Starting the Pentaho Server after an archive installation
The Pentaho Server is located on the Pentaho-provided Tomcat web application server. How you start the Pentaho Server depends on your operating system, Windows or Linux.
Perform the following steps to start the Pentaho Server.
Procedure
Run the startup script for the Tomcat web application server by launching the appropriate file for your environment:
Environment File Windows start-pentaho.bat Linux start-pentaho.sh From a workstation, open a web browser and enter the URL: http://localhost:8080/pentaho to access the Pentaho User Console. If your server has a different hostname or port, replace '
localhost'
and '8080'
with your specific values.Enter your user name and password and click Login to open the Pentaho User Console (PUC).
The first time you log on, PUC prompts you to provide a URL for your license server.
Results
Additional license installation methods and instructions are located in Manage Pentaho licenses.
If you are having problems starting the Pentaho Server, visit our Troubleshooting Guide for help.