Security Manager Plus Server Startup and Shutdown

As has been already mentioned in Security Manager Plus server installation , Security Manager Plus product comes as an executable (.exe) file for Windows and as a zip file for Linux. Below you will find instructions for starting or stopping the Security Manager Plus server in Windows and Linux .

Security Manager Plus Server Startup and Shutdown in Windows

You can use either of the following approaches for Security Manager Plus server startup and shutdown in Windows.

• using System Tray Icon menu (or) Programs menu options  (Recommended)

1. The Security Manager Plus Windows installation wizard will automatically install and start the Security Manager Plus System Tray Icon.
2. Right click on the Security Manager Plus Tray Icon to see the following menu actions, and start Security Manager Plus :

    

   • Start Service  - to start Security Manager Plus in service mode. This is the default and recommended mode of starting Security Manager Plus. This option will appear when Security Manager Plus is not running 
   • Stop Service - to stop the Security Manager Plus service. This option is enabled when Security Manager Plus is running
   • Security Manager Plus  WebConsole - to start the web interface of Security Manager Plus. This option will appear only when Security Manager Plus is running.
   • Show Startup Logs - Log file located in the <Security Manager Plus_Home>/logs/wrapper.log. This log file will keep track of activities related to Security Manager Plus service startup and shutdown. 
   • StartUp Options
     • Load this tray icon on Windows Startup - Launch the Security Manager Plus tray icon when the machine is started or rebooted. This option is checked by default
     • Start Web Console on Service Startup - Open the web interface of Security Manager Plus immediately after Security Manager Plus starts up. This option is checked by default
     • Show Splash Screen on Service Startup - Launch the Splash Screen which indicates startup progress, every time Security Manager Plus is started. This option is checked by default

    

   Note : A status message is displayed in a balloon on the Tray Icon whenever Security Manager Plus is started or stopped from there.

    

3. The Security Manager Plus Windows installation wizard will also activate Security Manager Plus menu options from Windows Start Menu (Start >> Programs >> ManageEngine Security Manager Plus 5).
4. The various menu options provided for Security Manager Plus and their actions are listed below :
   
• Start Security Manager Plus Service - to start Security Manager Plus (will start in Windows Service mode)
• Stop Security Manager Plus Service - to stop / shutdown Security Manager Plus (will shutdown Security Manager Plus Service)
• Security Manager Plus Web Console - to start the web interface of Security Manager Plus
• Uninstall Security Manager Plus - to uninstall Security Manager Plus from your machine.
• Show Tray Icon - to enable Security Manager Plus system tray icon.
• Update Manager - used for installing patches or service pack. This menu item is available only in Windows Start Menu (Start >> Programs >> ManageEngine Security Manager Plus 5).
• Help - User Guide for the Security Manager Plus product

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• using command line interface (CLI)

1. Open a command prompt from <Security Manager Plus_Home>\bin directory.
2. Type Security Manager Plus .
3. A listing of Security Manager Plus usage commands will be displayed
   
   
   
4. To start the Security Manager Plus server, type the command scanfi start 
5. A Splash Screen appears indicating the progress of the start-up
6. Please wait for all the server process to get started, and once you see the message "Please connect your browser to http://localhost:6262/ " the Security Manager Plus Web Client will open up in your default browser.
   To shutdown the Security Manager Plus server, open another command prompt from <Security Manager Plus_Home>\bin directory and type the command scanfi stop 
7. The command scanfi reinit should be used to reinitialize the Security Manager Plus MySQL database, whereby all the tables which where created on server startup will be dropped (i.e.. will be removed).
8. The command scanfi install will install Security Manager Plus as a service, (Control Panel  >> Administrative Tools  >> Services) you will receive a command line confirmation message "wrapper  | Security Manager Plus installed" , whereon you can start and stop the Security Manager Plus server from Windows Control Panel >> Administrative Tools  >> Services  >> ManageEngine Security Manager Plus
9. The command scanfi remove will remove Security Manager Plus from Windows service (Control Panel >> Administrative Tools  >> Services), you  will receive a command line confirmation message "wrapper  | Security Manager Plus removed".
10. To uninstall Security Manager Plus from your machine you just need to delete the Security Manager Plus installation directory, <Security Manager Plus_Home> .

Note : For installing patches or service pack for Security Manager Plus product, you can use of the UpdateManager.bat file, present in <Security Manager Plus_Home>\bin directory.

Security Manager Plus Server Startup and Shutdown in Linux

1. Goto <Security Manager Plus_Home>/bin directory.
2. Type sh SecurityManager.sh .
3. A listing of Security Manager Plus usage commands will be displayed
   
   
   
   
4. To start the Security Manager Plus server, type the command sh SecurityManager.sh start 
5. Please wait for all the server process to get started, and once you see the message "Please connect your browser to http://localhost:6262/ " in the CLI, now you can start the Security Manager Plus Web Client.
6. To shutdown the Security Manager Plus server , open another command prompt from <Security Manager Plus_Home>/bin directory and type the command sh SecurityManager.sh stop 
7. The command sh SecurityManager.sh reinit should be used to reinitialize the Security Manager Plus MySQL database, whereby all the tables which where created on server startup will be dropped (ie. will be removed).
8. The command sh SecurityManager.sh install will install Security Manager Plus as a service, (/etc/rc.d/init.d/) you will receive a confirmation message "Security Manager Plus Service Installed Successfully ! " ,whereby you can use the various options - console , start, stop, restart, status, dump from /etc/rc.d/init.d/securitymanager-service [options] .
9. The command sh SecurityManager.sh remove will remove Security Manager Plus from service (/etc/rc.d/init.d/), you  will receive a confirmation message "Security Manager Plus Service Removed Successfully ! ".
10. To uninstall Security Manager Plus from your machine you just need to delete the Security Manager Plus installation directory, <Security Manager Plus_Home> .

Note : For installing Security Manager Plus as a service in Linux you need to have Super User privileges.

 

Running Security Manager Plus Server 'only' in Secure Mode

By default, the Security Manager Plus has its web server accessible via ports 6262 & 6767.

You can access the web interface of Security Manager Plus from a browser over HTTP by connecting to port 6262 (Standard Mode as http://localhost:6262) & over HTTPS connecting to port 6767, which is the Secure Mode as https://localhost:6767.

Now if you wish to run and access Security Manager Plus only in the Secure Mode (HTTPS access only), you can carry out the following steps :

• Traverse to <Security Manager Plus_Install_Dir>/webapps/Security Manager Plus/WEB-INF/ directory
• Edit web.xml file
• Uncomment the following lines in this file as :

<!--user-data-constraint>
transport-guarantee>INTEGRAL</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint-->

• Restart the Security Manager Plus server
• Security Manager Plus will now be accessible only in the Secure Mode from the login screen

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