Netscape Certificate Management System 6.2, Administrator'S Manual

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Starting, Stopping, and Restarting CMS Instances
Chapter 7 Administrative Basics 253
Starting From the Command Line
To start a CMS instance from the command line:
1.
Log in either as the
root
user ID or with the server’s user ID.
2.
Go to the following directory:
<server_root>/cert-<instance_id>
3.
Type the following command:
./start-cert
Stopping a Server Instance
You can stop the server from either Netscape Console or from the command line.
With this version of CMS, CMS is enabled for a clean shutdown. During the
shutdown process, the subsystem will process any already posted requests to any
of its interfaces to completion, but will accept no new requests. There is a setting in
the CMS
.cfg
file that allows you to set the absolute time out, the amount of time
before the between issuing the shutdown command and actual shutdown. If this
time is reached before all processes are complete, the server will shutdown without
completing the processes. The default time out setting is 1 minute.
Stopping From Netscape Console
To stop a CMS instance from Netscape Console:
1.
Log in to Netscape Console (see “Logging Into Netscape Console” on
page 243).
NOTE If you chose to delete the
password.conf
file during installation,
you must start the server instance on the command line; you cannot
start the server instance from the CMS console.
For more information, see “Passwords Stored by the Server,” on
page 250.
NOTE If CMS is already running, the start-up command fails. Stop the
server first using the
stop-cert
command, then use the
start-cert
command.