Engine Launchers

These programs start an instance of an Axon Ivy Engine.

Tip

An Axon Ivy Engine can also be started as a service. For more information see section Engine Service.

Launchers

The following program launchers are available for the Axon Ivy Engine:

Launcher

Platform

Console support

bin/AxonIvyEngine.exe

Windows

no

bin/AxonIvyEngineC.exe

Windows

yes

bin/AxonIvyEngine

Linux

yes

Options

The following options are available for the Axon Ivy Engine:

Option

Description

Mandatory

-start

Starts the engine. Same behavior as if no options are given. Allows to stop the engine by pressing a key in the console if a console is available.

no

-startdaemon

Starts the engine as a background process. Does not allow to stop the engine by pressing a key in the console.

no

-stop

Stops the engine. Only initiate the stop but will not wait until the engine has really stopped.

no

-stopdaemon

Stops the engine running as a background process. Will wait until the engine has really stopped.

no

-restart

Restarts the engine. If the engine is running, it will stop it. Then, start the engine again.

no

-status

Prints the current status of the engine.

no

-maintenance

Starts the engine in maintenance mode.

no