Starting the MFT Server Service

In order to manage the MFT Server you must first start the MFT Server Service.  This service allows you to manage the MFT Server using MFT Server Manager.

Windows

You may start the service by going to your Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and starting the MFT Server service.  Alternatively you may start the service from the MFT Server program group by clicking on Administrative Tools > Start Service.

Linux / UNIX / Mac OS X

Go to the MFT Server installation directory.  For Linux RPM installations this is /opt/mft_server.  For UNIX and non-RPM Linux installations this is the directory that you selected during installation.  To start the MFT Server Service run the following command as a user with super-user privileges:

./start_service.sh