This topic explains how to start the OpenEdge Command Center agent on the Windows platform and the UNIX or Linux platform. Before starting the agent, ensure that all the configurations are completed.

Start the OpenEdge Command Center agent on Windows

You can start the OpenEdge Command Center agent on Windows as a service or as a process based on your configuration during the installation.

Start the agent installed as a service

To start the OpenEdge Command Center agent:
  1. Open the Task Manager on your system where the agent is installed as a service using an account with administrator privileges.
  2. To start the agent that is installed as a service, right-click on ProgressOpenEdgeCommandCenterAgent2.0 and click Start.

Start the agent installed as a process

To start the OpenEdge Command Center agent:
Note: Progress recommends not to start the agent as a process if you selected the Install Agent as a Service option during installation.
  1. Open a command shell in the Run as Administrator mode.
  2. Navigate to the directory where the oeccagent.bat file is located.
  3. Type the following command and press ENTER:

    <directory_path> > oeccagent.bat start

    For example: C:\Progress\OECC\Agent > oeccagent.bat start. Where C:\Progress\OECC\Agent is the path where the oeccagent.bat file is located.

    Note: Do not use the Proenv environment command shell to start the OpenEdge Command Center agent. It can result in errors.

Start the OpenEdge Command Center agent on UNIX

You can start the OpenEdge Command Center agent on UNIX or Linux as a service or as a process based on your configuration during the installation.
Note: Do not use the Proenv environment command shell to start the OpenEdge Command Center agent. It can result in errors.

Start the agent installed as a service

To start the OpenEdge Command Center agent:
  1. Open the UNIX shell with Super User or root privileges.
  2. To start the agent that is installed as a service, type the following command:
    • On UNIX or Linux:

      systemctl start ProgressOpenEdgeCommandCenterAgent2.0.service

    • On AIX

      startsrc -e "OECC_AGENT=\"$OECC_AGENT\"" -s ProgressOECCAgent2.0

Start the agent installed as a process

To start the OpenEdge Command Center agent on the UNIX platform:
Note: Progress recommends not to start the agent as a process if you selected the Install Agent as a Service option during installation.
  1. Open the UNIX shell with Super User or root privileges.
  2. Navigate to the directory where the OpenEdge Command Center agent is installed.
  3. Start the OpenEdge Command Center agent. For example:

    ./oeccagent start

To know more about the oeccagent utility, seeOECCAGENT utility.