Starting-stopping AEM from the Command Line

The start script is available under the /bin directory. Both Unix and Windows versions are provided. The script starts the instance installed in  directory.

Those two versions support a list of environement variables that could be used to start and tune the AEM instance.

Environment variable	Description
CQ_PORT	TCP port used for stop and status scripts
CQ_HOST	Host name
CQ_INTERFACE	Interface that this server should listen to
CQ_RUNMODE	Runmode(s) separated by comma
CQ_JARFILE	Name of the jarfile
CQ_USE_JAAS	Use of JAAS (if true)
CQ_JAAS_CONFIG	Path of the JAAS configuration
CQ_JVM_OPTS	Default JVM options

Caution:

Note that some run modes, among them author and publish, need to be set before first starting AEM and can not be changed afterwards. Before setting up an AEM instance that is supposed to be used in production,

Windows platform start.bat script example
SET CQ_PORT=1234 & ./start.bat

Unix platform start script example
CQ_PORT=1234 ./start

Note:

The start script launches the AEM Quickstart installed under the /app folder

Stopping Adobe Experience Manager

To stop AEM, do one of the following:

Depending on the platform you are using:
• If you started AEM from either a script or the command line, press Ctrl+C to shut down the server.
• If you have used the start script on UNIX, you must use the stop script to stop AEM.
If you started AEM by double-clicking the jar file, click the On button on the startup window (the button then changes to Off) to shut down the server.

Stopping Adobe Experience Manager from the Command Line

The stop script is available under the /bin directory. Both Unix and Windows versions are provided. The script stops the running instance installed in  directory.

Unix platform stop script example

1

./stop

Windows platform stop.bat script example

1	./stop.bat

If you just want to preconfigure the repository (without relocating it) you only have to:

• extract repository.xml to the required location 
• update repository.xml as required
• create bootstrap.properties and define repository.config

Again, before starting the actual installation.