Starting and stopping a server from the command prompt

You can use the server tasks to start or stop a server.

About this task

The wlp/bin directory contains a script called server to help with controlling the server process. The syntax of this script is as follows:

server action serverName [options]

For available values of [options], see Liberty profile: server command options.

Note: If a server is not specified on the command line, the action is performed against the default server instance, defaultServer, if it exists.

Procedure

Use the following command to start the server:
```
server start serverName 
```
where serverName is the name of the server.
Use the following command to stop the server:
```
server stop serverName 
```
where serverName is the name of the server.

Example

To start or stop a server by using the server script on Windows systems:

server.bat start serverName

server.bat stop serverName

To start or stop a server by using the server script on other systems:

server start serverName

server stop serverName

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