Central Start/Stop Utility

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

This utility allows you to start up, shut down, and restart the Primo application from the primary Primo server in multi-server topologies.

This mechanism only affects the Primo application. If you need to start/stop the Apache and database servers, refer to those sections in this guide.

Welcome to the Central Start/Stop Utility

This utility allows you start/stop all the Primo servers on this installation.

Please choose the action you want to run:

1. primo central start

2. primo central stop

3. primo central restart

Central Start/Stop Utility

Each time an action is executed, the logs are stored in the following directory on the primary server:

/exlibris/primo/p3_1/primoe/central_start/log

This utility is usually installed on the Back Office server, which must have SSH access to all other Primo servers in multi-server topologies. To provide automatic access, SSH keys must be implemented for each Primo server in your topology. Otherwise, the system will prompt you to enter a password each time another server is accessed by the utility.

Starting Up Primo

To start up Primo:

Log on to the primary Primo server.
Enter the following commands to execute the Central Start/Stop utility:

primoe

cd central_start

./run_central
Enter 1.

The utility displays the progress of the startup.

Stopping Primo

To shut down Primo:

Log on to the primary Primo server.
Enter the following commands to execute the Central Start/Stop utility:

primoe

cd central_start

./run_central
Enter 2.

The utility displays the progress of the shutdown.

Restarting Primo

To restart Primo:

Log on to the primary Primo server.
Enter the following commands to execute the Central Start/Stop utility:

primoe

cd central_start

./run_central
Enter 3.

The utility displays the progress of the restart.