# Starting the EMS Server Using a Sample Configuration

To start the EMS server from the command line using sample configuration files, navigate to EMS_HOME/samples/config and perform the following steps:

## Procedure

1. Create a local directory called `datastore` (for example, /opt/tibco/ems/samples/config/datastore)
2. Execute the command:
   `tibemsd -config tibemsd.conf`

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