There are two different ways of running an EASA Server:

• As a system 'service'
• As a user 'application'

Each has a different 'Start' and 'Stop' method.

• Start an EASA Server: as a service, as an application
• Stop an EASA Server: as a service, as an application

• Start an EASA Server: as a service, as an application
• Stop an EASA Server: as a service, as an application

By default an EASA Server will be installed as a service and will start automatically when Windows starts up.

The EASA Server can be started or stopped using the 'Windows Services' tool:

1. Type 'services' into the search box next to the start menu icon to bring up the 'Services' window.
2. Find the 'EASA TomcatX' service (where 'X' denotes Tomcat version).
3. The 'Description' should start with 'EASA Server …'
4. Confirm its 'Status' column is 'Started'
5. If the 'Status' column is blank, start the service….
   1. Select the EASA Server row
   2. Click on the 'Start Service' button in the toolbar above (or 'right-click > start')

Examine the 'Start > All Programs > EASA' menu, at installation time two shortcuts were added:

• 'Start EASA Server'
• 'Stop EASA Server'

If an EASA Server is running as an application, a command prompt window entitled 'EASA Server' should be visible.

If no EASA Server is running, click on the 'Start EASA Server' shortcut to start one.

1. Type 'services' into the search box next to the start menu icon to bring up the 'Services' window
2. Select the EASA Server service
3. Click on the 'Stop' button (or 'right-click > stop')

Click on the shortcut 'Start Menu > Stop EASA Server'

If the EASA Server has been setup to run as a service, it should start automatically.

If the EASA Server has been stopped, start it from a shell window by typing '/sbin/service easa start'

1. Log in to the Linux computer as 'root'
2. Change to the directory: <EASAROOT>/tomcat/bin
3. Run './easa.sh start

Stop EASA Server from a shell window by typing '/sbin/service easa stop'

1. Change to the directory: <EASAROOT>/tomcat/bin
2. Run './easa.sh stop'