Starting and stopping the web server

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The web server of the Operations Center runs as a service and starts automatically. You might have to stop and start the web server, for example, to make configuration changes.

Before you begin

Note: The systemctl commands requires root privileges. The commands must be executed as a root user or with the sudo command.

Procedure

Stop the web server.
- From the /installation_dir/ui/utils directory, where installation_dir represents the directory where the Operations Center is installed, issue the following command:
```
./stopserver.sh
```
- Issue the following command:
```
systemctl stop opscenter.service
```
- From the Services window, stop the IBM Storage Protect Operations Center service.
Start the web server.
- From the /installation_dir/ui/utils directory, where installation_dir represents the directory where the Operations Center is installed, issue the following command:
```
./startserver.sh
```
- Issue the following commands:
  Start the server:
```
systemctl start opscenter.service
```
  Restart the server:
```
systemctl restart opscenter.service
```
  Determine whether the server is running:
```
systemctl status opscenter.service
```
- From the Services window, start the IBM Storage Protect Operations Center service.