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title: Overview
description: "# Start WildFly Once the cell has been deployed the WildFly Server has to be **running** in order to use the i2b2. The process of starting your WildFly Server depends on your environment and the appropriate steps have been outlined…"
url: "https://i2b2.org/docs/3-start-services/"
updated: "2026-09-15"
category: i2b2 Installation Guide / Chapter 4. Server Install Guide / A. Server Install on 1.7.12 and higher / 3. Start Services
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# Overview

# Start WildFly

Once the cell has been deployed the WildFly Server has to be **running** in order to use the i2b2. The process of starting your WildFly Server depends on your environment and the appropriate steps have been outlined in one of the following sections.

- If your WildFly is running as a **Linux Service** please proceed to the section on this page titled ***Start WildFly Linux Service***.

- If your WildFly is running as a **Windows Service** please proceed to the section on this page titled ***Start WilFly Windows Service***.

## Start WildFly Linux Service

The following steps will walk you through the process of starting your WildFly server via a Linux service.

Note

These steps are written as if your WildFly Server is running as a Linux service. If you have not setup your WildFly to run as a Linux service and would like to do so please see *Run WildFly as a Linux Service* in the *Requirements Chapter*.

1. Open the terminal on your server.

2. Enter the following command to start WildFly .

  **Start WildFly Command**

/etc/init.d/wildfly.sh start

3. The script to start WildFly will run.

## Start WildFly Windows Service

The following steps will walk you through the process of starting your WildFly server via a windows service.

Note

These steps are written as if your WildFly Server is running as a Windows service. If you have not setup your WildFly to run as a Windows service and would like to do so please see *Run WildFly Web Server as a Windows Service* in the *Requirements Chapter*.

1. Go to your **Administrative Tools** directory

a. Click on **Start** and select **Control Panel**.

b. In the Control Panel click on **System and Security**.

c. Click on **Administrative Tools**

2. Double click on **Services** to display a list of local services installed on your server.

3. Scroll to the service called WildFly *Application Server 7.0.1.Final*.

Important

The actual name that appears in the list of services depends on what you entered in the *service.bat* file for the **SVCDISP** setting.

4. Using the mouse, *right click* on the name of the service to display the pop-up menu.

5. Select **Start** to start the service.

![](https://i2b2.org/wp-content/uploads/i2b2-installation-guide/attachments/214697690/214705084.png)

6. A window will open displaying the progress.

7. The progress window will close once the service has started running.

## Start WildFly as Standalone Server

   

You can also start Wildfly as a standalone server instead of as a Service.

Run the following commands  after navigating via command line to your /bin/ folder

**Linux:** standalone.sh -b 0.0.0.0

**Windows**: standalone.bat -b 0.0.0.0