Starting and stopping the server

To run the server, run the batch file or shell script for the server.

Procedure

Go to the server_installation\bin directory.
The default server installation directory is /opt/launch/server on Linux™ and C:\Program Files\launch\server on Windows™.
Run the run_server.cmd batch file as an administrator (Windows™), or ./server start (UNIX™ or Linux™).
Optional: On Linux™ systems that use init.d, you can run the server as a service by following these steps:
1. Make sure that the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions has execute permissions.
  For example, you might run the following command:
```
chmod ugo+x /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
```
2. Copy the HCL Launch server initialization file to the /etc/init.d folder.
  The server initialization file is /installation_location/server/bin/init/server, where installation_location is the location that you installed the server. The default installation location is /opt/ucd/.
3. Make the /etc/init.d/server file executable.
  For example, you might run the following command:
```
chmod +x /etc/init.d/server
```
4. Open the file /etc/init.d/server in a text editor and find the following lines of code:
```
SERVER_PROG="server"
SERVER_HOME="/opt/ucd/server"
SERVER_USER=@SERVER_USER@
SERVER_GROUP=@SERVER_GROUP@
```
5. Replace @SERVER_USER@ with the name of the user with which you run the server.
6. Replace @SERVER_GROUP@ with the name of the group with which you run the server.
  For example, if you run the server as the root user, use the following code:
```
SERVER_PROG="server"
SERVER_HOME="/opt/ucd/server"
SERVER_USER="root"
SERVER_GROUP="root"
```
7. Save the file.
8. Install and configure the service with the following command:
```
chkconfig --add server
```
9. Test the service by running the following code:
```
service server start
```

What to do next

To access the server, see Accessing HCL Launch. If the HCL Launch server did not connect to the licence server, you see an error message that says that the server is unlicensed and cannot run deployments. To remove the error message, you must restore the connection to the license server and restart the HCL Launch server.

To stop the server, return to the server_installation\bin directory. Run the stop_server.cmd batch file as an administrator (Windows™) or ./server stop (UNIX™ or Linux™).

When you run the server for the first time, you might see an error message that says that no agent or tag is configured to import new component versions. To import component versions, including built artifacts, you must use an agent, and the server requires that you specify a default agent for this purpose. You can override this default setting when you create a component. Follow these steps to specify a default agent or agent tag:

To specify a default agent, click System > System Settings and under General Settings, clear the Use Agent Tag For Integration check box. Then, select an agent in the Agent for Version Imports list. Then, at the bottom of the page, click Save.
To specify a default agent tag, click Settings > System Settings and under General Settings, clear the Use Agent Tag For Integration check box. Then, select an agent tag in the Agent Tag for version imports list. Then, at the bottom of the page, click Save. If no tags are listed, add a tag to one or more agents on the server.