System Startup and Shutdown Commands

This information is not applicable to Primo VE environments. For more details on Primo VE configuration, see Primo VE.

The following table lists the aliases and scripts that are used to start up or shut down the various servers (such as the Back Office and Front End servers) used with Primo:

Primo Startup and Shutdown Commands
Alias/Script	Description
be_start	Starts the Back Office (BO) server.
be_stop	Stops the BO.
be_restart	Stops and starts the BO server.
fe_start	Starts the Front End (FE) server. Note that the FE servers must be up and running before you can start the SE servers.
fe_stop	Stops the FE server.
fe_restart	Stops and starts the FE server. Because this command may restart your server before it has finished shutting down, Ex Libris recommends using the following commands to restart the FE:fe_stop fe_start
se_start	Starts the Search Engine (SE) server.
se_stop	Stops the SE server.
se_restart	Stops and starts the SE server. The FE servers must be up and running before you can start the SE servers.
start_apache	Starts the PDS Apache server.
stop_apache	Stops the PDS Apache server.
wd_start	Starts the Watchdog monitor.
wd_stop	Stops the Watchdog monitor.
$primoe_root/primo_startup_all	Starts the general Primo startup script.
$primoe_root/primo_shutdown_all	Starts the general Primo shutdown script.