Start IBM Verify Gateway for RADIUS

For Windows systems, you can start the IbmRadius.exe program either as a Windows™ service or from the command line.

During the installation, IbmRadius.exe is configured as a Windows service. It’s not initially started because the administrator must set up the IbmRadiusConfig.json file first. The service is set to manual start. The service can be manually started. It can be set to automatically start. Errors, warnings and informational messages are sent to the Windows Event log. If the service fails to start, or continues to run, examine the Event Log for possible causes, such as an error in IbmRadiusConfig.json file.

The command line invocation of IbmRadius.exe doesn’t use the Event Log, rather it outputs to standard error. It requires the argument "-run" and is generally only used for test or debugging purposes. Another useful argument “-attributes” lists all the RADIUS-known RADIUS attributes, their names, value type, and enum values. This argument is useful when you add attributes into the IbmRadiusConfig.json file.

For Linux systems use Linux systemctl command to control the IBM Linux RADIUS service.

For example to start the service use the command:

systemctl start ibm_radius_64