OpenEdge is shipped with a Tomcat server. The installed and configured Tomcat server provides a Java AdminServer and a web server for the REST Web application development and testing. The Tomcat server is available in your OpenEdge installation directory, $DLC/servers/tomcat.

Before you define/publish an OE Web Server or REST Service, you must start the Apache Tomcat server. You can start Apache Tomcat server installed with OpenEdge either using the Resources panel in the grid frame, or using Proenv.

  1. To start the Tomcat server using the Resources panel:
    1. Click Resources in the management console menu bar. The resource types appear in the list frame.
    2. Expand the Web Server category, and click on the Tomcat instance. The Details page for that instance appears in the detail frame.
    3. In the Command and control section of the page, click Control. The Apache Tomcat installed with OpenEdge page opens.
    4. Click on the Start Web Server button to start Tomcat server.
      Note: The button is a Toggle button depending on the status of the Tomcat server instance. If the Web server is already started, the button displays the Stop option. To stop the Web server that is already running, click the Stop Web Server button.
  2. To start the Tomcat server using Proenv:
    1. On the Windows Start > Programs menu, select Progress > OpenEdge > Proenv. Proenv opens a command prompt and configures it for your OpenEdge installation, displaying the configuration:
      proenv>
    2. Enter the following command:
      protc start

      A Tomcat shell window opens displaying the status of the server as running.

      Note: To stop the Tomcat Server, enter protc stop at the proenv> command prompt.