Starting the Connect Server (Connect 2022 Enterprise Edition)

When using the Enterprise Edition of the Connect Server, the Connect Launcher takes over the start of the Connect Manager, which in turn coordinates the configuration and start of the software components required for operation. Direct launch of the Connect Manager is not recommended, as this scenario does not support all the functionality planned for future Connect releases (such as Online Update).

 

The Connect Launcher can be found under the following path:

Platform

Path

Platform

Path

Linux / macOS

[installation directory]/bin/launcher/[version]/[platform]/GalileoGroup.Connect.Launcher

Windows

[installation directory]\bin\launcher\[version]\[platform]\GalileoGroup.Connect.Launcher.exe

Portable / Docker

[installation directory]/bin/launcher/[version]/[platform]/GalileoGroup.Connect.Launcher.dll

(under Windows the path separator / must be replaced by the \ character).

 

Connect Launcher supports following command line parameters:

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

config

Specifies the path to the configuration of the current Connect installation.

host

Defines the name of the current host in the configuration. The value of this parameter determines which services from the configuration will be started on the current host.

logging, loghost, logname, logsource, logdir, logfile

These parameters control the task of logging information. A detailed description can be found here: https://galileogroup.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=CONNECTDOCEN&title=Konfiguration%20des%20Ziels%20f%C3%BCr%20Protokollausgaben%20%28Connect%202022%29&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=681082928.

startmode

Controls the way in which new processes are started. This has an effect especially under Windows, because in the "dotnet" startup mode all processes share a console window and in the "shell" startup mode each process gets its own console window. The following values are supported:

dotnet: Starting new processes using the .NET framework

shell: Start new processes with the help of the shell

If this parameter is not specified, the start mode "dotnet" is used. An exception is the start within a debugger: Here "shell" is used as default value.

Example

Starts the Connect Launcher (platform: windows-x64) under Windows. Logging is done in log files.

.\GalileoGroup.Connect.Launcher.exe --config=..\..\..\..\..\cfg\config.json --host=connect01 --logging=file --logdir=..\..\..\..\..\log