Starting and stopping servers in a WebSphere Application Server environment

Catalog and container servers can automatically start in a WebSphere® Application Server or WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment environment.

Before you begin

Configure catalog servers and container servers to run on WebSphere Application Server:

About this task

The life cycle of catalog and container servers in WebSphere Application Server is linked to the processes on which these servers run.

Procedure

Start catalog services in WebSphere Application Server:
The life cycle a catalog server is tied to the WebSphere Application Server process. After you configure the catalog service domain in WebSphere Application Server, restart each server that you defined as a part of the catalog service domain. The catalog service starts automatically on the servers that you associated with the catalog service domain. The catalog service can also start automatically in the following scenarios, depending on the edition of WebSphere Application Server:
- Base WebSphere Application Server: You can configure your application to automatically start a container server and catalog service. This feature simplifies unit testing in development environments such as Rational® Application Developer because you do not need to explicitly start a catalog service. See Configuring WebSphere Application Server applications to automatically start container servers for more information.
- WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment: The catalog service automatically starts in the deployment manager process if the deployment manager node has WebSphere eXtreme Scale installed and the deployment manager profile is augmented. See Configuring the catalog service in WebSphere Application Server for more information.
Start container servers in WebSphere Application Server:

The life cycle of a container server is tied to the WebSphere Application Server application. When you start the configured application, the container servers also start.
Stop an entire data grid of servers:
You can stop catalog and container servers by stopping the applications and associated application servers. However, you can also stop an entire data grid with the xscmd utility or MBeans:
- In the xscmd utility:
  See Stopping servers gracefully with the xscmd utility for more information about stopping an entire data grid.
- With Mbeans:
  Use the tearDownServers operation on the PlacementServiceMBean Mbean.
Stop Liberty profile processes:

You can stop Liberty servers using the Liberty profile server command.