Starting and stopping the server



    Start and stop the server on Windows

    Start the server from the Start menu

    1. Choose Start > All Programs > Adobe > Flash Media Server 3.5 > Start Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5.

    2. Choose Start > All Programs > Adobe > Flash Media Server 3.5 > Start Flash Media Administration Server 3.5.

    Stop the server from the Start menu

    1. Choose Start > All Programs > Adobe > Flash Media Server 3.5 > Stop Flash Media Administration Server 3.5.

    2. Choose Start > All Programs > Adobe > Flash Media Server 3.5 > Stop Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5.

    Start, stop, or restart the server from the Services window

    1. Choose Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.

    2. Select Flash Media Server (FMS) from the Services list and click Stop, Start, or Restart.

    3. Select Flash Media Administration Server from the Services list and click Stop, Start, or Restart.

    Start and stop the server on Linux

    On Linux, Flash Media Server is installed as a service. You start and stop the Flash Media Server service using the fmsmgr utility. Use the fmsmgr utility to perform other tasks as well, such as configuring the service to start automatically when the system is started.

    To start Flash Media Server on Linux, the Linux server must have NSPR (Netscape Portable Runtime) library installed. The NSPR library must include the following files: libnspr4.so, libplc4.so, libplds4.so.

    Start, stop, or restart Flash Media Server

    1. Log in as a root user.

    2. Change to the directory where the server is installed.

    3. Open a shell window and type one of the following: ./fmsmgr server start|stop|restart.

    Start, stop, or restart the Administration Server

    1. Log in as a root user.

    2. Change to the directory where the server is installed.

    3. Open a shell window and type one of the following: ./fmsmgr adminserver start|stop|restart.

    Starting and stopping Apache

    By default, Flash Media Server starts and stops Apache automatically. If you are proficient at working with Apache, you can disable this functionality and manage it on your own.

    1. Open the RootInstall/conf/fms.ini file in a text editor.

    2. Set the SERVER.HTTPD_ENABLED parameter to false.

    3. Restart Flash Media Server.

    On Windows, run the ApacheMonitor.exe application manually. Alternately, you can set up Apache as a Windows service that starts and stops itself at start and shutdown. On Linux, you can write a script that uses the apachectl script to start and stop Apache at start, shutdown, or telinit. On both platforms, you can run httpd from the command line. For example, to start Apache, open a console in the RootInstall/Apache2.2 directory and enter sbin/httpd -d `readlink -f .` start.

    If you start and stop Apache manually, start Apache after Flash Media Server and stop Apache after Flash Media Server. Follow the same procedure if you set up Apache as a service.