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Version: 6.10.0

Start / Stop Portal

Service script​

Once the configuration script has run and any additional manual configuration is complete the Portal Dedicated is ready to be started.
The Portal Dedicated is installed as a systemd service so standard commands can be used:

Starting the Portal Dedicated service​

sudo systemctl start management-console

Checking the status of the Portal Dedicated service​

sudo systemctl status management-console

Stopping the Portal Dedicated service​

sudo systemctl stop management-console

Automatically start the Portal Dedicated service when the system starts​

sudo systemctl enable management-console

Accessing the Portal Dedicated server​

By default the Portal runs over SSL on port 8443, for example:

https://localhost:8443

The default username/password are admin/Mconsole123

Checking the status of the Portal Dedicated server​

How to check that the Portal Dedicated is running without access to the browser​

curl -k https://localhost:8443/admin/health

Or replace with http and configured port if only running over http.

If the server is running correctly, the above command will print out {"status":"UP"}.

Checking the Portal Dedicated logs​

The Portal Dedicated logs to /var/log/management-console/mc.log

You have installed the Portal using the Waratek-provided self-signed certificate and successfully reached Milestone Progress Checkpoint #1.

For more instructions toward production environment, please see the next section for how you can progress through the Milestone Progress Checkpoints #2 - #4.