start-local-instance
Starts a Payara Server instance on the host where the subcommand is run.
Synopsis
asadmin [asadmin-options] start-local-instance [--help]
[--nodedir node-dir]
[--node node]
[--debug={false|true}]
[--dry-run={true|false}]
[--sync={normal|full|none}]
[--verbose={false|true}]
[--watchdog={true|false}]
[--timeout timeout]
[instance-name]
Description
The start-local-instance
subcommand starts a Payara Server instance on the host where the subcommand is run. This subcommand does not require the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) remote protocol or secure shell (SSH) to be configured. You must run this command from the host where the instance resides.
The subcommand can start any Payara Server instance, regardless of how the instance was created. For example, this subcommand can start an instance that was created by using the create-instance
subcommand.
The start-local-instance
subcommand does not contact the domain administration server (DAS) to determine the node on which the instance resides. To determine the node on which the instance resides, the subcommand searches the directory that contains the node directories. If multiple node directories exist, the node must be specified as an option of the subcommand.
This subcommand is supported in local mode. However, to synchronize the instance with the DAS, this subcommand must be run in remote mode.
Options
- asadmin-options
-
Options for the
asadmin
utility. For information about these options, see theasadmin
help page.
These are not the same as the options available for the start-instance command. |
--help
-?
-
Displays the help text for the subcommand.
--nodedir
-
Specifies the directory that contains the instance’s node directory. The instance’s files are stored in the instance’s node directory.
The default is
as_install/nodes/
. --node
-
Specifies the node on which the instance resides. This option may be omitted only if the directory that the
--nodedir
option specifies contains only one node directory. Otherwise, this option is required. --debug
-d
-
Specifies whether the instance is started with Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA) debugging enabled.
Possible values are as follows:
true
-
The instance is started with JPDA debugging enabled and the port number for JPDA debugging is displayed.
false
-
The instance is started with JPDA debugging disabled (default).
--dry-run
-n
-
Suppresses actual starting of the instance. Instead,
start-local-instance
displays the full command that would be used to start the instance, including all options. Reviewing this command can be useful when troubleshooting startup issues.The default value is
false
. --sync
-
The type of synchronization between the DAS and the instance’s files when the instance is started.
Possible values are as follows:
none
-
The DAS does not synchronize the instance’s files with any changes. This type of synchronization minimizes the time that is required to start the instance.
normal
-
The DAS synchronizes the instance with changes since the last synchronization as follows:
-
For the
config
directory, the DAS synchronizes the instance with all changes. -
For the
applications
directory anddocroot
directory, only a change to a top-level subdirectory causes the DAS to synchronize all files under that subdirectory.If a file below a top level subdirectory is changed without a change to a file in the top level subdirectory, full synchronization is required. In normal operation, files below the top level subdirectories of these directories are not changed. If an application is deployed and un-deployed, full synchronization is not necessary to update the instance with the change.
This value is the default.
-
full
-
The DAS synchronizes the instance with all of the instance’s files, regardless of whether the files have changed since the last synchronization. This type of synchronization might delay the startup of the instance while the DAS updates all files in the instance’s directories.
If the DAS is not running or is unreachable from the host where you are running this subcommand, do not set the --sync
option tofull
. To perform a full synchronization, the subcommand removes the instance’s cache. If the DAS cannot be contacted to replace the cache, the subcommand fails and the instance cannot be restarted until it is resynchronized with the DAS.
--verbose
-v
-
Specifies that the server log is printed to the console from where the subcommand is run. Control is not returned to the console after the instance has started. The instance can be stopped and control returned by inputting CTRL-C.
Possible values are as follows:
true
-
Detailed startup messages and log messages about the instance are displayed in the console window where the subcommand is run. If the instance is later restarted by running the
restart-local-instance
subcommand from a different console window, messages continue to be displayed in the original console window.You can kill the Payara Server process by typing
CTRL-C
in the console window.You can kill the Payara Server process and obtain a thread dump for the server by typing one of the following key combinations in the console window:
-
CTRL-\
on UNIX systems -
CTRL-Break
on Windows systems
-
false
-
Detailed information is not displayed (default).
--watchdog
-w
-
Specifies whether limited information about the instance is displayed in the console window where the subcommand is run. The
--watchdog
option is similar to--verbose
but does not display the detailed startup messages and log messages. This option is useful when running theasadmin
utility in the background or with no attached console.Possible values are as follows:
true
-
Limited information is displayed in the console window.
false
-
Limited information is not displayed in the console window (default).
--timeout
-
Specifies how long to take for the local instance to start in seconds. If starting the instance takes longer than this amount then this command will fail (but the instance may still continue its startup process)
The default value is
600
.
Examples
Example 1 Starting an Instance Locally
This example starts the instance yml-i-sj01
on the host where the subcommand is run.
asadmin start-local-instance --node sj01 yml-i-sj01
Waiting for the server to start .................................
Successfully started the instance: yml-i-sj01
instance Location: /export/payara6/glassfish/nodes/sj01/yml-i-sj01
Log File: /export/payara6/glassfish/nodes/sj01/yml-i-sj01/logs/server.log
Admin Port: 24849
Command start-local-instance executed successfully.