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Running WorldServer in the foreground - UNIX

About this task

There are situations where you might want to run WorldServer in foreground, for example, if SDL Technical Support requests a stack trace.

To run WorldServer in foreground, so you can obtain debug information:

Procedure

  1. Go to the WorldServer apache-tomcat-8.0.28/bin directory.
  2. Run the following command:
    > catalina.sh run
    This will start WorldServer and give you access to debugging information.
  3. Press Ctrl-\ and the stack trace will be printed to the standard output. Also you will see any messages printed by the application.
  4. Open a browser and connect to your WorldServer URL.