Starting and stopping HCL Quality Server
You can start HCL Quality Server to enable users to log in by using a web browser. If the server is installed as a service, you can configure it for automatic startup on boot or for manual startup on demand.
About this task
On Windows™ systems, the server is, by default, configured to be installed as a service, and for automatic startup on boot. If you cleared these selections during the installation, then use the Modify option of IBM® Installation Manager to update the installation. See Starting and stopping on Windows systems.
On non-Windows systems, after installation, you must manually configure the server as a service.
See the following procedures for non-Windows systems:
Note: You must run commands as an Administrator from the Windows command line.
Starting and stopping on Windows systems
Procedure
Start and stop the server from the Windows command line:
-
Start the server from the command line. Run the
startup.bat
file from the default locationC:\Program Files\HCL\HCLProducts\QualityServer\bin
. -
Stop the server from the command line. Run the
shutdown.bat
file from the default locationC:\Program Files\HCL\HCLProducts\QualityServer\bin
.
Start and stop the server if the server was installed as a Windows™ service:
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Start the service from the Start menu. Click
.
Note: By default, the server is configured to start automatically on boot.
- Stop the service from the Start menu. Click .
Modify the Windows™ service from automatic
startup to manual startup:
-
Follow these steps to change from automatic startup to manual startup:
Starting and stopping on non-Windows systems
Before you begin
About this task
/opt/HCL/HCLProducts/QualityServer/bin
.Procedure
Start the server on non-Windows systems. Do one of the following steps:
-
If you are using the init shell script run the
startup.sh
file from the default location or where you installed HCL Quality Server. -
If you are using the systemd script, follow these steps:
Stop the server on non-Windows systems. Do one of the following steps:
-
If you are using the init shell script, run the
shutdown.sh
file from the default location:/opt/HCL/HCLProducts/QualityServer/bin
. -
If you are using the systemd script, run
sudo systemctl stop hqs
.
Configure automatic start on boot on non-Windows systems. Do one of the following
steps.
-
Follow these steps to configure automatic start on boot for the init shell script:
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Follow these steps to configure automatic start on boot for the systemd script:
Configuring automatic start on boot on RedHat Linux systems
Before you begin
About this task
The steps for RedHat Linux systems are different from those for non-Windows systems.
Procedure
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Add the
startup.sh
script to the path/etc/init.d
. -
Create symbolic links to the script in the run-level folders, for example,
/etc/rc3.d
. -
Edit
startup.sh
(located at both/etc/init.d
and/etc/rc3.d
) by using the following command:nano startup.sh
. -
Replace the following lines:
#!/bin/sh . /opt/HCL/QualityServer/bin/setenv.sh /opt/HCL/QualityServer/bin/server start defaultServer
with the following:#!/bin/sh #chkconfig: 345 99 01 #description: startup.sh . /opt/HCL/QualityServer/bin/setenv.sh /opt/HCL/QualityServer/bin/server start defaultServer
This adds
startup.sh
tochkconfig
. -
Run the following command:
ntsysv
.This command runs
startup.sh
automatically on boot.