Knowledge Discovery 26.3
Getting Started Guide

# Start Knowledge Discovery

The following sections describe the different ways that you can start Knowledge Discovery components.

Before you can start any Knowledge Discovery component, you must start the License Server. When the License Server is running, you can start your other components.

## Start a Knowledge Discovery Component on Microsoft Windows

- Double-click the `componentname.exe` file in your component installation directory.

- Start the component Service from a system dialog box. The component must be installed as a Windows Service. See Install a Component as a Service on Windows.

  1. Display the Windows Services dialog box.

  2. Select the ServiceName service for the component, and click Start to start the component.

  3. Click Close to close the Services dialog box.

  TIP: You can also configure the Windows Service to run automatically when you start the machine.

- Start a component from the command line. See Start Components from the Command Line.

## Start a Knowledge Discovery Component on UNIX

- Start the component service from the command line. The component must be installed as a service. See Install a Component as a Service on Linux You can use one of the following commands to start the service:

  - On systemd Linux platforms:

        systemctl start ServiceName

  - On System V Linux platforms:

        service ServiceName start

  TIP: You can also configure the service to run automatically when you start the machine.

- Start the component from the command line. See Start Components from the Command Line.

- (Advanced) Use the start script (`start.sh`).

  A template start script is included with the component installation. However, you must update the template script with details for the component that you want to start. In most cases, OpenText recommends that you use the provided init scripts instead.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery 26.3

Topic Title: Start Knowledge Discovery