Starting and Shutting Down

Once you have successfully installed Firewall Analyzer, start the Firewall Analyzer server by following the steps below.

This topic covers the following procedures:

Starting Firewall Analyzer

Windows:

Click on Start > Programs > ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 5 > Firewall Analyzer to start the server.

Alternatively, you can navigate to the <FirewallAnalyzer_Home>\bin folder and invoke the run.bat file.

Linux:

Navigate to the <FirewallAnalyzer_Home>/bin directory and execute the run.sh file.

As soon as this is done, a command prompt window opens showing startup information on several modules of Firewall Analyzer. Once all the modules have been successfully created, the following message is displayed:

Server started. Please connect your client at http://localhost:8500

where 8500 is replaced by the port you have specified as the web server port during installation.

Shutting Down Firewall Analyzer

Follow the steps below to shut down the Firewall Analyzer server. Please note that once the server is successfully shut down, the MySQL database connection is automatically closed, and all the ports used by Firewall Analyzer are freed.

Windows:

Navigate to the Program folder in which Firewall Analyzer has been installed. By default, this is Start > Programs > ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 5 .
Select the option Shut Down Firewall Analyzer.
Alternatively, you can navigate to the <FirewallAnalyzer_Home>\bin folder and invoke the shutdown.bat file.
You will be asked to confirm your choice, after which the Firewall Analyzer server is shut down.

Linux:

Navigate to the <FirewallAnalyzer_Home>/bin directory.
Execute the shutdown.sh file.
You will be asked to confirm your choice, after which the Firewall Analyzer server is shut down.

To configure Firewall Analyzer as service in Linux, after installation

Normally, the Firewall Analyzer is installed as a service. If you have installed as an application and not as a service, you can configure it as a service any time later. The procedure to configure as service, start and stop the service is given below.

To configure Firewall Analyzer as a service after installation, execute the following command.

sh configureAsService.sh -i

Usage of Firewall Analyzer service command

<Firewall Analyzer Home>/bin # /etc/init.d/firewallanalyzer
Usage: /etc/init.d/firewallanalyzer { console | start | stop | restart | status | dump }

Starting the Firewall Analyzer service

/etc/init.d/firewallanalyzer start

Check the status of Firewall Analyzer service

/etc/init.d/firewallanalyzer status
ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 5.0 is running (15935).

Stopping Firewall Analyzer service

/etc/init.d/firewallanalyzer stop
Stopping ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 5.0...
Stopped ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 5.0.

Check the status of the service again

/etc/init.d/firewallanalyzer status
ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 5.0 is not running.