The startNode command reads the configuration file for the
node agent process and constructs a launch command.
Depending on the options that you specify, the startNode command
creates a new Java virtual machine (JVM) API to run the agent process, or
writes the launch command data to a file.
If you are using the Windows platform and the you have
the node agent running as a Windows service, the startNode command
will start the associated Windows service and it will be responsible for starting
the node agent.
For more information about where to run this command, see the Using
command line tools article.
Syntax
The command syntax is as follows:
startNode [options]
Parameters
The following options are available for
the startNode command:
- -?
- Prints a usage statement.
- -help
- Prints a usage statement.
- -logfile <fileName>
- Specifies the location of the log file to which trace information is written.
By default, the log file is named startServer.log and is created in your profile_root/logs directory.
- -nowait
- Tells the startNode command not to wait for successful initialization
of the launched node agent process.
- -profileName
- Defines the profile of the Application Server process in a multi-profile
installation. The -profileName option is not required for running in a single
profile environment. The default for this option is the default profile.
- -quiet
- Suppresses the progress information that the startNode command
prints in normal mode.
- -replacelog
- Replaces the log file instead of appending to the current log.
- -script [<script fileName>] -background
- Generates a launch script with the startServer command instead
of launching the node agent process directly. The launch script name is an
optional argument. If you do not supply the launch script name, the default
script file name is start_<server> based on the <server> name
passed as the first argument to the startNode command. The -background parameter
is an optional parameter that specifies that the generated script will run
in the background when you execute it.
- -trace
- Generates trace information to the log file for debugging
purposes.
- -timeout <seconds>
- Specifies the waiting time before node initialization times out and returns
an error.
Usage scenario
The following examples demonstrate
correct syntax:
startNode
startNode -script (produces the start_node.bat or .sh file)
startNode -trace (produces the startnode.log file)