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:
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.
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)
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.
Open a terminal window.
Go to the Magnolia installation directory: cd /home/<your account>/magnolia-x.y/apache-tomcat/bin Your path may be different.
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.
Open a terminal window.
Go to the Magnolia installation directory: cd /home/userAccount/magnolia-x.y/apache-tomcat/bin Your path may be different.
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.