Spotfire Server and Environment - Quick Start

Starting or stopping Spotfire Server (Windows, no service, Integrated Authentication for SQL Server)

If your database server uses Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) for SQL Server, your Spotfire Server must run as a Windows Domain user that has permission to use the Spotfire database.

About this task

Before you begin

You have successfully completed the initial configuration steps.
System Status page of Spotfire Server configuration tool with 4 green check marks

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Spotfire Server computer as the Domain User that was set up with the database preparation script create_databases_ia.bat.
  2. Open a command prompt and go to the following folder: <installation dir>/tomcat/bin.
  3. Run the startup.bat file.

Results

Spotfire Server starts.
Note: The server will stop running if you close the command prompt or log off from the computer.

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