Open a shell and go to the bin directory of your Magnolia Tomcat bundle. If you installed the bundle from a ZIP file, cd to magnolia-x.y/apache-tomcat-x.y/bin. If you installed the Magnolia bundle with Magnolia CLI jumpstart, cd to apache-tomcat/bin.

Execute the start command:

./magnolia_control.sh start

Note: If you get an error due to a low "max open files" limit, try executing the command with the --ignore-open-files-limit option:

./magnolia_control.sh start --ignore-open-files-limit

Detailed instructions:

  1. Open a terminal window in Applications > Utilities > Terminal.
  2. Go to the Magnolia installation directory

    cd /Applications/magnolia-x.y/apache-tomcat/bin
  3. Start Magnolia.

    ./magnolia_control.sh start && tail -f ../logs/catalina.out

The first part of the startup command ./magnolia_control.sh start launches Magnolia. The second part && tail -f ../logs/catalina.out displays log messages written to /apache-tomcat/logs/catalina.out log file. This makes it easier to troubleshoot startup errors.

Magnolia reports startup information. If startup fails, look for the reason in the report. In a successful startup the last line reads: 
INFO: Server startup in 12345 ms.

To stop Magnolia, type CTRL + C, then ./magnolia_control.sh stop and press RETURN.

  1. Open a command prompt and go to the Magnolia installation directory. 
    (To do this, type cd C:\Users\<username>\magnolia-x.y\apache-tomcat\bin)
  2. Type magnolia_control.bat start and press ENTER.
    Magnolia reports startup information in a new Tomcat window. If startup fails, look for the reason in the report. In a successful startup the last line reads: INFO: Server startup in 12345 ms

To stop Magnolia, type CTRL + C , then ./magnolia_control.bat stop and press ENTER.

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Go to the Magnolia installation directory: 
    cd /home/<your account>/magnolia-x.y/apache-tomcat/bin 
    Your path may be different.
  3. Start Magnolia: 
    ./magnolia_control.sh start && tail -f ../logs/catalina.out

The first part of the startup command ./magnolia_control.sh start launches Magnolia. The second part && tail -f ../logs/catalina.out displays log messages written to /apache-tomcat/logs/catalina.out log file. This makes it easier to troubleshoot startup errors.

Magnolia reports startup information. If startup fails, look for the reason in the report. In a successful startup the last line reads: 
INFO: Server startup in 12345 ms

To stop Magnolia, type CTRL + C , then ./magnolia_control.sh stop and press ENTER.

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Go to the Magnolia installation directory: 
    cd /home/userAccount/magnolia-x.y/apache-tomcat/bin 
    Your path may be different.
  3. Start Magnolia: 
    ./magnolia_control.sh start && tail -f ../logs/catalina.out

The first part of the startup command ./magnolia_control.sh start launches Magnolia. The second part && tail -f ../logs/catalina.out displays log messages written to /apache-tomcat/logs/catalina.out log file. This makes it easier to troubleshoot startup errors.

Magnolia reports startup information. If startup fails, look for the reason in the report. In a successful startup the last line reads: 
INFO: Server startup in 12345 ms

To stop Magnolia, type CTRL + C , then ./magnolia_control.sh stop and press ENTER.

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