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Starting and stopping Bitbucket Server
Advanced actions
- Running the Bitbucket Server installer
- Automated setup for Bitbucket Server
- Starting and stopping Bitbucket Server
- Install Bitbucket Server from an archive file
- Running Bitbucket Server as a Linux service
- Running Bitbucket Server as a Windows service
- Bitbucket Server config properties
- Proxying and securing Bitbucket Server
- Enabling SSH access to Git repositories in Bitbucket Server
- Using diff transcoding in Bitbucket Server
- Changing the port that Bitbucket Server listens on
- Moving Bitbucket Server to a different context path
- Running Bitbucket Server with a dedicated user
- Bitbucket Server debug logging
- Data recovery and backups
- Lockout recovery process
- Scaling Bitbucket Server
- High availability for Bitbucket Server
- Clustering with Bitbucket Data Center
- Enabling JMX counters for performance monitoring
- Getting started with Bitbucket Server and AWS
- Disabling HTTP(S) access to Git repositories in Bitbucket Server
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There are a few ways that you can start and stop Bitbucket Server:
At install time
The Bitbucket Server installer automatically starts Bitbucket Server.
On Windows and Linux systems you can choose to have Bitbucket Server installed as a service.
When Bitbucket Server runs as a service
If Bitbucket Server is installed as a service on Windows or Linux systems, it will be started automatically when the system boots.
Windows
Start and stop the Bitbucket Server service from the services console, on Windows.
Linux
Manage the Bitbucket Server service using the following commands:
# service atlbitbucket status
# service atlbitbucket stop
# service atlbitbucket start
Mac OS X
On Mac OS X, you will need to restart Bitbucket Server manually, as described below.
Manually
You can start and stop Bitbucket Server manually as follows:
Windows
Start and stop Bitbucket Server using the Bitbucket Server items in the Windows Start menu. Use the URL item there to visit Bitbucket Server in your default browser.
Alternatively, start Bitbucket Server from a command prompt, by changing directory to the <Bitbucket Server installation directory>
and running the following command:
bin\start-bitbucket.bat
Stop Bitbucket Server manually by changing directory to the <Bitbucket Server installation directory>
and running the following command:
bin\stop-bitbucket.bat
Linux
Start and stop Bitbucket Server manually using the scripts provided.
Start Bitbucket Server by changing directory in a terminal to the <Bitbucket Server installation directory>
and running:
bin/start-bitbucket.sh
Stop Bitbucket Server by changing directory in a terminal to the <Bitbucket Server installation directory>
and running:
bin/stop-bitbucket.sh
Mac
Start and stop Bitbucket Server manually using the app icons (shown above) in the <Bitbucket Server installation directory>
. These simply link to the start-bitbucket.sh
and stop-bitbucket.sh
scripts in <Bitbucket Server installation directory>/bin
.
Use the URL icon to visit Bitbucket Server in your default browser.
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