Use Mart Server as a Windows Service

The current version of the Mart provides two ways to start the web server that hosts Mart Server:

  • Start the web server manually.
  • Use a Windows service to start the web server.

For example, if you have used Tomcat as the web server to host Mart Server, you can start Tomcat in two ways:

  • Start Tomcat through the startup.bat file or through a shortcut to this file.
  • Use a Windows service to start Tomcat.

The benefits of using a Windows service to start a web server are as follows:

  • Any user with administrative privileges on a computer can start the Windows service, whereas, only designated users can start a web server manually.
  • A Windows service runs regardless of whether a user has logged in. A manually-started web server shuts down when the user who started it logs out.

Follow these steps:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, click All Programs, erwin, erwin Mart Server 12.0 , Create MartServer Service to create the MartServer Windows service.

    Creating the service is a one-time task. After the service is created, you only have to start and stop the service.

  2. From the Windows Start menu, click All Programs, erwin, erwin Mart Server 12.0 , Start MartServer Service to start the web server.

You can find the log file, application.log, at C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\erwin\Mart Server\logs\.

Enable Logging in Local AppData

To enable logging in a user's AppData while using Mart Server as a Windows Service, do the following:

  1. Once the service is created, go to service properties.
  2. On the Log On tab, click This Account.
  3. Enter the credentials.
  4. Start the service.

    Logging is now enabled for your instance of Mart Server as a Windows service. The log file, application.log, will be created at {user account}/AppData/Local/erwin/Mart Server/logs.