Platform Services.

To start the Endeca HTTP service and the Endeca Tools Service:

Do the following:

Option	Description
On Windows	Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, select the Endeca HTTP service and the Endeca Tools Service and click Start. Note: On the servers on which you have installed the Platform Services and Endeca Workbench packages, the Endeca HTTP and Tools services are started automatically when you reboot the machines.
On UNIX	To start the Endeca HTTP service, run `$ENDECA_ROOT/tools/server/bin/startup.sh` To start the Endeca Tools Service, run `$ENDECA_TOOLS_ROOT/server/bin/startup.sh`

Option

Description

On Windows

Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, select the Endeca HTTP service and the Endeca Tools Service and click Start.

Note: On the servers on which you have installed the Platform Services and Endeca Workbench packages, the Endeca HTTP and Tools services are started automatically when you reboot the machines.

On UNIX

To start the Endeca HTTP service, run $ENDECA_ROOT/tools/server/bin/startup.sh

To start the Endeca Tools Service, run $ENDECA_TOOLS_ROOT/server/bin/startup.sh