OpenEdge provides startup commands that support its client/server architecture and a wide range of configuration options. In client/server configurations, the client application and database server are separate processes. OpenEdge applications execute in a client session, sending requests to the OpenEdge server. The OpenEdge server accesses the database on behalf of each client session.

Consequently, the startup commands fall into two general categories:

  • Commands to start up and shut down database processes, such as database servers, database brokers, and background writer.
  • Commands to start up and shut down client sessions that connect to databases, such as an ABL (Advanced Business Language) client, the application server, and DataServer client.

After setting up your database, you are ready to run OpenEdge. In general, you start clients and servers as follows:

  • Start a database server or broker for a database. Starting a server or broker for a database is distinct from connecting to a database.

    For more information about starting these processes, see Start Up and Shut Down.

  • Start the client applications.

    For more information, see Client Startup Commands.