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# Start and stop the PPM Server on UNIX

To start the server on UNIX.

Caution: If your OpenText PPM instance includes multiple nodes in a cluster configuration, you must start these nodes one at a time. Make sure that you wait until each node is fully started before you start the next node.

1. Change to the `<PPM_Home>/bin` directory.

2. Run the `kStart.sh` script, as follows: `sh ./kStart.sh`

For more information about `kStart.sh`, see kStart.sh. For information about how to start servers in a cluster, see Start and stop the PPM Server on a single-server system.

To stop the server on UNIX.

Note: If the REMOTE_ADMIN_REQUIRE_AUTH parameter is set to `true,` users running `kStop.sh` to shut down the PPM Server must supply a valid OpenText PPM user name and password. If the parameter is set to `false,` any user with access to the `kStop.sh` script can shut down the server. For information about the REMOTE_ADMIN_REQUIRE_AUTH parameter, see Server parameters.

1. Go to the `<PPM_Home>/bin` directory.

2. Run the `kStop.sh` script as follows.

   `sh ./kStop.sh -now -user <User_Name>`

   Make sure that you type a valid user name that has Administrator privileges.

   For more information about `kStop.sh`, see kStop.sh. For information about how to stop servers in a cluster, see Start and stop servers in a cluster.

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