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<h1 class="topictitle1">Starting a server</h1>
<div><p>When you are ready to test your projects,
you must start a server. In some situations, listed below, the server tools
start a server for you automatically. For more information on which test server
will start, refer to the list of related topics at the end of this topic.</p>
<div class="p"><strong id="twsrtins_wst__twsrtins_prereq"><a name="twsrtins_wst__twsrtins_prereq"><!-- --></a>Prerequisites:</strong><ul>
<li id="twsrtins_wst__twsrtins_prereq_li1"><a name="twsrtins_wst__twsrtins_prereq_li1"><!-- --></a><a href="twcrtins.html">Create a server.</a></li>
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<div class="section" id="twsrtins_wst__twrstins_context"><a name="twsrtins_wst__twrstins_context"><!-- --></a><p>Once you have started the server you can
test the projects that are associated with the server. You can stop and restart
the server at any time. The status of the server is displayed in the <span class="uicontrol">Status</span> column
of the Servers view.</p>
<p>To manually start a server:</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Switch to the Servers view.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Servers view, right-click the server you want to start.</span>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select <span class="uicontrol">Start</span>. </span> The following
things happen:<ul>
<li>If you have selected the <span class="uicontrol">Automatically publish when starting
servers</span> check box on the Server preferences page (<span class="menucascade">
<span class="uicontrol">Window</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol"> Preferences</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Server</span>
&gt; <span class="uicontrol">Launching</span></span> ), the workbench
checks to see if your project and files on the server are synchronized prior
to starting the server. If they are not, the project and the files are automatically
updated on the remote server when it is started.</li>
<li>A Console view opens in the workbench. It will take a minute to start
the server. If the server fails to start, check for the reason that it failed
in the Console.</li>
<li>In the <span class="uicontrol">Status</span> column of the Servers view, the
status of the server changes to <tt class="sysout">Started</tt>.</li>
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<div class="section" id="twsrtins_wst__twsrtins_result"><a name="twsrtins_wst__twsrtins_result"><!-- --></a><div class="tip"><span class="tiptitle">Tip:</span> The server is automatically
started when you right-click on a file and then select <span class="uicontrol">Run As
&gt; Run on Server</span>.</div>
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<div><div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="../topics/cwflow.html" title="You can start the server automatically as part of running a selected resource on the server, or you can simply start the server without running resources on the server. For example, the server is automatically started when you right-click a project or an application resource in the Project Explorer view and select Run As &gt; Run on Server. If you want to start the server without running resources on the server, in the Servers view select a server and select the Start the server This is an image of the Run on Server icon icon, the Start the server in debug mode This is an image of the Debug on server icon. icon , or the Start the server in profiling mode This is an image of the Start the server in profiling mode icon. icon.">Which server will start</a></div>
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