[id="starting-server_{context}"]
= Starting the {project_name} server

You start the server on the system where you installed it.

.Prerequisites
* You saw no errors during the {project_name} server installation.

.Procedure
. Go to the `bin` directory of the server distribution.
. Run the `standalone` boot script.

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.Linux/Unix
[source,bash,subs=+attributes]
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$ cd bin
$ ./standalone.sh
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.Windows
[source,bash,subs=+attributes]
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> ...\bin\standalone.bat
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