Starting and stopping an integration node on Windows, Linux, and UNIX systems

Use the ibmint start node or ibmint stop node commands to start or stop an integration node.

Before you begin

Ensure that your user ID has the correct authorizations to perform the task. Refer to Security requirements for administrative tasks.
On Linux®, UNIX, and Windows systems, you must set up your command prompt environment before you perform this task, by running the product profile or console; see Setting up a command environment.
When you start an integration node, all integration servers under that node are started automatically unless one of the following conditions applies:
1. The integration node was stopped by using the ibmint stop node or the mqsistop command, the Enterprise Toolkit, or the web user interface.
2. You specified that an integration server must not be started. To specify that an integration server must not be started automatically, add an empty file that is named .stopped into the server's directory; for example:
```
C:\myACEwork\components\NODEIPL101\servers\ISDEVIPLAA\.stopped
```
If you use the ibmint stop server or the mqsistop command or the Enterprise Toolkit or web user interface to stop an integration server, a .stopped file is added to the server's directory. When the integration node is next restarted, the integration server is not started automatically (unless the .stopped file is deleted before the integration node is started).

For more information about verifying the status of an integration node, see Verifying an integration node.