Start and stop the Pentaho Server for configuration on Linux

When you ran the installation wizard on Linux, the Pentaho Server deployed in an included Apache Tomcat application server. You can control the Tomcat server using the start and stop scripts that come with the Pentaho installation. This script is also used as an easy way to start and stop the Pentaho Server and the PostgreSQL repository. You can find this script at /pentaho/ctlscript.sh.

Here is a list of the script arguments and services you can use:

• Arguments

  • start

  • stop

  • restart

  • status

  • help

• Services

  • pentahoserver

  • postgresql

  • ./ctlscript.sh start pentahoserver

  • ./ctlscript.sh status pentahoserver

  • ./ctlscript.sh status postgresql

  • ./ctlscript.sh help