Starting and stopping the deployment environment using the command line

Traditional:
You can start and stop the deployment environment using the BPMConfig command.

Before you begin

To start or stop the deployment environment, you can run the BPMConfig command with the -start or -stop parameter. For both parameters, you can either specify a configuration properties file that contains all of the required deployment environment information or you can specify the profile and deployment environment name. If you choose to specify the profile and deployment environment name for the -start parameter, you do not need to specify the -username and -password options. By comparison, if you choose to specify the profile and deployment environment name for the -stop parameter, you must specify the -username and -password options. You can use the user name and password for the administrator of the deployment environment.

Required security role for this task: When starting or stopping a deployment environment, you must use a user ID and password with WebSphere® administrator or operator authority to perform this task.

About this task

To start the deployment environment with the BPMConfig command, perform the following steps.

Procedure

To start your deployment environment, you have two options:
- Run the BPMConfig command passing it the name of the configuration properties file that contains the configuration properties for your deployment environment. For example:
```
BPM_home\bin\BPMConfig -start my_environment.properties
```
```
BPM_home/bin/BPMConfig.sh -start my_environment.properties
```
- Run the BPMConfig command specifying the profile and deployment environment name. For example:
```
BPM_home\bin\BPMConfig -start -profile DmgrProfile [-de De1]
```
```
BPM_home/bin/BPMConfig.sh -start -profile DmgrProfile [-de De1]
```
  If there is only one deployment environment in the WebSphere cell, you can omit the -de option.
To stop your deployment environment, you have two options:
- Run the BPMConfig command passing it the name of the configuration properties file that contains the configuration properties for your deployment environment. For example:
```
BPM_home\bin\BPMConfig -stop my_environment.properties
```
```
BPM_home/bin/BPMConfig.sh -stop my_environment.properties
```
- Run the BPMConfig command specifying the profile, deployment environment name, user name and password with the command. For example:
```
BPM_home\bin\BPMConfig -stop -profile DmgrProfile [-de De1] -username DmgrAdmin -password mypassword
```
```
BPM_home/bin/BPMConfig.sh -stop -profile DmgrProfile [-de De1] -username DmgrAdmin -password mypassword
```
  If there is only one deployment environment in the WebSphere cell, you can omit the -de option.